Blaine bartel: alpha blog
posted by Blaine bartel at 3:39 PM
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Tuesday, April 19, 2005
alpha blog
hey everybody, thanks for visiting. i just got back from brandon cameron's student leadership conference in the tri-cities area of washinton state. it's called evoke and it was very well put together. over 800 students and youth pastors and amazing facilities that thier church has recently built. brandon has a great team in that area that he networks with who are very progressive thinkers and love kids. great job guys!
we've got a lot of great feedback on the latest changes in thrive. this month with kevin moore is going to be really good. in fact, since this program was done, we have actually hired kevin and he and his wife are in the process of moving to tulsa. we are so excited to have them! kevin will be re-engineering our team 180 campus program to restart in the fall. it will have a strong discipleship tie this time to insure better discipline and deeper spiritual growth in those that ride our busses. we'll keep you posted as it progresses. it's going to be amazing.
my oldest son jeremy leaves today with a couple friends to check out the u2 concert in denver. he and i went and saw them in dallas on their last tour and it was the best concert i've ever been to. jeremy and i both got to meet and shake hands with bono and the edge afterwards - life could have ended that night and i would have been a happy man!
my new book "the big black book for parents" comes out this month and walmart has placed a pretty big order. yeh! you can check it out at harrisonhouse.com. fyi... i will be in my homeland [calgary] next week doing some skiing and seeing cathy's brother and sister for a few days. i love going home and seeing all the old stomping grounds - good memories.
think about this... "volunteers don't volunteer." you have to go out and get them don't you. i thing we should stop calling them volunteers and start calling them "draftees" or "recruits" or "forced spiritual labor." the point is, don't wait for good people to come to you - go out there and get them!!
have a great week.
blaine
we've got a lot of great feedback on the latest changes in thrive. this month with kevin moore is going to be really good. in fact, since this program was done, we have actually hired kevin and he and his wife are in the process of moving to tulsa. we are so excited to have them! kevin will be re-engineering our team 180 campus program to restart in the fall. it will have a strong discipleship tie this time to insure better discipline and deeper spiritual growth in those that ride our busses. we'll keep you posted as it progresses. it's going to be amazing.
my oldest son jeremy leaves today with a couple friends to check out the u2 concert in denver. he and i went and saw them in dallas on their last tour and it was the best concert i've ever been to. jeremy and i both got to meet and shake hands with bono and the edge afterwards - life could have ended that night and i would have been a happy man!
my new book "the big black book for parents" comes out this month and walmart has placed a pretty big order. yeh! you can check it out at harrisonhouse.com. fyi... i will be in my homeland [calgary] next week doing some skiing and seeing cathy's brother and sister for a few days. i love going home and seeing all the old stomping grounds - good memories.
think about this... "volunteers don't volunteer." you have to go out and get them don't you. i thing we should stop calling them volunteers and start calling them "draftees" or "recruits" or "forced spiritual labor." the point is, don't wait for good people to come to you - go out there and get them!!
have a great week.
blaine
posted by Blaine bartel at 1:53 PM
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About Me
- Name: Blaine bartel
- Location: tulsa, oklahoma, United States
served as oneighty®’s youth pastor for 7 years, helping it become america’s largest local church youth ministry, students each week. now the associate pastor of 12,000 member church On the move in tulsa. developed and hosted groundbreaking television series, fire by nite. madly in love with his wife and partner of 24 years, cathy. has 3 boys who love God: jeremy – 20, dillon – 18, brock – 16. avid hockey player and fan, with a rather impressive gretzky memorabilia collection.
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