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Active and Consistent Participation

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Doug Ruffle

by Doug Ruffle, Congregational Development Team Coordinator, Greater New Jersey Annual Conference (and Path 1 Team Northeastern Jurisdiction Representative) An oft repeated mantra in my world is that new church development serves as the “Research and Development” component for the … Continue reading →

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Fitting Worship

Posted on February 22, 2012 by BarbaraSadler

By Barbara Sadler, Path 1 Associate A few years ago when our church was working with church consultant, Ken Callahan, I remember him explaining the concepts of comfortably full, comfortably empty, uncomfortably full and uncomfortably empty. It all has to … Continue reading →

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Living a Life of Worship

Posted on February 15, 2012 by path1@gbod.org

by Lia McIntosh Pastor of Renaissance United Methodist Church As I write this blog I’ve just finished watching the YouTube video “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus.” This one video has drawn over 18 million viewers in the past 4 … Continue reading →

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Right Here… Right Now

Posted on February 7, 2012 by ErikHall

by Erik Hall planter of Barnegat Anew in Barnegat, New Jersey Last summer our new church start organized our very first regional mission trip. A team of 17 people ranging in age from 7 to 79 and ranging in spiritual … Continue reading →

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Frequent Worship

Posted on February 3, 2012 by JimOzier

by Jim Ozier, Director of New Church Development and Congregational Transformation for the North Texas Conference (and Path 1 Associate) 2 baptisms, 1 profession of faith, 15 first time guests, attendance 0f 251, offering $7100, 9 small groups. Those were the … Continue reading →

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Worship Matters!

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Philip Brooks

by Philip Brooks Path 1 NCS Assistant “For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.” Matthew 18:20 NRSV One characteristic we expect from all our new church starts is that they offer frequent … Continue reading →

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Putting Wesley’s Theology into Practice

Posted on January 19, 2012 by BarbaraSadler

 By Barbara Sadler, Path 1 Associate Several years ago when the church I have been a part of for the past thirty-four years decided to “plant” a second campus, an intentional decision was made to follow some of the practices of … Continue reading →

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