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Monday Funday: On the importance of eating vegetables...

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How not to save a dying church?

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by Steve Addison A report  from the Spectator  A new mood has taken hold of Lambeth Palace. Officials call it urgency; critics say it is panic. The Church of England, the thinking goes, is about to shrink rapidly, even vanish in some areas, unless urgent action is taken. This action, laid out in a flurry of high-level reports, amounts to the biggest institutional shake-up since the 1990s. Red tape is to be cut, processes streamlined, resources optimised. Targets have been set. The Church is ill — and business management is going to cure it. Reformers say they are only removing obstacles that hinder the Church from growing. Opponents, appalled by the business-speak of some of the reports, object to what they see as a ruthless focus on filling pews. According to the report two reforms in particular have generated headlines. One is the plan to swipe £100 million from the Church’s investments to pay for more priests (target: a 50 per cent increase in trainee clergy by 2020).

Monday Funday: This is NOT an announcement

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That scary moment when you wonder if God is letting you know that your wife is going to give birth to twins. After all, He is a God of surprises . Get  Cup O' Joe with Bill  in your Email Inbox! Let me encourage you and make you think 1-2x a week with a virtual  Cup O' Joe with Bill  in your email inbox.  1.  Go here and submit your email . 2.  Go to your email and click the Feedburner confirmation link .

A Few Summer Highlights and Good News!

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I had so much fun speaking to students and youth leaders at Mission Peoria . My 13-year-old daughter and 16-year-old daughter were participants in the week-long mission adventure! (Click any photo to enlarge.) We had a great time with disciplemaking friends from IL, MN, and PA scheming to take over the world one heart at a time like Jesus did . We're in the process of executing those plans right now! It was so much fun to speak to about 1,000 jr. high students and youth leaders at  Power Connection  at Northwest Missouri State University for three days this summer. God did some very crazy and cool things. Keep reading below.... After sharing the Gospel on Saturday afternoon at  Power Connection , I invited all the youth leaders to stand. I then asked those students who wanted to trust Christ as Savior to simply walk up to one of their youth leaders and ask for his/her help. It felt like half of the audience got up and moved toward the adults standing up! And God