Churches closing on Christmas

I thought about going in to the big issue that so many are having about churches closing on Christmas Sunday...but that seems fruitless. I think it is a shame that such an issue is causing anger and division in the middle of such a great time of celebration. So....
Wherever you happen to be celebrating the birth of the Son of God on our planet that has changed all of our lives forever...we at Bigstuf are wishing you His peace and grace and wonder.
Chaos seems to often rule during this time....may it cease in your life and we are praying that He rules for a while in the midst of all of your relationships, your heath and all the ups and downs that come your way.
Blessings to you all.
Lanny

What's Happening to the Church?

Ok, we have blogs going on about tech stuff, laughter, and tv shows, but we have a lot of questions and answers in some of our blogs that are getting to the heart of where many of us are. In the youth pastors blogs and in the ones about who do you listen to and what are your difficulties, i am hearing some interesting stuff.
Barna has just written a book called Revolution that Reggie and I have been talking about a lot. Barna believes that the church as we know is is going to be extinct in the not too distant future. There is a lot of talk about it's lack of relevance, and how over 20 million people are walking away from it right now.
Before i pontificate or ask Reggie to, on this blog. Who has read this and what are your thoughts on the future of the church, it's relevance and what we will see change in our lifetime in the "church" .
Lanny
BTW...you might want to go back to some of the posts in some of the other blogs and see what youth workers are talking about.

Productions

Hey everyone, We would love to help everyone with your questions about production that we do at BigStuf Camp, Catalyst Conference, and National Youth Worker Convention. So there is no question too small. We also have some used gear available. Some items include Eiki projectors, Edirol dv7 play back machines, Dalite screens, Edirol switchers. So if you are need of some great gear at awesome prices contact us!

Passion 06

The 28-Day Prayer Journey to Passion 06 is here!

Imagine how powerful it will be when thousands of us arrive in Nashville having prayed together for 4 weeks leading up to January 2!

Join us as we pray our way to Nashville, preparing our hearts for all God has in store during the days of Passion 06. Each day beginning December 5, a focused prayer guide will be posted at Passion's new Blog site -- www.268blog.blogspot.com/. Bookmark the site and join the movement... students and leaders united in prayer from coast to coast and around the globe.

Please help spread the word to everyone coming to Passion 06 and all who want to be a part of praying for our time there.
See you at www.268blog.blogspot.com/ on Monday, December 5!
Expectantly,
Louie

Laughter

Someone brought up an intersting fact on the TV blogs. He said that no one had mentioned that they watched any funny shows.
That makes me wanna ask the question.
What makes you laugh?
Who makes you laugh?
Send us links to pictures on the web that make you laugh.
Tell us what made you laugh til you hurt.
Lanny