Author Archives: Steve LaMotte
Church Plant Boot Camp Pt. 1
I drove into Richmond, Virginia on Monday night to attend the Virginia Conference Church Plant Boot Camp with Jim Griffith of Griffithcoaching.com. There are people here from all over Virginia, Eastern Pa, Wisconsin, New England, Ohio, North Carolina, and Minnesota. While I came … Continue reading
How We Do Ministry
We had our first Church Council meeting last week at Hope UMC and I started the meeting off with a document of how I hope and desire to do ministry at Hope. You could say that these are my ministry values. There … Continue reading
Leadership Lessons From Shark Week- Pt. 2
In yesterday’s post, I spoke a little about how a shark cannot swim backwards- they can only go forward- or where their eyes are looking. This brings up the great question for your church, business, and personal life of, “Where … Continue reading
Leadership Lessons From Shark Week- Pt. 1
Since it is Shark Week on the Discovery Channel, and since there is nothing else compelling on TV right now, Andrea and I have been watching some of the shark programming at night. We are both filled with a bit … Continue reading
Movie Review: Inception
I’m am staying at my in-laws this week while I take my final intensive class of the summer. Last night presented the opportunity to go see the movie Inception starring Leonardo Dicaprio. Many of my friends had seen the movie … Continue reading
Responding to the Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico
BP finally was able to stop the gushing flow of oil in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this week. It is hard to believe that it took this long. I have been disgusted about what has taken place in the … Continue reading
Power, Authority and Ministry
I’m taking the class Mission of Jesus in Mark in a couple of weeks at seminary, and I have been reading The Mission of God by Christopher J. H. Wright for the class. The book is very interesting- while a … Continue reading
Fellowship of the King
This past Sunday, I began a series called Living Life Together where we’ll be looking at the book of 1 John and how John encourages his congregations to live together in love. I’ll be posting outlines on here the week … Continue reading
World Cup Vision
While I am not a soccer (futbol) fan, I have enjoyed watching some of the World Cup this year (a 42′ HD TV certainly helps). I tried to watch the USA games and now that they are out of the … Continue reading
The Importance of Story
I was thinking about the importance of story. I was watching the newest Star Trek that came out a while back. It is the remake of the original series of Star Trek movies. As I watched, I was captivated by … Continue reading
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