Birmingham AL area recovery efforts

Many people were affected by the destruction from last week's storms. We can do our part and help make a difference in peoples' lives by helping meet basic needs.


Our church will collect the items below and send them to our sister church Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Gardendale, AL


Drop off these items at Trinity Lutheran Church, Columbia TN (google map)


* Hand Sanitizer
* Wet Naps
* Gallon-sized Zip Loc Bags
* Aluminum foil
* Batteries (AA, C, D)
* non-perishable food
* paper products (towels, toilet paper, paper plates)
* plastic silverware
* large cardboard boxes to ship these items.


If you have any questions call 931-388-0790.
Thanks for making a difference!

Church Unique Visual Summary

Will Mancini's team Auxano changes everything about church vision and strategy.  The book "Church Unique", their coaching network "Co:Lab" and the willmancini.com blog are great tools to live out a stunningly unique movement-oriented church.

Our church has a concise, clear and compelling vision statement as well as values, strategy and measures.  All of this was developed in a collaborative way (more than 30 different and unique people spoke into the process in some significant way!).  We discovered our unique God-given imprint for the Columbia, TN community and now we are working on living out our church-unique in a better way!

Mancini just released a Visual Summary of the Church Unique content and process. Check it out: (Part 4 is my fav section)

New Thru 40

What if you could take 40 days and experience God working in you?

Beginning next week on Ash Wednesday, our church is taking a journey to read Matthew, Mark, Luke and John (the 4 Gospels that talk about Jesus' life and ministry).

Below is a bookmark you can download to track your progress. If you're in the neighborhood, join us on Wednesday nights for a meal at 6pm and meditation at 7pm about different topics about the Bible like "How did we get the Bible?"  "How do I choose the right translation?" "Are there errors in the Bible?"

I pray that this journey will build your appreciation for the Bible!

Click here for the: New Thru 40 Reading Plan

What If You Could Map Out Tweets Around the World?

A World of Tweets creates a map of where people are tweeting.  The more tweets that one region sends, the redder that region becomes.  There's a 3D view, heat map visualization, clouds, satellite view and more.

 

I Can't Find My Phone

Have you ever lost your phone and had someone call it so you could find it?
But what if you didn't have anyone around to call your phone?
Here's a great solution for the times when you lost your phone but you have no one around to call your phone and help get it unburied from the seat cushions...


Check out www.icantfindmyphone.com.