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	<description>Practical resources for launching new churches and leading them well</description>
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		<title>New Blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I started blogging several years ago, and it&#8217;s been a great journey.  But it&#8217;s time for a change for the simple. I&#8217;m merging this blog and my personal blog under a new domain name.  Here&#8217;s the formula.
launchandlead.net (this blog) + youcanknowgod.com (my blog) = heretolead.com
Visit the site and subscribe to the RSS feed.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thehouseofrock.org/launchandlead/?p=838</link>
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		<title>First Time Guest Follow Up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every weekend is someone&#8217;s first time at Oak Leaf Church, and we&#8217;re serious about creating a welcoming environment for guests.  Here&#8217;s what we do to follow up with those who visit for the first time

On Monday morning, they receive an email thanking for their visit.  The email contains links to relevant info on our website [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thehouseofrock.org/launchandlead/?p=831</link>
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		<title>Docs &amp; Forms Special</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t purchased Docs &#38; Forms yet, then now is a great time to do so.  You can get every document, spreadsheet, and file we use at Oak Leaf Church for $49. That&#8217;s $30 off.  Our budget, our bylaws, our follow up systems.  Employee evaluations and planning documents.  Letters we send to guests and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thehouseofrock.org/launchandlead/?p=827</link>
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		<title>Advertising When Money is Tight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Barry asks how he can get the word out about his church plant when he doesn&#8217;t have money to pay for postcards and his city won&#8217;t allow him to put out road signs.  Here&#8217;s some thoughts, and I would love for you to chime in.
1.  Make road signs and have people put them in their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thehouseofrock.org/launchandlead/?p=818</link>
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		<title>The Giving Talk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whenever we receive an offering at Oak Leaf Church (which is every weekend), we always do a giving talk to explain what is happening.  This giving talk might be a Biblical challenge, a video showing where the money goes, a thank you, or something vision related.  We let guests know that they are encouraged to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thehouseofrock.org/launchandlead/?p=809</link>
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		<title>Preaching Tips and Tricks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s three quick preaching tips.
1.  Mention something early in the message, and bring it back  towards the end.  Comedians are masters of this.
2.  A random fact every now and then will make you seem more believable to your audience.  Quote a statistic reference something odd from history, even in passing.  Don&#8217;t do this too much, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thehouseofrock.org/launchandlead/?p=806</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Not Rocket Surgery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wonder if we sometimes make it too complex.  Seems like to have a growing church, we should&#8230;

Get people there
Make sure they have a good/God experience
Connect them

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		<link>http://www.thehouseofrock.org/launchandlead/?p=815</link>
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		<title>Names and Domains</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oak Leaf Church&#8217;s first service happened in a movie theater, and early on, our identity was somewhat tied to that theater.  We played up movie theater elements in our branding.
But we moved.  And then we moved again. Now we meet in a renovated bar, and this may not be our final destination.
So I&#8217;m glad that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thehouseofrock.org/launchandlead/?p=798</link>
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		<title>Reaching Students, Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we talked about creating a church where students feel at home.  At Oak Leaf Church ,we&#8217;re not trying to create a student sub-culture, where students have a youth room but never attend church.  We&#8217;re not trying to entertain students in their own laser-light show driven service.  Our strategy for reaching students is intentionally similar [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thehouseofrock.org/launchandlead/?p=802</link>
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		<title>Reaching Students</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had a great conversation with a local pastor in Starbucks the other day.  He actually visited our church once because he wanted to see what we were doing to reach so many teachers.  So he asked me how we went about reaching young people.
One of the things I&#8217;ve been committed to since day one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thehouseofrock.org/launchandlead/?p=728</link>
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