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Post #1,000 and I’m Throwing a Comment Party!
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It has taken me a little over two years, but this is it. This is post number 1,000! I thought it would be fun to celebrate by throwing my first-ever Blog Comment Party. That’s right. You’re invited to use this post to lay down a comment. The briefer the better. This is an all-play.
Here are some questions to prompt your comments and to start the party:
- What countries are represented (Texas included)?
- What "cool churches" do I need to check out?
- Are there any slammin’ blogs that I need to start following?
- What’s the best leadership book you’ve recently read?
- Is Andy Stanley still lurking?
- Are there any family members who wish I’d call instead of forcing you to read my blog?
- Anyone seen a good I-laughed-so-hard-I-hurt movie recently?
- Does Corey Mann still read my blog?
- Anyone else think Brick House was the best funk song ever written?
- Are you following my blog, but you’re afraid to post a comment because others would know you’re following my blog?
- Anyone out there that’s never posted a comment on any blog?
- Are there any NewSpringers in the house?
The party starts now. Invite your friends. The dress is casual…but please wear something when you’re commenting. I don’t want to have to picture you leaving a comment with just your skivvies on. I’ll provide the food and the music.
Let the Comment Party begin!
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Tony Morgan is a pastor and the Chief Strategic Officer at NewSpring Church where he develops creative solutions for communications, technology and NewSpring Ministries--the church's ministry that equips other church leaders.
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Marc Backes
April 21st, 2007 at 10:45 pm
Ooo Ooo…By complete accident I get to be first to the party…like the annoying guy who shows up too early before you were actually ready to start the party..
Tony, love your blog man. Found out about you through the Simply Strategic Volunteers Book. It’s been a great blessing to the churches who have received it so far. Thanks for the insight and for keeping it real.
Derek
April 21st, 2007 at 10:46 pm
Woohoo! I’m the first. Congratulations, Tony. Check out my blog at desertfather.com, and the church I’m planting in Greenville, NC at harmonygreenville.com. I’m not Andy Stanley.
Derek
April 21st, 2007 at 10:47 pm
I spoke too soon…
Rob
April 21st, 2007 at 10:52 pm
Congrats on #1000.
You really should check out Windsor Crossing Community Church in St. Louis. Pretty kickin place with some pretty interesting stuff going on.
http://www.wcrossing.org
Amy
April 21st, 2007 at 11:22 pm
Just a quick HOWDY from the great state (er, country) of Texas!!!
Heredes Ribeiro
April 21st, 2007 at 11:54 pm
Congrats Tony…
I’ve been tracking your steps quietly here from sunny Miami Fl for a while now. I am blessed and challenged by your leadership.
I’m a worship Pastor @ Flamingo Road Church …. check us out sometime. http://www.flamingoroadchurch.com As a matter of fact .. i believe you will soon … correct? Simply Strategic guys?
Great Party …
Matt Feiling
April 21st, 2007 at 11:55 pm
Newspringer in the house!
Charles Cole
April 22nd, 2007 at 12:13 am
Country ” God’s Country ” right here Anderson, SC
Book, “Small Is Beautiful” by E.F. Schumacher
It is about empowering your people.
Movie …Wild Hogs
“Brick House” is the greatest except for maybe “Play That Funky Music” by Wild Cherry. Actually, “Love Rollercoaster” by Ohio Players was cool too.
Yep I am a NewSpringer …..
Dana
April 22nd, 2007 at 12:25 am
Do we win something??? ;)
Congrats on such a great blog!
Ray Brock
April 22nd, 2007 at 12:28 am
Hey Tony,
Thanks for the good words! Congrats on the 1k post!
Check out CENTER POINTE CHURCH, near Cincinnati,Ohio…just recently called the fastest growing church in the area ( Doubling in attendance every month for the last 3.)The pastor’s blog is http://raybrock.blogspot.com
Corbett Reeves
April 22nd, 2007 at 12:36 am
Tony, yours was the first blog I read (started ~16 mos ago) and I didn’t even know it was a “blog,” but I’m glad you brought me into the blogosphere. Congratulations on the big “K”!
Kent
April 22nd, 2007 at 12:54 am
Yay! Participation!
Mark Jaffrey
April 22nd, 2007 at 5:18 am
Hey Tony,
Checking in from Egypt. I’m the Worship Director at Maadi Community Church, http://www.maadichurch.com and I really enjoy your blog. Not sure how I found it in the first place, but I’m glad I stayed around. If you fancy visiting Cairo, we’ve always got room.
chris g
April 22nd, 2007 at 6:34 am
you have the funk song all wrong, its all about parliments “give up the funk”, no doubt.
Ewald
April 22nd, 2007 at 6:54 am
Shout out from South Africa. Enjoy your blog. Tried to skype you but ya!
Movie: Wild Hogs
Congrats
Bryan
April 22nd, 2007 at 7:37 am
Ooooh, “blog” party. I thought you said block party. Crap, I wasted all that Axe.
http://www.thegroupleader.com
Tina Harkey
April 22nd, 2007 at 7:51 am
Tony, Congrats on the post. I got to give one of your books to a “Head Deacon” at a Seventh Day Adventist Church last night. They have boards upon boards…so I thought they might could use a little “reorganization”. Thanks for all you do to make the kingdom more inviting!
Clayton Bell
April 22nd, 2007 at 8:22 am
Tony,
Great books, great podcast (RIP?), great blog and great church…
Job well done.
Ken
April 22nd, 2007 at 8:31 am
I immigrated to NC from Texas in 96 “gig em”. I hope to immigrate to France to plant a church in Paris in 07.
I found your blog on Mark Batterson’s blog after someone emailed me the link to him Riverdancing. Maybe he can Riverdance at your party.
Fred McKinnon
April 22nd, 2007 at 8:56 am
TONY -
Love the blog - have you on MyGoogle. I’m the Worship Director, and a pianist/producer at St. Simons Community Church on St. Simons Island, GA - a beautiful vacation spot! I’m not a Newspringer, but one of my dearest friends is there. Miss the podcast. I’ve got my blog at http://www.fredmckinnon.com and do the Highest Praise Worship Podcast and Worship Interludes podcast, all on iTunes.
Lastly, I’m a die-hard, 100% Mac Addict.
For the Kingdom,
Fred
Michelle
April 22nd, 2007 at 9:38 am
Great blog. Love reading what Newspring is doing. Shout out here from Columbia, SC.
Michelle
April 22nd, 2007 at 9:38 am
Great blog. Love reading what Newspring is doing. Shout out here from Columbia, SC.
John Atkinson
April 22nd, 2007 at 9:58 am
Hey Tony. Sounds like you’re having a blast at Newspring. They are blessed to have you.
Check out my blog at http://www.pastorjohnatkinson.com.I probably wouldn’t have started it if it wasn’t for you. Yours was the first blog I ever followed.
Also thanks for the kind words you’ve had over the years for Bay Area Fellowship, the church where I serve.
Jamie
April 22nd, 2007 at 10:53 am
NewSpring in the house.
Joshua White
April 22nd, 2007 at 11:43 am
It’s an AWFUL movie when it comes to morality… but I nearly wet myself over 10 times watching Borat ;-)
John Reddy
April 22nd, 2007 at 12:34 pm
I can’t disagree about “Brick House” or “Love Rollercoaster” as the funk song…. The Ohio Players were great but…. “Fire” is much better than “Love Rollercoaster”…. Also how about “We Got the Funk…. Give Up the Funk” by Parliament?????
Tina Farber
April 22nd, 2007 at 12:58 pm
Hey Tony, Congrats on 1k. Newspringer here!
jane muir
April 22nd, 2007 at 2:22 pm
NewSpringer here!
Me, comment on a blog… never!
I personally like Play That Funky Music
And a leadership book that I got alot out of was Rudy Juliani’s (sp?). I know… he is in politics and controversial. But I did learn something from his book… 1)communication is a must 2)be prepared for anything, because it will happen 3)don’t just set back and assume that someone is doing it, check in on your workers and let them know that you will follow up with them!
Did you say something about short!?!
Gena
April 22nd, 2007 at 2:52 pm
Reading you from Nevada. Will take this opportunity to promote my husband’s ministry. Check out @The Rock Shop, his weekly internet radio program at http://www.actofgraceradio.net - kind of like a weekly audio blog. Congrats on your ordination - lots to live up to. Thanks for your posts. You open up new insight for me all the time.
Billy Broach
April 22nd, 2007 at 3:12 pm
Enjoy reading your blog. Found it via the Podcast(miss it too) at christmas when I got my Mp4 player.
Greensboro, NC
Tyler
April 22nd, 2007 at 3:35 pm
hey, thanks for inviting me to the party, I just started reading blogs a couple months ago, and doing my own blogging a little over a month ago. Yours was one of the first I started following. I wouldn’t say mine is a gotta read blog yet, but I’m working on it. Check it out at http://realyouthoughts.blogspot.com. I’d love any pointers, or comments that any of you would like to leave. It’s really exciting to have readers from all over.
Josh Stephens
April 22nd, 2007 at 3:59 pm
Check out this new up and coming church. http://www.myc3church.com They launched 5 months ago and are running over 250. God is really Blessing them and I would say keep an eye out for what this church is about.
Jonathan
April 22nd, 2007 at 4:46 pm
Add Tanzania, Africa to your list as we (jonathananddana.com) will be there by summer’s end. We plan to continue reading from there… reading you, that is… reading, too.
Chad Miller
April 22nd, 2007 at 5:01 pm
Hey Tony, checking in from Raleigh, NC. Not much else to share, congrats on the 1,000th post, you are inspiration to many of us, and a holy annoyance to others, ha ha!
Heidi
April 22nd, 2007 at 5:06 pm
Tony,
I absolutely love your vision. Yes, check our my church Newlifesd.com, My pastor is awesome! Danslagle.blogspot.com
Keep blogging, I read it everyday!
Tony Dye
April 22nd, 2007 at 5:22 pm
to Tony, from Tony. Just checking in from down the road near Atlanta. Come visit us at Perimeter some time. (Jason Powell made the trip, you can too)
Kim V
April 22nd, 2007 at 8:13 pm
TONY…I’m using the axe tomorrow in honor of you. Congratulations….and I wouldn’t last a week without my TML fix!
Kim V
Brad Martin
April 22nd, 2007 at 8:57 pm
Tony,
Congradulations! Man, I love reading your blog. I’m planting a new church in Kansas, RiverPoint church. You challenge me! Key up the words that encourage so many.
Brad
Brad Martin
April 22nd, 2007 at 8:58 pm
Tony,
Congratulations! Man, I love reading your blog. I’m planting a new church in Kansas, RiverPoint church. You challenge me! Key up the words that encourage so many.
Brad
Rich Butler
April 22nd, 2007 at 9:51 pm
Congrats on reaching 1000. I follow your blog like the daily news…thanks for keeping me informed. Met you a few weeks ago with my buddy Michael Brown at NewSpring….thanks for your time. Check my blog out: richbutler.typepad.com
Leadership books that rock my face off:
-Leading with the Heart: Coach K.
-10 Faces of Innovation: Thomas Kelly
Rich Butler
Mark Artrip
April 22nd, 2007 at 11:01 pm
Tony,
Just wanted to say congrats on 1000. I’m an Ohio youth pastor who loves to read your stuff. Keep it up, I am blessed by your stuff.
Melinda Knight
April 22nd, 2007 at 11:04 pm
Thanks for making me live outside the box!
From Washington State, The Rock Church, Monroe (Yeah, we love Jesus up here!)
Danny Isom
April 22nd, 2007 at 11:48 pm
Tony,
Love the blog, but I was concerned when I found out you didn’t use a Mac. I always pictured you typing away on one… anyway, you should check out Hill Country Bible Church NW in Austin, TX. (the capital of the Republic) We launched our 5th plant this Easter with over 500 in attendance, and one of our previous church plants, in Plugerville TX, also planted a church this Easter and had over 300 show up! By the end of this year we hope to plant 2 more from our campus and one more from the Pflugerville campus. http://www.hcbc.com
eric chapman
April 22nd, 2007 at 11:54 pm
http://www.coolhunter.net is a… well… COOL one to follow.
thanks for having a COOL blog. i share almost every post with my fiance’.
sam
April 22nd, 2007 at 11:58 pm
Great Blog, Congrats.
I just finished my first week blogging. samluce.typepad.com
This is my church. mzm.org
ko
April 23rd, 2007 at 4:02 am
Congrats on the 1000th post from Brisbane, Australia.
Stewart
April 23rd, 2007 at 5:01 am
Tony - checking in from Bangkok, Thailand where I’m a pastor at the International Church of Bangkok. Check us out next time you are in the neighborhood.
I’m an Anderson native. That’s one reason I find your blog interesting. I’ll be checking out NewSpring in July when I am in town visiting family!
susan
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:58 am
I’m a simply strategic people lovin’, Church plantin’ Jesus Freak from Northwestern Pa. Your blog has inspired me to do great things for my King and for those who don’t know Him. Thanks for being real and loving Jesus so much. Keep on bloggin’
Susan
stephen brewster
April 23rd, 2007 at 8:44 am
1. Florida…that is in the United States.
2. Calvary Christian Center. Calvaryfl.com
3. you can check out my blog: myspace.com/bfunky7
4. QBQ…Question Behind the Question. Really good.
5. na
6. na
7. no but i just saw the new clip from the office. yummy.
8. Lets hope so.
9. It is neck and neck between Brick House and Flashlight closely followed by Roller Coaster of Love.
10. I am a proud Morganite.
11. Long Time Reader, First time poster.
Sam
April 23rd, 2007 at 8:57 am
Hi Tony…
Great blog! Found you through the Simply Strategic Guys “stuff”. Appreciate your authenticity and insight. Lookin’ forward to your next 1000…
Chris Reeder
April 23rd, 2007 at 8:58 am
1. Florence, SC
2. South Florence Baptist
3. Yeah man: http://LetGodBeGod.com
4. Courageous Leadership by Bill Hybels
5. N/A
6. N/A. I am encouraging my entire class of Church bloggers to subscribe to your blog though…
7. Hum… Dumb & Dumber for the 100th time
8. Not sure but Chris Reeder does
9. Hum… “gotta have that funk…ow”
10. Yes and I am not affraid!
11. Only during Unleashed!
Steve C
April 23rd, 2007 at 9:16 am
1,000 posts!!
Wow… I have been blogging about the same amount of time and only managed 200 posts (which I just celebrated as well).
This means that in roughly the same amount of time you have posted 5X as much as I have.
That sounds about right for a pastor.
Deanna
April 23rd, 2007 at 9:25 am
Another NewSpringer who has been reading since well before you were a NewSpringer! Congrats on the 1000th! :)
GIzzard
April 23rd, 2007 at 9:34 am
I’ve been in the mix for a while, but not much of a commenter. I started surfing in Texas back before it meant staring at a computer and googling things.
Sandy Gibbes
April 23rd, 2007 at 10:17 am
TONY!!
Brickhouse is excellent and happens to be my ringtone for my future wife.
Thanks for being my boss and pushing me with the graphics for NewSpring!!
Blogs are cool. And so are you.
Aaron DeWinter
April 23rd, 2007 at 10:35 am
Tony,
I still read your blog. Hope you guys are doing well.
Dave Anderson
April 23rd, 2007 at 10:41 am
Alabama is in the house. Love what Newspring and Tony Morgan do for Jesus. Keep it real. It sucks that you guys don’t know what real football is though. Roll Tide Roll!
Steve Staton
April 23rd, 2007 at 10:57 am
Tony,
I don’t know how I found your blog, but I love reading it. You inspired me to start my own. Although I’m not as creative as you are, I’m doing my best (been bloging for two weeks now!!). I’m a youth pastor in Fairfield, OH. Keep up the good work. If you ever have some down time check me out and offer some pointers.
Joel Megee
April 23rd, 2007 at 10:58 am
Congrats Tony! I’ve been a regular for the past 6 months. Check out theoriginschurch.com, launching in two weeks.
Susanne
April 23rd, 2007 at 12:43 pm
Congratulations!! 1000 posts…WOW!!! My husband Chris(Reeder) and I attended Unleashed 2007 at Newspring. All I can say is that it TOTALLY ROCKED OUR WORLD!!! We are all about being Simply Strategic SOLD OUT JESUS FREAKS!!! Thanks for all you do to encourage, and increase the Kingdom through your blog. You have an awesome way of stretching us out of our boxes, and be all we can be for the cause of Christ.
And yeah, “Brick House” is DA BOMB!!!
Jim Walton
April 23rd, 2007 at 1:03 pm
Congrats, Tony! Keep up the good work.
Cliff Marshall
April 23rd, 2007 at 1:17 pm
Greer, SC
Brick House is a great funk song, but I’ve always been partial to “Burn Rubber” by the Gap Band and “Word Up” by Cameo
Sheila
April 23rd, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Been lurking from Spring Lake, MI for about 9 months. Found your posts from a GCC blogger. Really enjoying your Bible Journey posts. I went out and bought The Message because of it. As for a funny movie – Nacho Libre. Jack Black cracks me up!
David McWhinnie
April 23rd, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Hi from Kilsyth, Scotland. Enjoy reading your blog.
Congratulations on reaching 1000!
David
April 23rd, 2007 at 2:14 pm
Live from Plainfield, Illinois
check me out at http://dturn.wordpress.com
Brick House IS ONE OF THE FUNKIEST SONGS EVER!!!!
Corey Mann
April 23rd, 2007 at 2:50 pm
There once was a guy named Tony,
He was very mature-no bolony,
He once was my boss,
Now I’ve suffered his loss,
I’m not the Andy Stanley-phoney.
So from your friend Corey,
go see BLADES OF GLORY,
and read my blog for the rest of the story.
Yes, I read your blog from time to time,
Not reading would be a blogosphere crime,
You still throw me a link,
Your blog still makes me think,
…..
I ran out of rhyme.
Herschel Thompson
April 23rd, 2007 at 3:03 pm
After reading your blog for a few weeks I picked up Simply Strategic Stuff this weekend at the bookstore, and am excited about having a book with short chapters for when I’m ‘tcob.’ I’m a new small groups guy and leadership-wise am loving The Connecting Church. Thanks for your words…
Jenn
April 23rd, 2007 at 3:18 pm
Hey Tony-
I’m from the Miami area. I came across your blog from Kem Meyer’s blog. I’m just joining the blogging world and love it so far. Congrats on the 1000th post!
Paulo Camargo
April 23rd, 2007 at 4:06 pm
Hey Tony, congratulations or “Parabéns” in portuguese! I am from Brazil. Your blog is excellent, a lot of good ideas. You can found me at pcnotas.com.br (sorry, only in portuguese).
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dan ohlerking
April 23rd, 2007 at 4:28 pm
does my being in mozambique right now count as me representing for another country in your party list?
congrats on the milestone.
jennifer
April 23rd, 2007 at 4:35 pm
Hey Tony! Newspringer in the house, whoot whoot!! .. I dont wanna bring down the party but come on people you shoulda voted “D” not brickhouse lol …and who actually counts all those text votes? i bet they know my number by heart LOL
Vikki
April 23rd, 2007 at 5:31 pm
I found your blog through Arron Chambers. Your blog is great and I look forward to reading it every day. Thanks for all of the interesting links!
Vikki
Henderson, NV
tony morgan
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:04 pm
You all are too kind…way too kind. It’s fun for me to see who is participating in this conversation. Isn’t it amazing how our world is getting smaller and smaller?
Thanks for sharing. And, keep these comments rolling. I’ve always wanted to have a post with over 100 comments. This one may make it.
tony
casie stevens
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:35 pm
been checking out your blog from elizabeth city, nc for a month now. don’t remember how i came across it, but so glad i did.
for my church (which i think is cool) check out: http://www.newcommunitychurch.net
for similar lyrical content but with the beat of a different drum check out: she’s a bad mama jama
congrats on 1-grand
Sydney O
April 23rd, 2007 at 8:03 pm
i’m loving the international flavor of this par-tee….can we get someone from Australia???
mike p
April 23rd, 2007 at 9:15 pm
Forget Tony Morgan - Corey Mann is a rhyme-master!!!
http://www.adifferentkindofchurch.com
Thanks for always challenging me - Congrats on being THE blogmeister!
josh b
April 23rd, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Tony, love your blog, thanks to perry noble’s blog I found yours - and I think yours is better.
I pastor a young adult college ministry here in Arlington Texas
you can find me in a few days on http://www.gathergather.org
thanks
Josh
Vanessa
April 23rd, 2007 at 11:19 pm
Soon I’ll be in France and representing from there…but for now I’m in Missouri (not quite as exciting, but nevertheless I enjoy reading your blog).
Wayner
April 23rd, 2007 at 11:39 pm
Thanks for all the solid food here to chew on. I appreciate you making yourself available by this excellent blog.
September Song by Earth Wind & Fire has always been my favorite.
And (even though my church overseer board would cringe), Anchorman is the funniest movie I have ever seen.
tony sheng
April 23rd, 2007 at 11:45 pm
tony from columbia, md - right between dc and baltimore. i do some stuff with students.
_The One Thing_ by Marcus Buckingham - I know you would love it.
Dan
April 24th, 2007 at 8:30 am
Congrats on post 1000. Great blog, great encouragement, appreciate you…a couple churches you should know about - Highland Christian –www.highlandchristian.com in North Carolina– and Mountain Lake http://www.mountainlakechurch.com in Georgia. I’m in Kansas by the way.
Ragan McDizzle
April 24th, 2007 at 10:19 am
The Tonester…makin’ copies!!
Well, I am partial to anything that comes from Lionel!
Congrats on 1,ooo and a perfectly balanced blog.
Flaviu Pop
April 24th, 2007 at 10:27 am
Congrats, Tony! I wonder if you can still pronounce my name correctly. haha
man, i’ve been reading your blog for over a year now and i’m hooked. you’re the edge, bro. i agree with the Mac comment. get one and then you’ll be zEdge! lol
seriously now, i wanted to thank you for sharing the goods with all of us willing to grow, learn and never settle for mediocrity. keep it up and keep posting.
Tony is da man!!!
Blake
April 24th, 2007 at 11:13 am
You gotta check out The Village Church just outside of Dallas. Matt Chandler is the pastor there. http://www.thevillagechurch.net/
He came to the church about four and a half years ago. It was totally turned around and has seen God move in some mighty ways.
Thanks for giving us all some great stuff to read.
Tommy Tate
April 24th, 2007 at 11:14 am
Here’s a newspringer. congrats on postin a lot. hope you’re enjoyin your new job
Ryan Sutherland
April 24th, 2007 at 11:31 am
NewSpringer here! U kno!
Scott
April 24th, 2007 at 11:55 am
you’re simply. . . remarkable.
nathandiehl
April 24th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
I can’t rightly answer any of your questions, so i figured i would just leave a meaningless comment.
I like funk.
i like you.
therefore, you are funky.
yeah, maybe…faulty logic?
Bryan McKnight
April 24th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Dangit! I was hoping to be the 100th. I love your insight. Keep blessing and HOW may we bless you?
Bryan
http://www.imforgiven.com
Shelley
April 24th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
Hi Tony, been reading almost a year. I attend Community Christian Church in Naperville. http://www.communitychristian.org
I don’t know if it is “slammin” but my blog is http://icanseerightthroughyou.blogspot.com
My favorite section of your blog is Journey through the Bible.
Glad to be part of the party.
Stephen
April 24th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
I just wanted to say thank you to Tony Morgan. Since it is a post party, I thought now would appropriate to express my appreciation. I found out about the Unleash Conference from this blog, and as a result have found a source of inspiration and guidance in Newspring. As a minister in a church, and someone hoping to start a new church soon, I have learned a lot from Newspring and this blog. Thanks Tony.
Stan
April 24th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Hey Tony. I enjoy reading your blog. I am a mere hour away from Anderson and am part of a new church plant in Laurens. Check us out!
http://www.newjourney.info
lb
April 24th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
coming to you all the way from cubeville…i have the privilege of working at a church called newspring. i’m thinking you might have heard of it.
i really dig your journey through the bible insights.
karla
April 24th, 2007 at 6:05 pm
holla from cubeville at the spring! congrats you guy with the cool coffee mug. sorry your song didn’t win for this week. AH HA!
Wayne
April 24th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
Has the great state of Oregon said hello yet? Greetings from Sunset Presbyterian in Portland (www.sunsetpres.org). I volunteer in tech arts and do my best to help lead the team. Thanks for your blog.
(Not my first comment, maybe my third??? :)
Jamie
April 24th, 2007 at 11:34 pm
I’m #96!! I’ve never been #96 before!! What a party! Everyone join along now….For Heeeeee’s a jolly good fellllloooooowww…….
lee mcderment
April 25th, 2007 at 12:24 am
i’m a NewSpringer, baby!
Pudge
April 25th, 2007 at 10:53 am
I want to be comment 100.
Pudge
April 25th, 2007 at 10:54 am
but since we are so close I may miss it.
Pudge
April 25th, 2007 at 10:55 am
So I went ahead and broke mine into three comments…just to be safe.
The bad news is…I cheated and I am sorry for that (sorta).
The good news is…TONY made it to 100 comments!! Yay!!1 :)
YOU ROCK TONY!
cynthia
April 25th, 2007 at 11:07 am
Pudge (99, 100) I had this same thought last night, but I withheld myself. Today what I’m thinking is - Tony, we love your blog, so why should we end the party? 100+ and still counting…
jenniferb
April 25th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
NewSpringer in the house!!!
Wild Hogs–hillarious laugh-out-loud movie where the whole theater errupts simultaneously into uncontrollable laughter–lots of good actors too! (I wouldn’t take the kids, though)
Ken
April 25th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
Not far down the road from you, here in Taylors, SC. Glad to see you followed my lead coming to a warmer setting than GCC. 1000 blogs! I’m a novice on blogging, and with your accomplishment, I have now had to redefine “reasonable and attainable (blog) goals”. Check out kenjnewton.com when you feel yourself getting too churchy.
Congrats!
Johnny Laird
April 25th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
Checking in from the UK.
Cool little Churches:
http://frwy.ca/church/
Slammin’ little blogs:
http://www.pernellgoodyear.com/
and - what the heck -
http://www.johnnylaird.blogspot.com/
http://www.nanolog.blogspot.com/ and http://www.larddesigns.com/blog/
Keep on comin’ with the good stuff, Tony!
Peace & Blessings
J :-)
Sydney O
April 25th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
I’m double dipping in this party because I just have to know….A) is that a self portrait of your shoes? B) what’s up with the extra donut-like “0″ in front of 1,000?
jennifer again
April 25th, 2007 at 9:22 pm
“holla from cubeville at the spring! congrats you guy with the cool coffee mug. sorry your song didn’t win for this week. AH HA!
Posted by: karla | April 24, 2007 at 06:05 PM”
OK so is this tale tale that we dont have to ooops i meant get to yea thats it .. listen to brick house Sunday?? Come on D you can do it .. LOL way to go past 100 comments Tony
Erik
April 25th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
congrats! I am from Plainfield, IL. I think to make this real special we should go for 1000 comments too!
Joe Case
April 25th, 2007 at 10:22 pm
WOW…congrats on 1K!!! That’s awesome!
You have certainly been an inspiration to get me blogging regularly. And now, many are “tuning in” to my blog who look forward to a few tidbits of inspiration, or to just find out what I’m up to.
UpRising Church is doing just that…rising up! Attendance has really started heading up, people are getting excited, small groups have exploded…and to top it off, people’s lives are being changed!!
I thank you for the help (from afar) that you, Perry and others at NewSpring have given us. You’re awesome!
Blessings,
Joe Case, Sr. Pastor
http://www.joecase.com
tony morgan
April 25th, 2007 at 11:12 pm
Fun party! I’m learning about several new blogs, and I’m finding out about other cool churches throughout the country…make that the world.
Thanks for sharing. It’s very encouraging to see the impact God’s having through such a rich mix of people and ministries. Good stuff.
tony
eric
April 26th, 2007 at 12:31 am
Congratulations from Braselton, Georgia. Yeah…I’m going to have to go with you on Brick House. Now that would be one great theme song for a building campaign.
John
April 26th, 2007 at 6:07 am
Hello from Christ Church in Montevideo, UY. My current best books include “Fighting for Your Marriage” from Jossey-Bass and “Understanding Leadership” by Tom Marshall. I refer to “Simply Strategic Stuff” all the time.
Thx for the blog.
lucas
April 26th, 2007 at 10:24 am
http://www.myspace.com/olathelifefellowship loves you! We’ve grown about 20% in the past 6 months by strategically planning what we do…Tony Morgan…Larry Brey…Bill Hybels…Adam Hamilton…et al have been a big help in that.
Even though I still read books, blogs are my new addiction for real-time ideas for a real-time culture.
http://www.olathelifefellowship.org
Jon McClarnon
April 26th, 2007 at 11:18 am
I’ll be having a #100 party soon! Just got started in November as I was planting a church in NC.
http://www.mytruenorth.org/blog
Congratulations!
jon morgan
April 26th, 2007 at 1:48 pm
It’s your brother… read your blog every day… appreciate the phone calls as well. (First time ever posting a comment on any blog.)
Ryan Day
April 26th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
Hey from the People’s Republic of Ohio!
The best funk = Love Rollercoaster
Church = http://www.clcdayton.com & http://www.CLCAtTheMovies.com
Blog = mine… ryanday.wordpress.com
Kent McKeaigg
April 26th, 2007 at 6:31 pm
Texas….
You should be the House Guest at worshiphousemedia.com.
That was a lame invitation (but hey we’re partying), but one none the less.
Love your blog, just never commented, before… keep the posts comin’.
Eric Powell
April 27th, 2007 at 12:06 am
Best I can tell, Montana is still unrepresented here on the post party. I subscribe to your feed via Google Reader.
I’d tell you to visit my blog, but all you’d find is abunch of links back to your site :o Okay, not completely true.
Congratulations! Keep on!
John Lambert
April 27th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
Saying hi from http://www.freedomhousechurch.org in Charlotte, NC! Congrats on the 1000! Keep up the good work. My personal blog is http://spreadtheflame.blogspot.com
rindy
April 28th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
Wow-1000!! Cool! Think you met an awesome friend, pastor, and all around guy at unleashed..check http://paulpeterson.wordpress.com This guy is up and coming!!!
Here’s your personal invite to check out my blog too.. http://rindy.wordpress.com
Hope it provokes thoughts and challenges…
Keep it up!!
Crystal Renaud
April 28th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
i’m late, but you know, things have been crazy lately. :)
Kansas is representin’
Westside is pretty amazing and more amazing is what God is doing to make us clean and renewed.
my blog is pretty great
http://www.pinkhairedgirl.net
“The Peace Maker” by Ken Sande. Our leadership suggested we read it during our difficult times here at Westside. So far, it’s pretty great. And, “When People Are Big and God Is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure” by Edward Welch is another helpful book. I am not sure if these are really “leadership” books but definitely self-evaluation focused.
Chip Schneider
April 30th, 2007 at 9:08 am
NewSpringer from the great Megalopolis of Hickory Tavern in the gem of the SC Upstate, Laurens County. We intended for Laurens to be a Country but we some how omitted the “R”…a typo from 1836 that we haven’t gotten around to fixin’….
I tried to be the first to comment, but our “tin cans linked by string” likely delayed my transmission….perhaps I will be the 1000th posted comment?!?!
Keep on bloggin’…look forward to the next 1000
Caroline Marshall
April 30th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Let’s be honest, I’m not a blogger, and I’ve never read your blog before. But somehow I did today and I’m commenting! Hooray. Hope you are enjoying NewSpring. and I really hope Paul and Beth Marshall haven’t corrupted you yet, because they will :) In a good way of course. You have cute kids.
Enakeno Ogbo
April 30th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
Congrats on reaching 1,000th. i think I gave up on my blog after about 12 posts, but I now run a community website, so hey! Its my first time here and I like your posts.
Joey Smith
May 2nd, 2007 at 7:32 am
Congrats Tony on 1,000! You said in a recent post that you didn’t have an entry on Wikipedia. Look again my friend.