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We finally got all the right equipment in place including the Metro E data connection between our NewSpring Anderson and Greenville campuses. For the first time at our 11:15 service in Greenville they’re getting:

Video streaming over a data connection
an HD center lock-down shot
SD side-screen shots, and
it’s all LIVE!

Just so you know, we took a bit [...]

Earlier this morning, I had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Sherry Moorhead. Not only is she a good friend, she’s the Director of Volunteers at the NewSpring Anderson campus. Here’s what she had to share about volunteer ministry and more.

The short: Are you are a curious, quick, meticulous front-end developer with database experience who can take .PSD/.AI files, wireframes or Sharpie sketches and make them work online?
The long: You’ve got 2-3 years of experience doing hand-coded, cross-browser-compatible, well-commented XHTML/CSS, PHP, XML, RSS, W3C, JS (jQuery) and Flash-integration. Specific to our DNA, you’ll need an [...]

We don’t know what the answer is, but we think something needs to change. The last couple of weeks, we’ve had over 500 students gather for Fuse, NewSpring’s student ministry, on the Anderson campus. We have huge momentum, and we think that’s going to escalate in the coming months when the new student ministry facility [...]

This morning, our entire staff gathered to share stories and to catch vision from Perry. We even had the staff team from Florence with us via streaming video. (That was pretty cool.) We took almost an hour just to encourage each other with stories we’ve heard or seen throughout the life of the church. Here’s [...]

Perry shared a powerful message today on the hope we have in Jesus Christ. Here are several thoughts he shared that grabbed my attention or made me laugh:

“Here’s the thing about trouble. We never see it coming.”
“God is so good.”
“That’s the reason I don’t have a NewSpring sticker for my car.”
“Bad things don’t happen to [...]

Yesterday I grabbed my Flip Video camcorder and invited Lee McDerment, worship leader at NewSpring, up to my office to chat. We covered a lot of ground in 20 minutes. Here’s the interview in two parts.

Lee’s recently released album, a Matchlight in the Dark, is available on iTunes, at CD Baby and at all NewSpring [...]

Question: I’m a pastor in Missouri who has just added two new staff members.  I was wondering if you could tell me 4 or 5 things that you guys discuss as you debrief Sunday’s service.
Answer: Perry leads us through an initial debrief of his message and the arts programming at the Anderson campus immediately after [...]

Yesterday, Louie Giglio taught at our services…only he really didn’t. We used a video of a message he taught last fall. It was powerful. (Just in case you’re wondering, I’m convinced video teaching works when the video teaching is good.)
I know. I’m fortunate. I get to experience world-class teaching every weekend here at NewSpring. And, [...]

Today, Perry taught one of the best messages I’ve ever heard about reaching today’s culture. He unpacked Acts 17 and talked about how Paul communicated with those outside the faith. Here were some of the lines that caught my attention:

“If a Christian can only listen to Christian music, I wouldn’t listen to music because most [...]