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Francis Chan and his people have put together a great video you might want to use to nudge people Godward. Check it out.

Years ago I pastored small church in the countryside. Even though the church was small there were more pews then there were people. It didn’t seem right to have so many nice places to sit go to waste every Sunday, especially since I work so hard on my sermons. So I came up with a plan. We would have a Friend Day I would encourage everyone to invite one friend. If everyone brought one friend there would be no empty pews.
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Are the absent safe around you? God held Israel responsible for their public rebellion and the murmuring they did in their tents. My aquaintance Ray Pritchard cranks out books like I can put away pizza. He has an insightful blog. Monday he told an interesting story. In the article he has a good, practical suggestion about how to keep others from talking about those who are not present to participate in the discussion. Amy Carmichael’s rule in the Donavour Fellowship in Inda was “Never about. Always too.” In other words, she did not allow people to talk about each other when they should talk to each other.