On the Links

• The Beatles’ ‘Michelle’ played on iPhone
  Here’s a great video of ‘Michelle’ being played on an iPhone. Consider adding the iPhone as part of your worship band.
• Missional fun with twitter!
  Send a message to the Missions Post Office using #missions or #missional in a tweet and it becomes a postcard on MissionsPostOffice.com
• Event evangelism essential to effective churches
  Block parties, festivals and other evangelistic events are essential ingredients for effective churches, according a study by the Scarborough Center for Baptist Church Planting.
• Why morning people rule the world
  Those with the genetic gift of “morning-ness” tend to be more highly rewarded. But is that fair?
• Tebow: football, NFL not source of true success
  “… I count my life as successful,” Tebow said. “But not because I’m famous or won two national championships or the Heisman or going to the NFL, it's because I have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ."

Book Look

• TILT: Small Shifts in Leadership that Make a Big Difference
  by Erik Rees and Jeff Jernigan
  With practical tools and exercises throughout the book, the reader is challenged to examine those things that keep us from releasing control and consequently prevent us from empowering others. 
• Spiritual Health Assessment and Spiritual Health Planner
  This is small group tool that gives you a snapshot of your spiritual health, pinpoint areas that may need attention, and help you develop a plan to bring God’s five purposes for your life into balance.

Bible Bytes

• The disciples were staggered. “Then who has any chance at all?”
• Jesus looked hard at them and said, "No chance at all if you think you can pull it off yourself. Every chance in the world if you trust God to do it."
  
  Matthew 19:25-26 (MSG)

Notes & Quotes

• Americans' Church Attendance Inches Up in 2010
  Americans' self-reported church attendance has continued to inch up in 2010, with 43.1% of Americans reporting weekly or almost weekly attendance.
• “A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.” – William Arthur Ward
• “It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth -- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up -- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had.” -- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
• “He who angers you conquers you.” – Elizabeth Kenny
• Most of North America lives in multi-housing; 95% without Christ  About 57 percent of all people in North America reside in multi-housing -- apartments, expensive high-rises, mobile home parks and condominiums. An estimated 95 percent of them are lost without Christ.