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Hi everyone,
I am trying to plan a vacation for my family (2 daughters in their 20s) for this summer in June. We have been to Barbados 3 times, but we want to try a new island. We have been to Turks & Caicos also. We are a family that loves to be by the beach, walking distance is a must. We prefer to stay at Villas rather than resorts. We are looking for a relaxing place to escape, not so much tourist attractions. My husband and daughter are scuba divers, so great reefs would be wonderful. Any island with a historic and unique culture would be great. As of now, St. Lucia, St. Barts, and St. Thomas have caught my eye, but I am open to all islands! Any recommendations would be appreciated!
Thank you!
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St. Thomas has the best divings of the islands on your list.
That said, look at Virgin Gorda - plenty of beachfront rental villas (check out those on Mahoe Bay - it simply doesn't get much better anywhere in the Caribbean) and you'll find some great diving sites in the surrounding waters. -
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RoamsAround: Virgin Gorda looks incredible! We will definitely be looking more into it. Diving is a plus but not a must on our list. We also enjoy snorkeling, fishing, surfing, and great restaurants. It would be nice to be able to hang out on the beach all day and then go into town to eat at a nice restaurant.
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It is not on your list but should be Belize- The Blue Hole, Lighthouse Reef Atoll, Belize-- famous for it's Great Blue Hole at 1,000 feet in diameter is the largest in the world, descending down 440 feet into blackness. Guided dives with deco stops. Your will see stalactites hanging from the indented caverns along the wall. Not many fish, but worth doing once just to say you've done it.
Half Moon Caye Wall, Lighthouse Reef, Belize-- totally different then the nearby "The Blue Hole". The reef and wall configuration is dressed with corals and sponges of every color. Lavish staghorn coral at 20 feet. Sand chutes expose colonies of garden eels that seem to move in slow motion. Good blend of small tropicals and some larger pelagics such as eagle rays, sea turtles.
Turneffe Island Lodge is a private Caribbean island resort. 14-acre island is a private-only-access diving and fishing lodge off the coast of Belize.offer three-, four- and sevennight packages for divers, fishers and beachcombers. We dove and snorkeled the Blue Hole, Half Moon Caye and Lighthouse Reef on Tuesdays. They offer an on-site dive and fish shop run by a professional and friendly staff. We experienced 15 dives on a seven-night package absolutely awesome. -
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Back to Virgin Gorda - very good to excellent snorkeling from many of the island's beaches FYI - There's a "triple reef" system off of the aforementioned Mahoe Bay where you can snorkel for hours and not see everything. The island has plenty of restaurants for your dining pleasure.
You should be able to go deep sea fishing on any island you visit so I wouldn't let that be a deciding factor in choosing a destination.
Lastly, on most islands surfing is limited to the Atlantic side of the island as that's where you'll find the bigger waves. The thing is, a lot of islands don't have great beaches on the Atlantic side. I'm not a surfer so I can't really say what islands are known for good or great surfing. If, however, you mean windsurfing or kite boarding you'll find one or both of those on just about every island. -
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St. Lucia is mountains, lush rainforests and waterfalls and smaller cove beaches. No natural white sand beaches as the island is volcanic, so light tan to black sand around the coast, which lends itself to darker (but still crystal clear) waters. Excellent diving and snorkeling, fishing, and scenery from the water, along with numerous hiking options, volcano, mud baths, botanical gardens, plantation tours, waterfall swims, mineral baths, the Pitons, and all sorts of land activities like zip lining, ATVing, horseback riding, mountain biking, etc.
Choosing depends more on what you are looking for in your trip - lush scenery and beautiful beaches or more flat arid islands with long stretches of beautiful beaches
Technically, you can drive around the island within a day (early morning to early evening) however, it is impossible to cover all the "Must See" attractions during that time period. As a visitor, you have a few options to choose from, each offering a unique experience:
Rent a car or a small SUV and take the challenge of touring on your own (using a guide map and talking to the locals; asking for directions, etc.) If you choose that option, try
Use a reputable tour operator or an authorized taxi driver to select and arrange a guided tour (an option which gives you the benefit of exploring with someone knowledgeable) St.Lucia Best Experience Tours & Airport Transfers. Very affordable and quality service
When you are planning for that one-day excursion, depending on the type you choose, be sure to have some of the following items with you.
A camera - digital, film, or video cam
Sunscreen, insect repellant, large hat, sun glasses
Some loose change and cash (small bills are advisable)
A swimsuit, large beach towel
Snorkelling gear
A belt or waist pouch to carry your cash, ID card, etc.
Good luck and may the best island win! -
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Thank you for all of the great responses!! It was very helpful! I am looking forward to researching which island to choose.
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Cathay Pacific Sex Leak – No Wonder It's Called a Cockpit…
- Categories: H, International, News
- Date: Aug 8, 2011 23:51 JST
- Tags: Aeroplanes, Bizarre, China, Exhibitionism, Hong Kong, Voyeurism
Pilot: I have take off in my pants.
...for certain reasons, she looks like a Thailand transvestite in the first pic..
..second one resembles a generic ghost in an Asian horror movie.
If ghosts gave blowjobs, those horror movies would be far more entertaining...
I dont mind getting head from a female ghost.... As long a they dont bit mine off...
yet more proof that if you don't want the world to see it, don't take a picture of it
Regardless of whether it was meant to made public, I must salute this man. If only for accomplishing what We have all wanted to try at one point.
Nice service on board.
I have not been able to even mouth the word 'cockpit' after George Carlin pointed out the very very obvious.
Not only that, but if that's his girlfriend, he sure knows how to pick some fine legs.
Can't fault the guy, everyone wants membership to the mile high club-- even pilots.
Instead of apologizing they should make it a in-flight service.
"Was not the pilot's girlfriend, she is the flight attendant doing her job."
and ta-da...
Instant win.
Over international waters prostitute should be legal, right? If so, this service could be a real cashcow.
Ships sailing on international waters are bound by the laws of the country where it is registered (i.e. what flag it sails under). You can have your ship registered in the Cayman Islands; you will then be bound by its laws.
So technically he could rob you of all your possessions and kill you without anyone having anything to say about it.
Considering that majority of today's planes feature auto-pilot, getting head is not a big deal during mid-flight. Getting caught is a whole different issue of course.
Unless your in North Korea Waters they have every right to shoot or capture you.
It happen while the Plain was on the ground
the airplane was definately in-flight. what the fuck else would they be doing on the plane if they're not at work. however, a captain in midflight can get up and get a cup of coffee, because of auto pilot. seems to me he could get some head while he's at it. though, you wouldn't want to make a habit of this sort of thing.
A plane registered to japan for instance, takes off and is over international waters. That plane is under the laws of Japan. Until, said plane lands at it's destination, say the U.S. It then is placed under U.S. Laws while they are on the ground there. Either way, somebody's laws are judging your penis' actions.
Also, good luck actually prosecuting anyone under international law. People violate international law all the time. Child soldiers anyone? If thats not stopped, why do you think blow jobs will?
We are talking about a plan correct? Plane laws aren't not the same thing as boat laws.
it's not the destination. it's where the vessel is registered.
if your boat is registered in Thailand, you are bound by the laws of Thailand while in (or over) international waters.
there's a reason party boats sail so far out from the US coastline when they want to engage in non-US approved activities.
in the Vatican State, the age of consent is 12, but remember that as a citizen of another country you may still be bound by your own laws when you return home:
"It is illegal for an American citizen or resident to have sex in another country with someone aged under 16, unless the age difference is less than 4 years, in which case the minimum age is 12."
AHH no when your in international waters you are not bound by any law. The cruse ship tell you that shit to keep you inline the capt. is the one in charge.
We are talking about a plane here and you are talking about a boat you stupid cow.
Sorry, actually you are bound by the law of the ship's destination, and by international law. News stories abound of people thinking they are immune to laws in international waters, only to be arrested and imprisoned when they reach port.
Think boffing a 10-year-old in international waters is good-to-go, even if there's full consent all around? Think again.
You know, I was on this plane once, and I'm sittin there, and the captain gets on and does his whole you know "we'll be cruising at 35,000 feet," but then he put puts the mic down and forgets to turn it off.
And he turns to the co-pilot and he's like "you know, all I could use right now is a fuckin' blow job and a cup of coffee."
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Bring farm to life, give the farmer a voice of his own and make plenty of animal noises on the Happyland farm.
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-Farm play set with animal sounds
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We love the Happyland Farm because it's a great way for your child to learn a little bit about the world around them through play. They can learn what noises all of the animals make while helping the farmer tend to them, while boosting their imagination through roleplay. Your little one will love opening and closing the pen and barn doors, and making the tractor roll along.
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It most likely is, but there's a chance it might not be enough. It can vary greatly depending on your goals and daily activity.Originally Posted by Cokeboyz
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most likely yeah, unless your metabolism is super duper fast and after a while it would slow down and you would gain it back, assuming your doing this naturally without any thyroidals. the average professional bodybuilder eats between 3 and 5 thousand calorie diet
It all depends how intense your training is, how often you train, how much physical activity you are doing( a guy who sits on his ass all day needs less obviously than a guy who works 12 hour shifts on the line standing packing boxes)
I am at 220, 11% bodyfat , according to the inbody520 machine (I make sure I stay overall lean) and a moderately active guy and if I go over 3000-3200 I start gaining too much body fat going towards 225. That said, the leaner you are and more muscle you have you need the calories to support the muscle. For me to maintain my weight 3000
I have been up to 250 lbs with 18-20% bodyfat and I thought I was still somewhat lean at the time. its much better to stay leaner because you can only gain muscle at a certain rate-naturally. Hormonals it changes a bit and still the same concepts apply.
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I say start at about 2500kcals and add 200-300 a week untill you start seeing gains. There are no magic number and just because one is big doesnt make it right... make sure these are good calories
You also will need to weigh and measure everything you eat. There is no way to accurately determine your energy intake otherwise. By estimating you could easily be off 500 kcal per day.
Depends upon your goals, your training, other stats of yours.
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Your statement is no better than saying how many drinks do I need to get drunk...idk everyone is different
5k kcals at your weight is surely an overkill.
I had some friends try 5-7k kcals at 170 and they gained 10 pounds in 1 month but mostly fat..
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Published 11:24am Monday, January 28, 2013FROM STAFF REPORTS
AUGUSTA, Ga. – University of Montevallo senior Austin Dubberly and junior Will Fulmer were each selected to the preseason All-Peach Belt Conference baseball team, which was announced by the conference office Jan. 25.
Dubberly, a 5-foot-10 shortstop who started all 53 games for the Falcons last season, earns his second conference honor after being named to the All-Peach Belt Conference squad following his sophomore season in 2011.
Last season, Dubberly batted .280 with one homer and 28 RBIs while finishing with 10 extra-base hits, including eight doubles. Dubberly also led the team with eight stolen bases in nine attempts.
Dubberly was named to the Peach Belt Conference All-Academic Team.
Dubberly started 39 games as a sophomore and batted .352 with 159 base hits, including nine extra-base hits. Dubberly was also named American Baseball Coaches Association second team All-Southeast Region following the 2011 season.
Fulmer, who was recently named to the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper NCAA Division II Southeast Region All-American team, enters the 2013 campaign fresh off a record-setting season in 2012.
Fulmer started all 53 games for the Falcons last season, setting a new Peach Belt Conference record with 52 hits during conference games. The 5-foot-10 second baseman led the Falcons with a .361 batting average as he finished with a team-high 16 doubles, one homer and 28 RBIs. Fulmer also finished with a .443 on base percentage and stole seven bases last season.
Following the 2012 season, Fulmer was named first team All-Peach Belt Conference and second-team All-Southeast Region by three separate organizations, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, Daktronics and American Baseball Coaches Association.
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Lois Capps SubtitleVoters here aren't interested in blatant attacks on "ObamaCare." The healthcare law and President Obama are viewed relatively favorably. However, specifics about the healthcare legislation -- the impact on Medicare, taxes and the cost of care – can be addressed as stand-alone issues without using the terms ObamaCare, the President's Healthcare Law and the Affordable Care Act. |
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Investigators stopped a suspicious vehicle on Word Mountain Road in Grant Friday night.
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2 Chainz is working hard on his second studio album and he wants to add something a little special to the CD. 2 Chainz threw some hints about his cookbook through his Instagram posts pics of his meals.
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The INL EMS is designed to integrate environmental protection, environmental compliance, pollution prevention, and waste minimization into work planning and execution throughout all work areas. The EMS program is founded on the five core elements of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Environmental Management System Standard (ISO 14001). The major elements of the EMS include policy, planning, implementation and operation, checking and corrective action, and management review. The EMS is designed to implement the INL's environmental policy and to focus on controlling INL activities in a manner that minimizes the potential to negatively impact the environment.
INL attained ISO 14001 certification of its EMS, effective November 24, 2005, as a result of a three-stage registration audit completed November 10, 2005 by a third party registrar, and has maintained ISO 14001 certification since that time.
To support our mission, vision and strategic objectives, it is INL's environmental policy to conduct research, development and demonstration for energy and national security in a manner that protects and preserves human health and the environment and is in full compliance with applicable environmental laws, regulations, and other requirements.
We implement this policy by integrating environmental requirements, pollution prevention, continual improvement into our work planning and execution, and taking actions to minimize the environmental impacts of our operations. We establish and communicate environmental responsibilities, provide environmental training to our workforce, and implement controls to mitigate environmental hazards. Through employee involvement and management commitment to environmental excellence, we will:
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A couple of days ago on Kickstarter saw the latest project from Phr00t in his fantastic Sci-Fi series. 3089 is the fourth installment in the futuristic 3D open world action RPG with randomly generated terrain, items, weapons, and from the looks of it everything else as well.
It is very exciting to see the series develop phenomenally from the 2D top down state into what is now proposed to be a full 3D randomly generated smooth flowing seemingly endless world.
These are some of the key features that make 3089 really unique:
- Terrain will be smoothly generated (no more blocky gaming)
- Much more procedural generation in endless biome types and textures
- Unique quests made from individually generated task lists
- Randomly generated vehicles, from small hovercrafts to large ships
- Weapons construction & customization based on individual parts
- Limitless height & depths
- Dynamic lighting
- Complete storyline with procedurally generated exploring
- Integrated physics engine
It really sounds that Phr00t is really pulling out all the stops and really upping the ante from 3079 in lovingly expanding the series. 3079 was a huge success and I have high expectations that the sequel 3089 will at least reach the same level but will more than likely surpass the previous title.
3089 seems to be pulling together a load of new and great ideas into this Sci-Fi world in an ever evolving and changing world, really giving each individual player a unique and memorable experience.
3089 is currently in the early stages of development and is live on Kickstarter now. Phr00t set a very modest goal of $1 000 with the vast amount spent on modeling characters and sprites in the game. However don't let the low figure fool you as all extra funds will be used to develop the game to an even greater extent. The low goal is simply to cover the minimum, however all extra on top will really improve 3089 and help make it the game Phr00t envisioned it to be.
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They have all been modified in the same way, with code and files added to the original .APK package, making the app secretly steal data such as contacts' phone numbers and IMEI, sending premium SMS messages, and trying to disable several popular Chinese mobile security apps.
The researchers urge users to download apps only from reputable Android marketplaces but, as we have recently witnessed, even downloading them from Google Play is not a safe bet.
Carriers and device manufacturers are not exactly known for a fast delivery of patches, so until your ones do, you can always try to use ReKey, a mobile app that takes the upstream patch from Google and deploys it in a safe and non-destructive manner on your device.
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"The company once had a $4 billion market capitalization and was trading in the mid-20s. People realize there is potential for earnings to recover and the ability for store growth if the merchandise is right," said Mark Montagna, retail analyst at C.L. King & Associates.
Coldwater Creek has a strong financial position and is taking initiatives to drive earnings. The retailer is poised to cut inventories 15 percent a square foot by the end of the year, and is planning for a 20 percent stockkeeping unit count reduction by the second half of 2008. It is also working to reduce promotional levels. The discontinuation of the Spirit line, which was tested in 33 stores, could eliminate a distraction for the buying team.
Montagna believes the company is capable of returning to 5 percent operating margins despite a tough economy.
"It makes sense to bet on that, considering where the price is now," he said.
Coldwater Creek has had a tough stretch since the fourth quarter of 2006. Shares of the company were trading in the $5.48 range as of April 4, better than the 52-week low of $3.40, but more than 78 percent off their high of $25.69.
In fiscal 2008, the company reported a loss of $2.5 million, or 3 cents a diluted share, from a profit of $55.4 million, or 59 cents, in the year-ago period. For the period ended Feb. 2, sales grew 9.2 percent to $1.15 billion from $1.05 billion.
"Hedge funds are looking to play retail. It is the first sector generally to jump out when the economy turns around. So hedge funds will look for familiar names that can shape up quickly. Coldwater Creek is one of those names that will lead the charge and have a few quarters of numbers blown out of the water," said Eric Beder, retail analyst at Brean Murray, Carret & Co.
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One day WINTERSUN are going to release another album. It's been six years since this – their debut. Many people would say six long years. What no one can deny is that in those six years the band MySpace site has received near enough to one million hits. Maybe twice that number again have frequented the official WINTERSUN website. And your guess is as good as mine, as to how many fans have bought the DVD bonus edition re-issue of this album just to own something (anything!) new by this band. And as for Nuclear Blast…..well they've probably stopped calling asking for updates by now.
So what are we dealing with here? Metal by a metal mastermind kind of sums it up. Because WINTERSUN is, after all, really a one man show. On this album that definition is actually taken to a terrifying extreme with every single note written and performed by Jari Maenpaa himself. The sole exception is the drums. And once you hear this album you'll understand why that's such a big deal.
Technically this release cost Jari Maenpaa his frontman gig with ENSIFERUM. Up until that point his Resume was pretty straightforward. He'd chipped in here and there with some mighty tunes and lots of warriors words to help put ENSIFERUM on the map. In between he'd squeezed out a few tracks for an obscure melodic black outfit called ARTHEMESIA. That should have been the first clue. Read my review of that album to dig deeper if you like, but what I will say is that with those handful of songs Maenpaa let loose a vision as epic and uncompromising as metal had seen for a long, long time. WINTERSUN is what then happened when he decided to throw away the rulebook altogether.
"Beyond The Dark Sun" is an overture; a curtain raiser shaped from a sledgehammer riff. How the hell you'll get this one out of your head is anyone's guess. The whole thing runs for barely two and a half minutes and yet somehow manages to include an opening narration and two part structure that sets the scene for a whole album of genuinely breathtaking prog theatrics. Forget the kind of prog that sets out to see where we can end up. In Maenpaa's hands it's all about knowing exactly where you're going from the first note to the last.
The rest of the album can pretty much be divided up into two halves that Maenpaa himself designates as either "fast, agressive, technical and melodic shit" or "slower, majestic and epic shit". Yep, the word "shit" is in the original. The man has a sense of humour and there's no denying that he certainly knows his shit.
The fast stuff is summed up in tracks like "Winter Madness" and "Battle Against Time". Both race at you like a frenzy of musical insanity until you notice the shivers up and down your spine. The guitar work is speed metal fast and viking metal pounding. But that's not enough. When all's said done you just know a page or two of black metal intensity has been reduced to ashes. And that's Maenpaa on the keyboards too. Somehow he tears a razorblade stab out of every note here too. The THRONE OF CHAOS debut is the last time anyone got this close.
As for the slower stuff; "Sadness and Hate", "Sleeping Stars" and "Death and the Healing" are the song titles you're dealing with. That tells you something. What follows is cathedrals of metal grandeur that crack the masonry with gut wrenching chords that transfigure the darkest doom metal you've ever (or never) heard. And listen very carefully to those hallowed and majestic choirs. It's actually one guy from Finland. A guy called Jari.
Metal is full of landmark releases. Every single one has as many detractors as it has devotees. But very few albums manage to give rise to an entire mythology. This is one such album. Everything from writers block to studio malfunctions to house moving dramas have delayed album number two. Hell it may never come. And with the working title of 'Time', one suspects Mr. Maenpaa has had a private chuckle or two about how long it's all taking. I know I have.


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Trends Among Growing Churches: Some Reflections on the Fastest Growing and Largest U.S. Churches
Outreach Magazine just released their Outreach 100 issue for 2013. LifeWay Research does the research for this issue. I was particularly encouraged to see the list focus especially on fastest growing churches. You can subscribe to the magazine here. Here is my article with a bit of analysis of some of the fastest-growing churches in America.
Each year at LifeWay Research, we work together with Outreach Magazine to create the Outreach 100 listings of the country's Fastest-Growing and Largest Churches. On one hand, these lists are one of the most anticipated things we do each year. People seem to eagerly await the lists so they can learn from these churches about what God is doing to build his kingdom across the United States. On the other hand, there are those who complain about the lists. They seem to think this is a way of exalting "big churches" in an effort to make them look better than the churches that are not on the list, when nothing could be further from the truth.
Remember folks: facts are our friends.
I love to learn. I have spent a significant portion of my adult life in the classroom, either as a student or as a professor. These lists feed our hunger to learn as we evaluate the temperature of the churches we study in an effort to learn more about the ways God is working. I hope these lists encourage you and challenge you. I hope, like me, you read them and celebrate the ways God is working. I hope they challenge you to think through your own strategy to reach your community with the gospel.
On this year's lists, we noticed many of the same trends we've seen in the past. Among the recent trends, we continue to see multisite churches becoming more and more common. Among the 100 Largest churches, we find only 12 have a single campus (although one church did not report how many campuses it has). On the Fastest-Growing list, the number with a single campus is much greater—42, reflecting close to a split in the number of churches that do and do not have multiple campuses.
Some once believed this move to grow via multiple campuses was a temporary trend, but it appears to be a trend that's here to stay. While it was once the domain of only the largest churches, we now see smaller churches deploying the same methodology. What's interesting to me is the number of churches that utilize a multisite methodology and are also committed to church planting. The two are definitely not exclusive of one another. I think this may have something to do with the missionary heart of these churches.
As we come to these lists each year, we look for three things: a characteristic trending across the church spectrum; something that stands out as unique; and something that may fly a bit under the radar and yet is surprisingly influential among growing churches.
This year, as my team processed the data, we saw something that excites me and is thoroughly biblical. What's more, it's something in which every church can engage. Something in which every church must engage if it wants to reflect the character of God as a church body: self-sacrifice.
Growing churches are showing a great commitment to multiplying themselves, as we see in the discussion about multiple campuses, and this commitment to multiplication often creates a need for sacrifice. Sacrifice is inherent to the experience of every growing believer—and every growing church.
In another research project we conducted, the Transformational Discipleship Assessment, we learned that growing disciples share a number of common characteristics. Chief among them are: "Obeying God and denying self," "Serving God and others" and "Exercising faith." None of these should come as a surprise, but I think it's important to note that churches are made up of disciples. When these disciples are growing to be more like Jesus, the churches they are a part of reflect these same characteristics.
This growth in maturity is reflected in many of the churches that are also growing numerically at a rapid rate. This is a great thing! It's encouraging that many of the Fastest-Growing Churches are often churches willing to sacrifice. We want to share a couple of these specific stories with you this year.
The first story is of a church that didn't even make the list. While that may seem strange, you should know the only reason it didn't make the list is because it took an important, sacrificial step to advance God's kingdom. That step hurt it in the short term but is already leading to incredible kingdom growth. I'm confident you'll hear its name again in the future.
Beach Church, a United Methodist congregation in Jacksonville, Fla., was experiencing exciting growth as it attempted to reach its community. In 1997 it decided to add a contemporary service and saw immediate growth. It exceeded 1,000 in worship and watched as God did surprising things among within the church.
This growth continued for a few years, until it experienced a pastoral change in 2002. Jerry Sweat joined the church as the new senior pastor and recognized the church wasn't effectively reaching the 18- to 30-year-olds living near the church. In an effort to reach out to them, the leadership team added an additional service, one that would meet at 11:22 each Sunday morning. It named the new service 1122.
Originally, the church intended for this new service to be led by a rotation of preachers from its staff. It soon realized its youth pastor, Joby Martin, was uniquely gifted for this role, and he began to assume primary leadership for the new service; it exploded with growth. While Beach Church was already a good-sized church, the new service attendance outnumbered the church's combined attendance at other services.
Through a series of events, the leadership contemplated how to handle space issues, scheduling issues, staff issues and so on. After much prayer and counsel from their denominational leaders, the leadership of Beach Church decided to relaunch its church while simultaneously launching the 1122 service as an entirely separate congregation.
It's important to understand this was not a church split. It was a selfless, sacrificial decision to see the kingdom grow. Pastor Jerry Sweat describes it this way:
"This was all about … multiplying the mission of reaching people for Christ and raising up disciples. And then when everything began to shake at the joints and when everything seemed to be falling apart, always reach out … to the mission. That was our true north in the whole thing."
This intentional decision, of course, brings up many questions. How are the separate churches going to be financed? Where will they meet? Which congregation will the various church members decide to join? How will the staff be directed? Will new staff be required? We could go on and on. While these questions can seem a bit overwhelming, Beach Church and the 1122 service, which became The Church of Eleven22, walked through the process deliberately and prayerfully.
They decided they would add the staff they needed during the transition. For almost a year, they operated with two separate staffs. They worked together on a capital campaign, raising substantial dollars. This combined capital effort helped renovate new space for The Church of Eleven22 and helped pay off debt for Beach Church. It also created resources to help fund unexpected expenses during the transition.
Ryan Stone, who serves as the lead ministry pastor at The Church of Eleven22 under Pastor Joby Martin's leadership, said they felt like they were accidental church planters, responding to God's movement.
It's incredibly encouraging to see Beach Church nurture this kind of kingdom growth, even though the church knew that giving away the 1122 service would potentially mean it would see a decrease in attendance and financial support. This is the kind of sacrifice a maturing Christian embraces.
After almost a year of preparation, Beach Church and The Church of Eleven22 relaunched and launched, respectively, on the same Sunday. Prior to their launch Sunday, they typically averaged around 2,200 people, combined. On their launch Sunday, however, they saw 4,200 people attend their services.
In the weeks following, Beach Church did see a substantial decrease in its total numbers. Its sacrifice was real. And yet, in response to its faithfulness, in the year since the relaunch, it's seen a 37 percent increase in its worship attendance.
The Church of Eleven22, meanwhile, continues to see God do amazing things. On its launch Sunday, attendance topped 3,000, and on Easter Sunday of this year, its first Easter as a church, it saw well more than 5,000 people in attendance.
There is one additional aspect of sacrifice you should know about, though, and that is the denominational sacrifice involved. The Church of Eleven22 was launched out of Beach Church, a United Methodist congregation, but The Church of Eleven22 is not a Methodist congregation. It is a nondenominational congregation that also affiliates with Acts 29 (a church planting network which has some different theological expressions).
In a remarkable display of partnership, these churches served together to see the kingdom grow, even when they had to sacrifice to do so, and God is honoring their faithfulness. I love what Pastor Jerry Sweat had to say about this faithfulness:
"This was always a kingdom advancement. We continued to say over and over again that kingdom advancement was not about an address, it wasn't about a denomination—it was about a movement."
Another great example of sacrificial leadership is seen among churches intentionally giving away their resources and leaders for the sake of the church. Churches like this are raising up leaders, training them and then deploying them, rather than keeping them in house. They also are sacrificially giving away resources that are precious to them, simply because they want to see the kingdom of God grow. Element Church (No. 30, Fastest-Growing), outside of St. Louis, Mo., is a church working diligently to do just that.
Element Church was planted in Wentzville, a suburb on the west side of St. Louis. Erik Lawson, who is its lead pastor, told us two stories that struck us as great examples of selfless, sacrificial leadership that are illustrative of the kind of sacrifice we see occurring across the nation in effective churches.
In the early stages of Element Church, long before it became the church it is today, it was established but still small. Lawson heard about a struggling church planter in the area. Believing that God was encouraging him to help the other pastor, Lawson invited him to lunch. In the vehicle on the way to meet with the other pastor, Lawson believes the Lord called him to give financially to this neighboring church plant. The amount he was called to give from Element Church to this area church plant was no small amount. It was an amount that, at the time, Element could have used, being a church plant itself. However, in response to the prompting of God's Spirit, Element gladly blessed the other congregation, desiring to be obedient to God and to see the kingdom grow.
Another example of this kind of selfless leadership comes from Element Church's desire to see staff go beyond their church to start new churches and ministries, and Element's willingness to encourage them to that end. Rather than keeping people, resources and giftedness to itself, Element looks to grow the kingdom by deploying these things wherever there is need.
"There are senior pastors who are threatened by staff who feel called to go out and plant," Lawson says. "There is [often] an environment where you better not tell your pastor, or you are going to need an attorney because you're going to get fired. It's a very unhealthy paradigm.
"2 Samuel 18:15 says, Absalom had no sons, so he had to build a monument to himself. The role of the pastor is to reproduce spiritual sons in the Lord. They are our ministry," Lawson says. "My first ministry is my staff, and my ministry is to help equip them for the purpose that God has for them. And if some of them are called to go out and plant a church, then how much better is it for me to be a part of that process, to be a spiritual influence in their life, and see that legacy, something that can outlive me?"
This kind of selfless, sacrificial behavior is the kind the church calls for from her members, and it is the kind she must model if the church is going to grow, if Jesus is going to be honored and if those who do not know Jesus are going to see their lives transformed.
Pastor Stovall Weems and Celebration Church, in Jacksonville, Fla., are familiar names to many people. Celebration Church has found a place on both the Largest list (No. 37) and the Fastest-Growing list. In fact, this year it is recognized as the fourth Fastest-Growing church in America. For some, it might seem surprising that a church this large, and a church growing as rapidly as Celebration is, is also committed to sacrificially distributing its time and people to plant other churches. And yet it is aggressively doing so. For many, it would seem to require funny math to combine aggressively distributing funds and personnel to plant other churches, with rapid growth in the same church, and yet Celebration is another example, in a long line of examples, showing that sacrifice to multiply churches often goes hand in hand with growth in the church doing the sacrificing.
Before Weems started Celebration Church, he had a desire to serve overseas as a missionary and church planter. Instead, God had other plans, and he found himself in Jacksonville, Fla., planting Celebration Church. The missionary mindset that once drove him to consider overseas church planting was still heavily influential in his own life as he planted Celebration.
"I realized that through planting Celebration I could plant so many more mission-minded churches, and we could have a far greater impact planting a church here in America that would be a mission-minded church that would plant other mission-minded churches," Weems says.
This commitment to multiplication, not just growth, continues to drive Celebration today. In fact, Weems is not only committed to planting other churches, but he is also committed to sending members of Celebration out with each church it plants. He wants Celebration to be a missionary sending church.
"Any launch we do, people from our church always go with them," says Weems. "We had several people go to D.C. to be part of the launch team. We consider it part of God's blessing.
"We believe if we keep sending, God will keep bringing, so sending is a big part of our church culture. Whether that is through missions or a campus or a church plant, we want to send," adds Weems. "We want to extend the kingdom through church planting, which we are very passionate about."
I am convinced this kind of missionary spirit, this apostolic impulse, is what allows Celebration Church to not only be a fast-growing church itself, but to be a multiplying church as it works to expand not just a church, but God's kingdom.
One final thing that intrigues me about the sacrificial spirit of Weems and Celebration Church is their desire to plant in partnership with others, rather than planting alone. I have written before that I believe denominations and networks are a good thing. When they are functioning well, they can be a great tool God uses to grow his kingdom.
Weems agrees with that. He currently serves on the leadership council for the Association of Related Churches (ARC), a network that is planting churches all over the world. Of his commitment to plant through ARC, as opposed to going it alone, he says, "We have planted several churches; besides our own campuses and international churches, we do all of our church planting through ARC. We are able to do far more in partnership with other churches, which ARC allows us to do."
I think more churches need this kind of partnering and sacrificial spirit, and I am convinced they are key ingredients to Celebration Church's own church growth, as well as its amazing investment in kingdom growth.
The word of God reminds us that the kingdom of God will advance. There is no stopping it. God will be victorious, and his bride, the church, will be glorious. We can either be a part of that or not. As I look across the landscape of contemporary evangelicalism in the United States, I am encouraged to see churches that take seriously God's call to be like Jesus and that are committed to advancing the gospel, even when it hurts. May we see this trend continue to grow.
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B hatem
It is unfortunate that mega churches have discarded the beautiful, old hymns that have been a blessing to so many & replaced them with inane, repetitive, contemporary praise songs that have no message in order to attract young people. Church members are from all all ages & there needs to have a balance of old hymns & contemporary to suit all tastes--something to the tune of 50/50. Nothing sounds sweeter that Amazing Grace, greater than How Great Thou Art, or more glorious than Glory to His Name.
Rick Dalbey
"Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ even from envy and strife, but some also from good will; the latter do it out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel; the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition [o]rather than from pure motives, thinking to cause me distress in my]imprisonment. What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and in this I rejoice." Don't worry about the other guys. You and your evangelistically minded people pray, intercede and then share the gospel with your community!
To answer Rick Dalby's comment: "What is this obsession we have with being against numbers? ... ": Yes there are instances, as you suggested, when God added those large numbers. But a lot of Churches also get big because of their "people pleasing" strategies, like prosperity Gospel Churches. So the author of the article must clarify what is the case in the Churches he has studied - is it God adding to number or is it their flesh? And also, those were only couple of instances we see large number of people added. No where in the Bible it says that God guarantees to do it like that, dramatically, always. Anyways, whenever one talks about the size of a Church, one should not just stop after saying - oh the Church is that big. But one must complete the assessment by analyzing how many in the Church are actually true disciples. Otherwise the number "size" of the Church does not mean much - big or small, as there are so many big Churches which we know are just prosperity gospel Churches.
Rick Dalbey
I sense a kind of Rhumba beat. Sorry. I am not criticizing your musical tastes. Each to His own. How ever you want to praise the Lord is OK by me. Sound the loud triumphant lay!
Thomas Gary
Rick, I doubt if you'd also ask people about predestination on the street. I've got Contempo church pals who go to Trad churches at Christmas/Easter so (their words) "the family can have a real Christmas/Easter worship service." That says something. I'm a Rocker. No Classical music buff. Worship song list topics: God all powerful, I'm a sinner, get saved. Fine but there's more. Dumbed down is true IMHO. Some SoCal Contempo churches ACTIVELY PREVENT members from knowing basic truths about Bible & church history to avoid questions. Went to folk mass RC church and readers cited short scholarly bios on texts. Not going to hear that at Calvary Chapel. Emotions and thinking in church can & should go together. I love the Beatles but also glad I know "My Fair Lady" & some opera tunes & "Bolero". Great music transcends time They r not mutually exclusive. Challenge people a bit. They might like it. Nothing wrong with giving people some emotional depths & insights. Peace with Jesus.
Thomas Gary
Rick - here are lyrics sung now & they aren't Beowulf at all. Other than fray, lay, wrought, foliage, seem ok to me. Sing; my tongue, the glorious battle, sing the ending of the fray; now above the cross, the trophy, sound the loud triumphant lay: tell how Christ, the world's Redeemer, as a victim won the day. 2. Tell how, when at length the fullness of th' appointed time was come, Christ, the Word, was born of woman, left for us his heavenly home; showed us human life made perfect, shone as light amid the gloom. 3. Thus, with thirty years accomplished, went he forth from Nazareth, destined, dedicated, willing, wrought his work, and met his death. Like a lamb he humbly yielded on the cross his dying breath. 4. Faithful cross, thou sign of triumph, now for us the noblest tree, none in foliage, none in blossom, none in fruit thy peer may be; symbol of the world's redemption, for the weight that hung on thee!
It is certainly interesting to see who the biggest are, but it seems to me that what would be more valuable to most of us is to know what churches are reaching the most people per member of the congregation. What churches have the highest percentage of the growth coming from conversion? New members come from conversion of children of members, active church members moving their membership, inactive church members becoming active and moving membership, and conversion. The last two build and strengthen the body of Christ. While child conversion is good and certainly necessary, it should happen in every church. While studying size and emulating good methods has some value, there may be greater value in finding and learning about the churches that have the best evangelism ratios. Is anybody doing this?
Rick Dalbey
I'm sorry Thomas, you got me going with your hymn. Ask the first 10 people you meet on the street in LA or New York what "While the Mother-Maid His members Wraps in mean and lowly bands" means. Or what , "Bend thy boughs, O tree of glory! Thy relaxing sinews bend; For awhile the ancient rigor That thy birth bestowed, suspend; And the King of heavenly beauty On thy bosom gently tend!" means. I do appreciate the lyrics, but I have a degree in English Literature and memorized the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf. I don't insist people memorize Beowulf. I think the key is your comment "who will occasionally attend more traditional churches just to hear great hymns." I want to see our communities won to Christ, not just "occasionally attend" a traditional church. But I admit I do love the old Hymns like "O for a Thousand Tongues." Not sure about "Sing My Tongue the Glorious Battle" LOL. I also hesitate to accuse contemporary churches of "Cut-and-paste-teaching." That's a little too pejorative.
Rick Dalbey
Was Israel dumb for singing, "Say to God, 'How awesome are your deeds! Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man?" Were the saints in Revelation dumb for singing "Worthy is the lamb that was slain" the lyrics to the contemporary "Revelation song." Or how about Paul's song "Wake sleeper and rise from the dead and Christ will shine upon you." Most likely to the accompaniement of weird sounding Ouds and Eastern flutes in trilling Aramaic. Be careful what you label "dumb". Every generation seems to think the new music is dumb. My father thought Andrae Crouch was inflamed by that evil "Jungle Beat." I love ALL sincere expressions of Worship but I don't enshrine the music of 100 years ago above all. I prefer to defer to what new believers can relate to and what honors God."Sing My Tongue the Glorious Battle" with catchy lyrics like paraclete, e'en, ancient rigor, fray, thy peer? "Marked e'en then this Tree the ruin Of the first tree to dispel?" Eh?
Thomas Gary
Rick - I know young believers who will occasionally attend more traditional churches just to hear great hymns that say more than worship songs. Worship songs are great but music is a powerful spiritual tool. When people just sing "Our God is an Awesome God" there's not much meat and, IMHO, helps to dumb down the church. Some churches I know are slowly introducing traditional hymns in a new style into their "song list". Excellent hymns convey not only ideas and doctrines, but they usually give a deeper beauty and emotional nuances and shades to the church experience. I do know people in their 30's who care about great hymns. Listen to "Sing My Tongue the Glorious Battle" and tell me if it isn't a deeper experience of Christ's sacrifice than most sing-along worship tunes. Let's not dumb down the church as the rest of society does so also. Large can be great but dumb isn't. In SoCal, most "worship song only" churches go hand-in-hand with cut-and-paste teachings. Peace.