I found Ant very simply once I was familiar with the tool…once you have a working knowledge of the tool, you can whip up a new build project in no time. Then, you can do nightly builds minimally (and you’re ready for CI when the time comes). Plus, if you have a tool/script to bake the SVN version number into the assemblies being built (very helpful come debugging-time), you can easily add that to your build process. And once you’ve got a build process in place, you’ll definitely think of things to add to the build (testing, documentation, installer…)

I’d say it’s work it, just for the nightly builds

Get Ready All your photography tools must be always ready to use. Gather everything you’ll need into one place. Make sure to get a camera bag it well make much easier to you, because in it you can keep every thing that you well need and carry it with you. Make sure that every thing in its place.

Dale.

Dale

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Tory passed on your photoadventure info to me.

Thanks for this great idea. Those dates, however, just don’t work for me. I’ll watch for other sessions. In fact, on the 19, 20, 21, I’ll be with the Great Lakes Photo Tour at Glen Arbor.

Ed

Since I just finished one month of Royal Oak, I am not interested to go there as much as I am Kensington or Plymouth, or Northville, even Mayberry Farms…that metro park off Beck Rd and is it 6 Mile? Even the walking path that starts at Oakley Park and ends at Wixom is good I think.

Thanks for thinking to invite me.

Let me know about the photo shoot. Now to find my camera. LOL I had a listing appt. the other night. couldn’t find my camera although I’d made a point to bring it.. (!!)

With enough heads up I should be able to find the goofey thing before you do the walk.

For a short time we went to another church and you always knew that was the main theme. How broken we were was made apparent every week, and by the end of the service we felt joy in the fact that He loves us still. What an amazing heart journey that really needs to happen at each and every worship service. Without that we are just ‘choosing’ our God. We need to be reminded we desparately need Him and that He’s already choosen us.

OH and i love the celebration idea being brought back to church. Where has that been?

My main point of this post was that “church” tends to try to please everyone during 1 hour per week and it is waste of time at worst and un-fulfilling to the different groups who attend at best.

But, I think you underestimate how many folks have found a way to get to Good News without any conviction. Personally, I don’t see enough conviction in our services….and I think it would put things in a better perspective if more was done. I guess I’m talking about taking the ‘indirect’ conviction and making it more direct in approach.

For a “member” of that church, they would attend all three services, whereas a guest or better yet, non-believer would just attend Salvation.

I just cannot imagine a message of Good News without someone realizing they are broken! (And I need to be reminded of this Grace continually it seems)

Second of all…you’re missing one HUGE component of what a church should be. I agree with your list of Edification, Salvation, and Celebration…but you’re missing Conviction (or something along these lines) Church should be a place that people are convicted of our broken state each time we enter. To me, this is the only way to move onto edification, salvation and celebration.

Finally, your last list of ideas on worship services is what alot of churches who are outreach oriented currently do. Churches like Willow and Nothridge (although I don’t advocate everything they do) do really well at this…their weekend services are totally seeker oriented. Their “believer” services are Wednesday night, and are un-apolgetic for being totally believer focused.

Good post…