UNLV Coach Lon Kruger @Central This Weekend
BOOK SIGNINGRunnin’ Rebel Coach Lon Kruger & D.J. Allen
After Services This Sunday, May 17
two42 cafe & bookstore • Henderson Campus
Runnin’ Rebel Basketball Head Coach, Lon Kruger and DJ Allen will be signing their recently released book, The Xs & Os of Success: A Playbook for Leaders in Business and Life after each service Sunday, May 17 in the two42 cafe & bookstore at the Henderson Campus. Be sure to stop by!
The Xs & Os of Success: A Playbook for Leaders in Business and Life
by Lon Kruger and DJ Allen
Lon Kruger has found a unique formula for success that includes bringing the very best out of his players and teams. He has done it with a dignity and class that is not always associated with the sporting world. Imagine if you could use those same principles to help improve your business or personal life? In The Xs & Os of Success: A Playbook for Leaders in Business and Life, Kruger does just that. He lays out his principles for taking over cultures seeking stability and direction and changing them into positive, successful environments that bring out the very best in people. These are lessons that are easily applied in the field of business . . . and in life. Kruger does an outstanding job of weaving his own basketball coaching experiences into quick-moving examples of his performance and leadership principles. By the time you reach the last page, you come away with an excellent understanding of why Lon Kruger is not only such an outstanding coach and person but also a brilliant motivator of people.
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BIG Ideas for SMALL Groups: Conversation Starters
Looking for a way to get your Small Group talking?
I came across a cool idea that I believe every Small Group leader can use to get even the most introverted person to be involved! The Conversation Starter is called TableTopics. Here are a few ways that the TableTopics can be incorporated into your next meeting!
- Plan a ’60s, ’70s or ’80s themed party with the TableTopics Decades conversation starters! (Have members dress the decade, have a creative menu for the evening, have music playing from the decade, think of your own…)
- Use TableTopics to lighten the atmosphere and it is a great way to make newcomers or “quiet” members feel included.
- Make up your own TableTopics that would include questions from your study or the Bible. This conversation starter will be a sure way to create interest and bring fun and creativity to your next Small Group discussion!
What could be more fun than having your entire Small Group involved in what is happening at your meeting! This is an exciting way to get out of the “norm” and allow your Small Group to relax and have fun!
What are some ideas that you have used that have been successful in creating an environment that got the entire Small Group involved?
UnCertainty:What Is Your Greatest Fear?
Central is currently in a weekend series entitled Un Certainty. Uncertainty leads to fear. Fear leads us to make decisions and choices we wouldn’t normally make. In the midst of economic crisis, loss of jobs, banks in crisis, and the continued war, how are you handling all of this uncertainty? Here is the question…”What is your greatest fear?” Whenever I thought about the question, I decided to make up a new phobia or fear (it is probably already a listed phobia but I wanted it to sound like it was my idea). My new phobia is connectophobia: the fear of not being connected. I don’t want to miss anything and I will continually check my email, twitter, facebook account, MySpace, online campus, and my voicemail. Maybe that will lead to a disorder of OCD.
Well, anyway, I feel like I am getting better at dealing with it, but there are times when I have this fear overwhelm me that I might miss something. Anyway, enough about my fears and phobias, if you can’t think of a phobia, I thought I would list several of the top phobias listed in the world and maybe you can find one to fit you!
Some fears may be listed more than once
A
Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing
Aerophobia- Fear of swallowing air
Ambulophobia- Fear of walking
Anablephobia- Fear of looking up
Anemophobia- Fear of wind
Anthrophobia- Fear of flowers
Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof ofthe mouth.
Arithmophobia- Fear of numbers
Aulophobia- Fear of flutes
Auroraphobia- Fear of Northern Lights
B
Barophobia- Fear of gravity
Basophobia- Fear of walking
Batophobia- Fear of being close to high buildings
Bibliophobia- Fear of books
Blennophobia- Fear of slime
Bogyphobia- Fear of the bogeyman
C
Cathisophobia- Fear of sitting
Catoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors
Chaetophobia- Fear of hair
Chionophobia- Fear of snow
Chromatophobia- Fear of colors
Chronophobia- Fear of time
Chronomentrophobia- Fear of clocks
Cibophobia- Fear of food
Clinophobia- Fear of going to bed
Cnidophobia- Fear of string
D
Deciophobia- Fear of making decisions
Dendrophobia- Fear of trees
Dextrophobia- Fear of objects at the right side of the body
Didaskaleinophobia- Fear of school
E
Eisoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors
Eleutherophobia- Fear of freedom
Eosophobia- Fear of daylight
Epistemophobia- Fear of knowledge
Ergophobia- Fear of work
Ereuthophobia- Fear of the color red
G
Geliophobia- Fear of laughter
Geniophobia- Fear of chins
Genuphobia- Fear of knees
Geumaphobia- Fear of taste
Gnosiophobia- Fear of knowledge
Graphophobia- Fear of writing
H
Heliophobia- Fear of the sun
Helmintophobia- Fear of being infested with worms
Hemophobia- Fear of blood
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words
Homichlophobia- Fear of fog
Hypnophobia- Fear of sleep
I
Ichthyophobia- Fear of fish
Ideophobia- Fear of ideas
K
Kainophobia- Fear of anything new
Kathisophobia- Fear of sitting down
L
Lachanophobia- Fear of vegetables
Leukophobia- Fear of the color white
Levophobia- Fear of objects to the left side of the body
Linonophobia- Fear of string
Logophobia- Fear of words
M
Melanophobia- Fear of the color black
Melophobia- Fear of music
Metrophobia- Fear of poetry
Mnemophobia- Fear of memories
Mottephobia- Fear of moths
N
Nebulaphobia- Fear of fog
Neophobia- Fear of anything new
Nephophobia- Fear of clouds
Nomatophobia- Fear of names
O
Octophobia- Fear of the number 8
Ommetaphobia- Fear of eyes
Oneirophobia- Fear of dreams
Ophthalmophobia- Fear of opening one’s eyes
Ostraconophobia- Fear of shellfish
P
Panophobia- Fear of everything
Papyrophobia- Fear of paper
Paraskavedekatriaphobia- Fear of Friday the 13th
Peladophobia- Fear of bald people
Phengophobia- Fear of daylight
Phobophobia- Fear of fear
Photophobia- Fear of light
Phronemophobia- Fear of thinking
Pogonophobia- Fear of beards
S
Sciophobia- Fear of shadows
Scolionophobia- Fear of school
Selenophobia- Fear of the moon
Siderophobia- Fear of stars
Sitophobia- Fear of food
Sophophobia- Fear of learning
Stasibasiphobia- Fear of walking
T
Thaasophobia- Fear of sitting
Trichopathophobia- Fear of hair
Triskadekaphobia- Fear of the number 13
V
Verbophobia- Fear of words
X
Xanthophobia- Fear of the color yellow
So see which kind of weird & funny phobia you suffer. What is YOUR GREATEST FEAR?
Join us this weekend for the second part of our two-week series as we look at how face our uncertainty and learn to fear the right thing with “The Greater Fear.” If you can’t join us on campus, please check us out online.
Check out the Central Family Ministries Blog
Have you had the opportunity to check out the Central Family Ministries Blog? This is a perfect place to keep up with what is happening in the life of our Preschool, Elementary, Jr. High, and High School Ministries! I encourage you to take a moment and check it out. You can also become a subscriber and keep up with events, studies, important news, or even get to know your Family Ministry Leaders a little better. After you read some of their posts, be sure to leave a comment so that other parents can learn from your experiences. What a way to encourage and help other parents who are on the journey. Remember, you are not alone and you are only one click away from being inspired and encouraged in your role as a parent!
“That Crazy Little Thing Called Love”
Our Senior Pastor’s wife Lori Wilhite has a great blog called “Leading and Loving It.” Lori is currently highlighting “Marriage” on her blog and is using Jud’s book “That Crazy Little Thing Called Love” as a launching point. Here is one excerpt from her recent blog telling about how she and Jud met:
“Here is the fifty cent version of how our history together began. The first time Jud saw me, he was speaking and I was in the audience. I thought he was looking at me … then decided that I was crazy. But he was. He figured out who I was and called me with what might be one of the worst pick up lines in history: “I just, uh, wanted to see if I could take you to coffee and encourage you.” Maybe not the smoothest line, but it worked. And I was crazy about him from our first lunch. Five months later we were engaged. Four months after that we were married. That was 12 years ago. I love him more now than then. I’m the luckiest girl ever!”
Lori and Jud are wonderful people and I know we will enjoy learning from their marriage and from the marriages of those who post comments. Check it out at http://leadingandlovingit.wordpress.com/
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