Clusters for breakfast

We designed a few new t-shirts in the american apparel store. Take a look. The one above is for those who are into clusters, a name for mid-size groups, that is, in size somewhere between cell groups (2-10 people) and celebration size (a few hundred people). Clusters, according to the ECPN, is a group size that is present in pretty much all growing churches in Europe at the moment. So if growth is what you're looking for, then start doing clusters. And of course, if you do clusters, you need the proper t-shirt for that.

BTW, if either the US or UK store is missing a shirt or item that the other store has, and that you'd like to order, let us know and we'll put it up.

Urbaani Unelma

In August, we will be a part of Urbaani Unelma in Helsinki, you will see us there! We are also working together with Bli som Jesus (be like Jesus), a discipleship training outfit that has some amazing new and fresh ways of training the next generation of leaders to follow and become like Jesus. More on that later.

Next up

Also later, in the fall, we will announce exciting new partnerships. Looking forward to that.

Now we'd like to wish you a nice, warm and relaxing summer!

• For instance, you could choose the following three sessions by Mike Breen I wrote about previously: Response to the Cultural Earthquake Session, Part 1, 2 and 3. It's $10.
• If you want to try someone else than Mike Breen, here is a 5 talk series on Changing your Mind by Paul Maconochie and Toby Bassford, also $10.
• Or choose one of the full LifeShapes books (PDF) for $6.50. I think I'm going to get the one on the Pentagon.
• Or if you'd like some new worship music, try Pete James' new EP, at $7.50.

Of course, 3DM does this to get you hooked, and you might be, they have some great stuff on there. The offer ends this month, October 2007, so go now.

Update: The offer ends November 30th, my bad.
Update 2: Apparently, 3DM is going to keep offering some mp3:s for free every now and then, so keep checking them out!

Now that all the material is out we can concentrate better on telling people about it. So we are reactivating the podcast. First out is an interview (in Finnish) our CEO Christoffer did with Reijo Telaranta on his book show ”Kirja”, featured on TV7, the most prominent christian TV network in Finland. It's worth checking out, at least if you speak some Finnish.

We also published our new Figtive bumper. It's really short, and actually kind of nice, and since it's soon to be seen on the LifeShapes DVD, we thought you should see it first. Just for fun. 

You can subscribe to our podcast through iTunes.

That's what we ask ourselves every morning in front of the mirror. Just kidding.

Alright, we do. So why not spread the love, since we came up with the answer! Ultra cool LifeShapes wear. Of course! How come no one thought of it before!

From time to time, we also come up with other cool designs (because cool graphix is our thang), so we will definitely add more stuff as time goes by. Also, if you have any suggestions or the color you like is missing or something else, you know who to call/email.

So, without more ado, check out our brand new Apparel shop, European version and/or US version (just choose what's closest).

See you (gorgeous)! 

Hooray! All the group material is available, just put your orders in!

Beautiful, ain't it? Just select your language in the shop, choose a book, read up on them all, and hey, even read in them (we've added chapters for you to download to see if you like the books).

There will be nice price bundles on the workbooks soon, so if you need many and are in a hurry, just let us know.

So, now that we've done our part, it's your chance to do yours.

• Don't know about LifeShapes, LivsMønstre, Livsmönster, Elämänkuviot, yet? Check out the books and download some chapters.

• Already know about the concept? Then think about whom you could inspire with this stuff! You know it's dynamite. It's hands down one of the best things to reach the church in the last... 20, maybe more, years. It's right up there with Alpha. In fact, when asked about what comes after Alpha, Beth Fitch, who leads the Alpha offices over in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, answered: ”LifeShapes”. So give a book as a gift, or organize a course where you live!

The best way to spread Lifeshapes is of course to let the shapes come to life in our own lives. That's what we want to do anyway.

Shape up guys, and see you soon!