by Luke Farrugia | Mar 1, 2020 | Adventist, gospel
I was asked to give a 20 minute talk on Social Media at my local church, 20 minutes was not nearly enough and I was talking to a mostly non-tech-savvy audience so I did break down the definitions a lot, but I thought I would share it in case anyone would be interested...
by Luke Farrugia | Jul 14, 2019 | Adventist, gospel
Almost a year ago I had the idea to create a video to mark ten years since my baptism, but kept putting it off because I had such big plans for it, yesterday I realized that if I want to get it out before 11 years clicks over, I need to stop aiming for perfection and...
by Luke Farrugia | Oct 12, 2018 | Adventist
Around this time of year most Adventist churches are going through the wonderful process we affectionately call Nominating committee, where the officers for the upcoming year are selected. In order to facilitate that, we developed a survey that can be used in advance...
by Luke Farrugia | Jul 1, 2018 | Adventist
We have been focusing on building up our Sabbath School classes to make them work more like small groups. One way we are doing that is monitoring attendance. Not as in roll call, but just quietly so we know who is missing so we can show them some love. I printed up...
by Luke Farrugia | May 27, 2018 | Adventist, gospel
Recently I have been giving a lot of thought to the Sabbath, and also reading a great book on the topic called “The Lost Meaning of the Seventh day” by Sigve Tonstad. When i was asked to preach at Rosedale i thought it was a great opportunity to collect my...
by Luke Farrugia | Apr 21, 2017 | Adventist, gospel
The Feedback Loop Have you ever heard of a church or organisation that is cliquish? Have you been accused of it yourself? Well I had some thoughts about it after a really engaging conversation with a friend of mine this week. I really believe the danger of a clique is...