Just connected with blogger extraordinaire, Perry Noble.

He was in town for the State of the Union address. It’s amazing the way the blogosphere brings people together. I’ve met so many people I’d never know if we didn’t blog! Of course, I jokingly say “so you are real” whenever I meet them

We only got to spend about 45 minutes together but it felt like 5 minutes! Time flies when you’re talking with creative visionaries!

Got two great ideas while we were talking.

Perry talked about a spontaneous baptism they did one Sunday. I love the concept. That is so Acts! They had extra shorts and shirts for people who wanted to get baptized “on the spot.” Something like 173 people took the plunge!

I think the coffeehouse will enable us to do “surprise baptisms.”

He also said they did a series titled ihatemymarriage.com. Then they put up billboards with the web domain on them. What a great way to promo a sermon series. If the domain had the church name in it I’m betting that most people wouldn’t take time to follow the link. But ihatemymarriage.com is a great hook if someone is having marital problems!

We’re always trying to brand our sermon series. I think we might start using unique domain names to brand some of our series.

I just added a link to Perry’s blog. Check it out.