If I told you that we were going to visit a church called The Chapel on Fir Hill, what would you expect? Well, I did visit this church (about 1990) and when I arrived at the church, I was shocked to say the least! This ‘chapel’ turned out to be a 209,000 s.f. building and there were [...]
A small team doing big things
My wife’s family was a bluegrass gospel band and classical music was not part of their repertoire. So when I bought tickets for us to see Die Fledermaus, a comic opera by Johann Strauss (in English), she told me this would be her first experience of a live, professional orchestra. To whet her appetite, I played a record (yes, [...]
The Ultimate Question
Would you like to know what your supporters really think of your charity? Tired of paying big bucks for marketing surveys? Here’s a book that I think offers a great solution. We tried its recommendations at CCCC in January 2008 and got excellent results. The book is The Ultimate Question by Fred Reichheld. The premise is that [...]
Rev. John Pellowe, MBA, DMin