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May is Haitian Heritage Month, which makes this the perfect time for Boston's new Haitian cultural center, the Touissant L'Ouverture Cultural Center, to open its doors in the West End. Nestled in Lovejoy Wharf, the Center promises to offer education, information, music, arts, and so much more for Boston's growing Haitian community. Dr. Elizabeth Louis, a member of the Executive Committee at TLCC, shares the vision for the center with Nichole on this week's episode, and also has details on the upcoming groundbreaking ceremony.

Welcome to Uplifting Lineage, a five-week teaching series on the women in the genealogy of Jesus. Our second week focuses on the story of Rahab with guest teacher Amanda Smith. Amanda Smith has been in full-time vocational ministry for nine years working at The Life Christian Church located in the NYC metropolitan area of West Orange, NJ. She started out as their Creative Coordinator then became their Director of Youth Ministry and Co-Director of Worship and Creative Arts and is now co-pastoring their Online Campus alongside her husband, Christian Smith. They currently live in London where Christian is working to earn his PhD in Theology and Art at Kings College London. Amanda and Christian have four children in heaven, River, Ama, Strom and Ea (Pronounced "ay-ah") all meaning the word "river" and inspired by Isaiah 43:19 “Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”⁣ ⁣ If you're looking for a remote/online church community, Amanda invites you to consider The Life Christian Church Online, where the mission is to inspire people to the life God dreams for them as they spread His love in ever-widening circles. TLCC is a fully operating online campus with opportunities to serve remotely and engage in hybrid or strictly virtual community. Visit TLCC.org/Online to learn more or reach out to Amanda Smith, one of the Online Campus Pastors at asmith@tlcc.org. ⁣ Follow along for our entire series on Uplifting Lineage! Scriptures Joshua 2:1-3 Joshua 2:5b Joshua 2:11b Joshua 2:12-13 Joshua 2:17-20 Joshua 6:23b Let's Connect Instagram: @missionuplift Facebook: Mission: Uplift LinkedIn: Mission: Uplift Twitter: @missionuplift Website: www.missionuplift.co Patreon: Mission: Uplift Email: missionuplift@gmail.com Subscribe: YouTube | Apple | Google | Spotify *This post may contain affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links, I'll receive a small commission. Your contribution allows Mission: Uplift to continue sharing content. Thank you for your support.⁣ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/missionuplift/message

Receiving God's Blessing with Pastor Terry A. SmithWelcome back to the Significant Women Podcast with Carol McLeod! On today's show, Carol welcomes her first male guest: Pastor Terry A. Smith from The Life Christian Church in New Jersey. For 28 years Terry has served as Lead Pastor of TLCC: a non-denominational faith community with campuses in West Orange and Paramus, New Jersey known for its vibrant diversity and robust leadership culture. Terry is also a co-founder of The New York City Leadership Center.  A gifted communicator, Terry speaks in a variety of venues nationally and internationally and is the author of Live Ten: Jump-Start the Best Version of Your Life and The Hospitable Leader: Create Environments Where People and Dreams Flourish. His latest book is titled The Lord Bless You: A 28-Day Journey to Experience God's Extravagant Blessings and is the topic of today's conversation.Connect with Pastor Terry at https://www.terryasmith.com/Significant Women” is a bi-weekly podcast for women to gather with their personal stories, dynamic hope and wisdom gleaned from the ordinary days of an uncommon life. Our goal is to simply encourage women in every season of life that their story matters; when Jesus is involved in the details, every woman's life can be a significant representation of all that He is.  Connect with Carol at https://www.carolmcleodministries.com/

Did you know that God wants to bless His children? Mike Linch welcomes back Pastor Terry Smith to the Linch with a Leader Podcast, as they dive into Terry's latest book, The Lord Bless You. In this encouraging devotional, Terry will help you recapture God's heart for His people and discover His extraordinary goodness in your life right now. You will learn how much God wants to bless you, but also how to receive blessing, how to bring blessing to the world around you, and how blessing leads to the discovery of your true purpose.About Terry Smith:Terry A. Smith has served as Lead Pastor of The Life Christian Church (TLCC) for thirty-one years. TLCC, a non-denominational faith community with campuses in West Orange, New Jersey and Online, is known for its vibrant diversity and robust leadership culture. A gifted communicator, Terry speaks in a variety of venues nationally and internationally and is the author of Live Ten: Jump-Start the Best Version of Your Life, The Hospitable Leader: Create Environments Where People and Dreams Flourish, andThe Lord Bless You: A 28-Day Journey to Experience God's Extravagant Blessings.

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Michael Jr. Devotional Plan for: Week of July 26 - July 30 Monday - Read Psalm 16:8-11 Psalm 16:8-11 NIV: "I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay. You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand." A psychologist recently posed that the only difference between Brett Favre (the famous former quarterback from the Green Bay Packers) and Tom Brady (winningest quarterback in history) is their heart rate. When you track someone's levels of performance next to their heart rate, increased heart rates correlate with less success, and vice-versa. So, because Brett Favre is just as physically gifted as Tom Brady (if not more), and very intelligent, perhaps it was that his body was experiencing a manifest nervousness through its heart rate, and he was naturally unable to perform at as high of a level, whereas a Brady is uniquely gifted in stressful game-moments because of a potentially lower heart rate. Do you ever prepare to enter into a conflict or a difficult conversation, and your heart starts beating quickly? Do you ever read social media posts and it feels like your blood is boiling? Do you ever face a hard day or week of work, and a heart-changing amount of frustration or nervousness manifests? Our hearts, at a physical level, but even more so at a biblical metaphorical level (as the center of our being), both dictates, and conversely reacts to, our surroundings. In difficult circumstances, we can begin to experience holistic heart-racing that distinctively marks and describes our lives. This was the very reality of David from our Psalm today. David was constantly under attack and pressure from those trying to thwart the will of God through Israel. And David could have experienced understandable heart palpitations, just as we can during the drama of our lives. But, a constant state of heart-stress is not how God created us. With God at our right hand, we are not shaken, so our heart is glad, our bodies rest secure. Why is this? Because the whole plan is in God's hands, and he is empowering us within that plan. Whatever you may work through in you, let your heart be glad, because God is at our right hand, constantly saving us from the things of the world. Reflection Question(s): What is your heart not glad about, and how can putting your trust in God help alleviate that? - Christian Smith – Director of Pastoral Ministries Tuesday - Read Psalm 32:6-11 Psalm 32: 6-11 NIV: "Therefore let all the faithful pray to you while you may be found; surely the rising of the mighty waters will not reach them. You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you. Many are the woes of the wicked, but the Lord's unfailing love surrounds the one who trusts in him. Rejoice in the Lord and be glad, you righteous; sing, all you who are upright in heart!" The story is told of a wagon train crossing the prairie, which came over a hill and was terrified to see a prairie fire racing in their direction. It seemed as if they would be engulfed by the flames. But the leader quickly rode to the rear of the caravan and lit the dry grass behind them on fire. The same winds blowing the flames toward them fanned this fire away from them. Within minutes they all moved to the burned-off area. As the heat and smoke became more intense, a little girl cried out, "Are you sure we're safe?" "Oh, yes," said the wagon master, "we're safe because we're s

Pastor Terry A. Smith Devotional Plan for: Week of July 19 - July 23 Monday - Read I Timothy 2:1-4 I Timothy 2:1-4 NIV: "I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth." As we continue our series on The Pathway at TLCC, which is a curated growth plan to help us live the life God dreams for us, we look at how Paul discipled his mentee, Timothy, so he could grow into who God intended him to be. Fittingly, Paul begins this week's writing with an emphasis on prayer, which corresponds with our focus on "Grow in your life with God" from this past Sunday. The "Spiritual Disciplines", or routines that posture us to connect with God, are essential to understanding who God is and growing closer to him. In Paul's writing to Timothy, we get a glimpse into his recommendation for prayer, arguably the most key discipline. Here, he emphasizes continually praying for those who are in leadership over us, particularly in socio-political positions of leadership, as how they treat us significantly impacts our lives. Though Paul is living quite an extraordinary life with tons of twists and turns, many of which involve risking his life, we can see he is praying for peace and quiet. We must realize that first-century rulers were excruciatingly immoral leaders, for the most part. First-century ethics were vastly different from ours. If you think we have bad leadership in our current American context, you can't begin to imagine the incomprehensible practices of first-century leaders. In fact, Tom Holland, an agnostic historian, was reading about first-century Rome and realized how absolutely barbarian it was compared to our contemporary world. And he realized that Christianity virtually single-handedly caused that ethical shift. All of this goes to show that Paul was praying for leaders that were unimaginably worse that the current leaders we have. However, he asked for us to have thanksgiving for them and to intercede on their behalf. The structures and authorities that we have around us, though broken, do play an important part in how God made the world. As we pray for them, we pray for things to get better. And, it creates an atmosphere where we can practice our faith in safety. As our world becomes more hostile to Christianity, we should say similar prayers for our leaders so we can live in peace and quiet. Paul doesn't only pray for them out of a desire for peace for himself and other Christians, but for the leaders to know the truth themselves. God desire for everyone to be saved. Sometimes, we may look at people and assume they're past saving, or maybe they don't deserve to be saved. Paul continues to pray for all people because God wishes to draw all people to himself. Our prayer times should not just be focused on our own lives, but also on the world around us. This week, consider praying for your "enemy" by interceding for them. Reflection Question(s): Who is one person you normally wouldn't pray for but would like to pray for this week? - Christian Smith – Director of Pastoral Ministries Tuesday - Read I Timothy 2:5-7 I Timothy 2:5-7 NIV: "For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time. And for this purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle—I am telling the truth, I am not lying—and a true and faithful teacher of the Gentiles." Today we will continue to look at how Paul mentored, led, instructed, and encouraged Timothy. In these verses, Paul is making an argument for the command set down in verses 1-3, (discussed in yesterday's devotional) that we ought to pray for all of our authorities.

Pastor Terry A. Smith Devotional Plan for: Week of July 12 - July 16 Monday - Read I Timothy 1:12-14 I Timothy 1:12-14 NIV: "I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service. Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus." Where do we start in our journey with Christ? In our next series at TLCC, we're focusing on how we can follow a path to live the life God dreams for us. All of us aspire to live meaningful, abundant lives, and we believe the only way to live that life is through living out the dreams God has for us. Though all of us are seeking that end goal, how do we get there? If we pictured out the arch of our lives on a graph, we would all wish it to be on a diagonal line moving up and to the right. The reality, as all of us too painfully know, is that our lives look more like looping lines, full of periods where it turns downwards and backwards and up and... all over the place. This causes us to ask: what is a path forward to God's dreams for my life? How do I move up and to the right? This is the question we'll be asking throughout this series. First, we must talk about where we start on our journey, the beginning of the path forward. In our devotional this week, we're looking at Paul as he disciples his mentee Timothy. He starts by talking about his own journey with God, which was infamously tumultuous. Paul, an ardent and zealous follower of the God of Israel, didn't get the whole Jesus thing once he came along. In fact, he was murdering Christians because he thought they were perverting the plan of God. But, eventually, God shows himself to Paul, and he realizes he was wrong: Jesus Christ was the promised Messiah, the climax of the plan of God. Paul, by his own words, was an absolutely wicked man! Murdering God-followers in the name of God. How abhorrent! We must, as our initial reaction naturally leads us, to condemn Paul and those who do things (even today) like him. Christians are still killed all around the world, more than any religious group. We condemn those actions. God is a God of justice, and his righteous anger agitates at such doings. But (and a big but, at that) while we both condemn the absolute evil perpetuated in the world and commit justice against it, we must also realize... we are also broken, evil people. The wickedness (such a yucky word!) of Paul is also in us. It's in me (your author, Christian Smith). We, too, start our journeys rejecting God, and live much of our journeys still yet rejecting God. This unglamorous and nearly unpalatable reality is the start of our "graph" of our path with God. But (and, yet, a bigger but than the previous one!) is that God is offering us grace in our ignorance. Every single one of us has experienced ignorance and unbelief in the great God, but he still is reaching out to us and calling us towards him. What undeserved favor! All of us, whether we accept him or not, are receiving a call from God that our ears must become attuned to, so we can follow his path. No matter where you are, no matter how ignorant or unbelieving or broken you may feel (and, in fact, be), are still being called to the magnificent and loving Creator. We must, however, not forget our humble beginnings, like a person who becomes rich and forgets his old friends. All of us come from a place of brokenness, yet favor lies ahead. Reflection Question(s): What moments in your life reflect your ignorance and unbelief? How has God's grace impacted you and brought you forward in living the life God dreamed for you? - Christian Smith – Director of Pastoral Ministries Tuesday - Read I Timothy 1:15-17 1 Timothy 1:15-17 NIV: "Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus ca

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Phil Munsey Devotional Plan for: Week of May 24 - May 30 This past Sunday at TLCC we celebrated Pentecost Sunday, the Jewish festival that was occurring when the Holy Spirit came and filled the followers of Jesus. Our devotions this week focus on Luke's account of this day in the first 2 chapters in Acts. Monday - Read Acts 2:1-4 Acts 2:1-4 NIV: "When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them." This week, we prepare for, and celebrate, the crucial and exhilarating day of Pentecost. When you think about the "Christian calendar", you mostly think of Christmas, Easter, maybe Good Friday. But when those are those are the only days of Christian history that we focus on, we miss other key moments in Christian history that shape our lives today. The day of Pentecost, without a doubt, was one of the most essential events in all of history, particularly in the lives of those who believe in Jesus as the Christ. Often, when we think of what Jesus came to do, we think he came to this world and died and so we're all saved from our sins. This is true, but it's only part of the truth. The more full truth is that Jesus came, defeated the evil powers and sin and death through his crucifixion and resurrection, and he ascended into heaven and now sends his Spirit to us so that we can have the same power he had. Pentecost is the telling of the end of that story: Jesus has given us his Spirit, and the Scripture we read today is the first experience of people receiving his Spirit in this new, post-resurrection world. Let's address some major questions about this, though. First, what does it mean to receive the Spirit of God? Though this can't all be explained fully in that we have limitations in our knowledge, somehow as spiritual beings we're able to be indwelt by that very Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity. In the same way God was present spacio-temporally in the Temple in the Old Testament, so too, God is uniquely and fully present in us. But it appears there are also different ways in which this happens. A lot of people believe we receive the Spirit first when we accept Christ as Savior, but there are also special "fillings" of the Spirit subsequent to the initial indwelling of the Spirit within us. Sometimes, when we first receive the Spirit of God or when he uniquely moves within us after we've already received him, crazy spiritual things happen. In our text today, they spoke in a foreign tongue that they did not know. Sometimes, special miracles of healing, prediction of the future, or special knowledge can happen. God is doing something special that only his Holy Spirit can do. Again, this all may sound pretty weird. But, if we believe there's more than just this physical material world, and that a God exists, then it makes sense that some weird-seeming things could occur in our world. Sometimes, we're just too afraid to ask for it or confront it. But what if God wanted to give you a special experience with the Holy Spirit? What if he just wants you to ask him for this special experience? If you believe in Christ as Savior, you already have his Spirit. Now maybe ask him to do something unique in your life. Reflection Question(s): Have you ever asked for the Holy Spirit to unusually work through you? - Christian Smith – Director of Pastoral Ministries Tuesday - Read Acts 2:5-13 Acts 2:5-13 NIV: "Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. Utterly amazed, they asked: "Aren't all these who are

Pastor Terry A. Smith Devotional Plan for: Week of May 17 - May 23 This past Sunday at TLCC we celebrated Ascension Sunday, which celebrates when Jesus ascended to heaven. Traditionally, it is celebrated as a feast and it is one of the ecumenical feasts of Christian churches, along with the celebrations of the Passion, Easter, and Pentecost. Our devotions this week focus on the passages in Luke and Acts that account for the time between Jesus's resurrection and his ascension. Monday - Read Acts 1:1-3 Acts 1:1-3 NIV: "In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God." As we study the story of the first century church our goal is not simply to learn about our ancestors in the faith. Our goal is to find the power and simplicity of the gospel. We want to find what they had. The book of Acts was written by Luke. Acts is actually the shortened name of the book. It is actually called the Acts of the Apostles, or the Acts of the Holy Spirit. Some have suggested the book could have been titled "The Continuing Acts of Jesus Christ". Luke was a physician by trade and was known as a careful historian. The details he records in this book have been verified by history and archaeology. He was a companion of the apostle Paul on a couple of his missionary journeys. What does the Book of Acts proclaim? 1. Acts tells us how the Christian movement came into beginning. Acts has been called a transitional book because it serves as a bridge between the gospels and the epistles. It is the historical link that joins the life of Christ with the growth of the Christian church. As such it answers the question many first-century observers would have asked: "Where did this new movement come from?" Luke doesn't tell us everything we might like to know, but he includes every essential detail from the earliest days of the Christian movement. This is apologetics at its best showing the readers the Christian faith is firmly rooted in the facts of history. 2. Acts shows us how the church is to respond when living in a predominately pagan culture. First, with a bold witness for the Lord Jesus Christ. That is, we are speak up and not be silent. Second, with visible love for each other. It was said of the early Christians, "Behold, how they love one another." These two things—bold witness and visible love—have been the hallmark of the church in every age of persecution and hostility. They still hold true today. 3.. Acts teaches us about the worldwide mission of the Christian church. What started in Jerusalem will one day reach to the farthest corners of the globe. That was Jesus' plan from the beginning. He always intended that his followers would take his message and go in every direction with the good news. Finally in Acts 1:3 Luke says that Jesus spoke about the Kingdom of God. As his followers we are to do the same. Our primary goal is not to change the moral focus of our country. Our primary goal is not to build great organizations or to eliminate the pain and suffering in the world. Our primary goal is not to build a greater America. Our primary goal is to tell the world about Jesus. Our job is to tell the world about God's love, forgiveness, and the new life that can be ours through Christ. This message crosses national, political, ethnic, racial, economic, and gender boundaries. Reflection Question(s): How can you be a better witness for Jesus at work, school, or in the community? - Ryan Moore – Pastor of Care Tuesday - Read Acts 1:4-8 Acts 1:4-8 NIV: "On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gif

Sharon Smith, Maria Bellamy, Brittany Nicholson, Allison Quillin, Amanda Smith Devotional Plan for: Week of May 10 - May 16 The Gospel of John and Frederick Dale Bruner's The Gospel of John: A Commentary, were the primary resources used by our Pastoral Team this week. Monday - Read John 20:1 – 20:18 John 20:1 – 20:18 FDB: "Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, while it was still dark outside, Mary Magdalene comes to the tomb and sees the stone taken away from (the front of) the tomb. So she runs and comes to Simon Peter and to the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and she says to them, 'They've taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they've put him!' So Peter and the other disciple set out and were making their way to the tomb. The two of them were running together, and the other disciple outran Peter, running faster, and got to the tomb first. And stooping down and looking in, he sees the grave wrappings resting there, but he did not go in. Then Peter arrives too (following the other disciple), and went right inside the tomb; he sees the linen wrappings resting there and, in addition, the cloth that had been on Jesus' head, not resting with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself. So then the other disciple (who had gotten to the tomb first) went in; and he looked — and he believed. You see, they were not yet acquainted with the Scripture that said he had to rise from the dead. Then the disciples went back to their places again. But Mary stayed right there, just outside the tomb, crying and crying. Then as she was crying, she stooped down and looked inside the tomb herself, and she sees two angelic figures sitting there, dressed in white, at the head and at the foot of the space where Jesus' body had been placed. And they say to her, 'Woman, why are you crying?' She says to them, 'They've taken my Lord away, and I don't know where they've put him.' "When she said this, she turned around again, and now she is looking right at Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it is Jesus. Jesus says to her, 'Woman, why are you crying? For whom are you looking?' She, thinking he is the gardener, says to him, 'Sir, if you have taken him away, please tell me where you have put him so that I can come and get him.' Jesus says to her, 'Mariam!' She turned around and says to him in Hebrew, 'Rabbouni!' (which means 'My Teacher!'). Jesus says to her, 'Please do not keep holding on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But do this: Go tell my brothers, "I am ascending to my Father and to your Father, to my God and to your God!"' Mary Magdalene comes, and announces to the disciples, 'I have seen the Lord!' and that he had told her these things." How long do you hold onto faith in dark times? Christians are often spurned as "unreasonable" people, blindly believing that which they have no evidence for. Oftentimes, Christians come by this reputation deservingly; we act as if we believe in Jesus despite the fact that there is no evidence. Mary Magdalene, in this passage, displays unbelievable Christian faith, but it wasn't unreasonable. She had come to believe Jesus of Nazareth was a special man, tasked by God to be the Messiah, savior of the world. She not only heard compelling teachings and unfathomable wisdom, but also saw his authority over the world through healing many people or having insight into someone's life without having met them before. Mary saw evidence that Jesus was Messiah, and so she put her trust, or faith, in him. But, he dies. Men had come before Jesus and claimed to be Messiah, so perhaps he was one of them. Mary, though, had seen too much. She saw the undeniable God-given power of Jesus, and so she hangs on to some sort of hope. Notice that Jesus is absolutely and definitively dead, buried in a tomb, yet she arrives at the tomb early in the morning three days after his death. What must have been going through her head? Sh

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Terry A. Smith has served as lead pastor of The Life Christian Church for 26 years. TLCC is a non-denominational faith community in West Orange, NJ, serving the New York City metro area. Terry is also co-founder of Movement.org (formerly the New York City Leadership Center) and has previously served as an instructor in its Leadership Fellows program. Terry is passionate about challenging, developing, and encouraging leaders, whether they know they are leaders or not. He holds a bachelor of science in organizational management and a master of arts in organizational leadership. Terry shares his insight with Dr. Joey on leveraging the power of hospitality to be an effective leader through his book, “The Hospitable Leader!”

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Terry A. Smith is the Lead Pastor of The Life Christian Church (TLCC) in West Orange, New Jersey. TLCC has grown from a small 54-member congregation to nearly 3,000 members over the course of 27 years. TLCC is widely recognized for the diversity of its membership as well as its powerful leadership culture. Terry is also the co-founder of the New York City Leadership Center and has served as a board member or leader for many organizations. He is also a respected national and international speaker and the bestselling author of “Live 10: Jumpstart the Best Version of Your Life” and “The Hospitable Leader”. Terry believes in the idea of hospitable leadership, defined as creating an environment of welcome that embraces diversity and inclusivity. In Terry’s opinion, hospitable leadership is the foundation of every other leadership style and structure. After all, if you don’t invite people in, you can’t hope to lead them. — There are many different styles of leadership, and there are countless leadership methodologies, courses, books, and seminars that each promise to teach you the secrets of becoming an effective leader. But you can’t be a leader if you have no one to lead, and that’s where hospitable leadership comes in. Terry Smith understands this. Terry serves as the Lead Pastor of The Life Christian Church in New Jersey, and he is an expert in leadership. Terry practices hospitable leadership, which is the idea of creating a diverse and welcoming space for people, allowing them to be open and receptive to your message. Hospitable leadership is closely related to servant leadership, but it also serves as the necessary first step to fostering communication and building trust. In this episode, Terry shares his thoughts on hospitable leadership and the profound effect it can have on your organization and your team. Hospitable leadership creates an empowering and safe environment that allows the Ripple Effect to flourish and work its magic. I hope that you will listen to my conversation with Pastor Terry Smith and are able to absorb the incredibly valuable information and strategies he shares. Terry’s thoughts on hospitable leadership will allow you to lay the foundation of openness and trust that is critical for any business leader to be able to more effectively guide their teams. Please enjoy the episode. Ways to contact Terry A. Smith: Website: www.terryasmith.com/advantage/ Live 10 by Terry A. Smith: https://amzn.to/2WyQm9q The Hospitable Leader by Terry A. Smith: https://amzn.to/2V2RkKt  

35 years ago, Terry A. Smith was the stereotypical dominating leader. Today he shares how he transformed in order to become a hospitable leader that attracts high capacity leaders from diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds, who support each other in living life more abundantly. For the past 27 years, Terry has served as lead pastor of The Life Christian Church (TLCC), a non-denominational faith community in West Orange, NJ, serving the New York City metro area. TLCC is known for its welcoming environment and for being one of the most diverse and inclusive churches in the country, currently with over 2000 regular attendees. Terry is also the co-founder of Movement.org (formerly the New York City Leadership Center) and has previously served as an instructor in its Leadership Fellows program. He is passionate about challenging, developing, and encouraging leaders, whether they know they are leaders or not. He holds a bachelor of science in organizational management and a master of arts in organizational leadership. In our conversation, Terry shares his insight on leveraging the power of hospitality to be an effective leader – as described in his book, The Hospitable Leader. Using Jesus as an example, we explore each of the five Welcomes of a hospitable leader and how to apply these principles in the workplace as well as at home and in the community. Key Takeaways A Hospitable Leader creates environments of welcome where moral leadership can more effectively influence an ever-expanding diversity of people. Soft leadership brings hard results. Jesus came eating and drinking. Many of the stories of Jesus teaching and healing were set in an environment of hospitality. You can’t influence someone who isn’t there. We need to move from simply loving those like us to loving those who are strangers and are strange to us. “Employers should treat their employees as if they were guests in their home” – Ken Gosnell In a meeting, don’t try to share a lot of information with cold hearts. Engage the heart and then the information can be received and acted upon. We are so blessed when we surround ourselves with people who are not like us. When you have people at the table that have never had a seat there before, it expands whatever enterprise you are leading in multiple ways. A hospitable leader is hospitable to people and their dreams. This is also the key to attracting high-capacity people. Resources Visit https://www.terryasmith.com/transformation The Hospitable Leader Receive 50% off the audio book Download a free preview of The Hospitable Leader Connect With Terry A. Smith https://www.terryasmith.com https://www.instagram.com/terry_a_smith https://twitter.com/terry_a_smith https://www.facebook.com/PastorTerryASmith

Terry Smith has served as lead pastor of The Life Christian Church for twenty-six years. TLCC is a non-denominational faith community in West Orange, NJ, serving the New York City metro area. He is passionate about challenging, developing, and encouraging leaders, whether they know they are leaders or not. And, he is the author of […] The post 104 – Leveraging Hospitality as a Leadership Principle with Terry Smith appeared first on Jake A Carlson.

Terry A. Smith has served as lead pastor of The Life Christian Church (TLCC) for twenty-six years. TLCC is a non-denominational faith community in West Orange, NJ, serving the New York City metro area. Terry is a co-founder of Movement.org (formerly the New York City Leadership Center) and has previously served as an instructor in its Leadership Fellows program. He is passionate about challenging, developing, and encouraging leaders, whether they know they are leaders or not. He holds a bachelor of science in organizational management and a master of arts in organizational leadership. Terry is sharing his insight on leveraging the power of hospitality to be an effective leader through his book, The Hospitable Leader.

Today we're talking leadership and Biblical hospitality with Jersey's own Terry A. Smith. God has done some incredible things in Terry's church over the years. Terry A. Smith is the Lead Pastor of The Life Christian Church (TLCC) in West Orange and Paramus, New Jersey. Over the past 27 years, TLCC has grown from 54 members […]

Pastor Terry Smith is the Lead Pastor of The Life Christian Church in West Orange and Paramus, New Jersey. He has been at TLCC for the past 27 years and has seen the church grow to over 3,000 people, but he is also heavily invested in his local community. He co-founded The New York City Leadership Center and is involved with the West Orange Government Reform Commission, West Orange Rotary Club, and Concerts of Prayer Greater New York. He has also authored an Amazon best seller titled, Live 10: Jumpstart the Best Version of Your Life. He is also set to release a brand new book, The Hospitable Leader, which is set to release in early October 2018.In this episode, Mike Linch talks with Pastor Terry Smith about his background and upbringing, the release of his new book, how Jesus served as a hospitable leader, the different aspects of being and becoming a hospitable leader, while also applying all of these principles to our own journeys.

Backround: The treatment of rotator cuff tears is still challenging. Tendon tissue engineering (TTE) might be an alternative in future. Tenocytes seem to be the most suitable cell type as they are easy to obtain and no differentiation in vitro is necessary. The aim of this study was to examine, if the long head of the biceps tendon (LHB) can deliver viable tenocytes for TTE. In this context, different isolation methods, such as enzymatic digestion (ED) and cell migration (CM), are investigated on differences in gene expression and cell morphology. Methods: Samples of the LHB were obtained from patients, who underwent surgery for primary shoulder arthroplasty. Using ED as isolation method, 0.2% collagenase I solution was used. Using CM as isolation method, small pieces of minced tendon were put into petri-dishes. After cell cultivation, RT-PCR was performed for collagen type I, collagen type III, decorin, tenascin-C, fibronectin, Scleraxis, tenomodulin, osteopontin and agreccan. Results: The total number of isolated cells, in relation to 1 g of native tissue, was 14 times higher using ED. The time interval for cell isolation was about 17 hours using ED and approximately 50 days using CM. Cell morphology in vitro was similar for both isolation techniques. Higher expression of collagen type I could be observed in tenocyte-like cell cultures (TLCC) using ED as isolation method (p