Building Community with Small Groups
I sat in church next to the same couple for 6 years. I knew their names, hugged their necks, and I loved them. But, I… Read More »Building Community with Small Groups
I sat in church next to the same couple for 6 years. I knew their names, hugged their necks, and I loved them. But, I… Read More »Building Community with Small Groups
You may wonder how questions about what churchgoers do when they aren’t at church fit into a survey about attitudes and preferences for giving. But… Read More »Activities that will Energize your Congregation
As families prepare to send their students back to school, they are also re-establishing the daily rhythms and traditions of “normal” life. For many, this… Read More »School Rhythms to Help your Church
Whether you’re a church Pastor, directing a ministry, or simply a volunteer, you most likely don’t have too much time during your day to keep… Read More »Reaffirmations Friday – May 6th
In church leadership it’s easy to make assumptions. None is so dangerous as underestimating the reality of the “summer slump” – a time when people,… Read More »Planning for Summer Outreach
The key to a healthy, vibrant, and growing church is its volunteers. Hiring the right staff member is important, but it is the volunteers that… Read More »Recruiting Hesitant Volunteers Successfully
Excuses, excuses. We’ve all heard them. They all stink. Church leaders are not strangers to excuses. Like a teacher staring at a student who just… Read More »Overcoming the Legitimate Church Barriers vs. the Bad Excuses