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Advent Bingo!
Kris Beckert | 9 Dec 2022
Below is an example of how you can encourage your congregation to use the unique opportunities of the season to build relationships outside of your church community. What do you...
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What if the best is yet to come?
Kris Beckert | 4 Dec 2022
Perhaps as you’ve begun participating in church-sponsored Christmas events, lighting the Advent wreath, baking cookies, and setting up the manger scene, it hit you. You’re old. Or at least older...
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Advent, Christmas and Epiphany: Finding Missional Opportunities in The Cycle of Light
Jon Davis | 27 Nov 2022
I spend a lot of my life paying attention to rhythms. The seasons; Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, loom large as they usher in familiar patterns and moments that transport me...
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Advent: Casting Aside Distractions
Jon Davis | 14 Nov 2022
Christmas, a moment designed by the Church to remember the miracle of God becoming man, has drifted into an existential consumerism. It is about things and even more so trying...
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How Our Thanksgiving Service Project Inspired a Dinner Church
J.D. Larson | 10 Nov 2022
For five years of my life, I always looked forward to the third Thursday of November. You read that right, the third Thursday. Indeed, I always look forward to the...
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6 Tactics to Replace “Inviting People to Church”
David Fitch | 25 Oct 2022
Over a decade ago, Willow Creek, an iconic American church, sought to ‘engage’ its neighborhoods by inviting Randy Frazee to do what he called “the neighborhood initiative.” I don’t know...
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Pioneers: 5 Traits People Who Start Things Share in Common
Shannon Kiser | 6 Oct 2022
I was playing Giant Jenga with a group of existing church leaders and fresh expressions leaders. In case you’re not familiar, the object of Jenga is to remove blocks one...
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Hurricane Ian: Support for Dinner Churches and Others
Jon Davis | 5 Oct 2022
I have lived in Florida for over 35 years and have weathered more than a dozen hurricanes and been part of recovery and rebuilding work following severe and massive storms....
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Adaptive Church Leadership Cohort Midwest
29 Sep 2022
Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email Free Webinar on Church Revitalization "How Listening to Your Community Can Spur Revitalization" with Heather Jallad and David Graham. Watch for Free Read nextChurches...
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Churches Struggle with Discipleship. Understanding Dancing Helps.
Matt Lake | 21 Sep 2022
When my wife Jenn and I went on our honeymoon (now more years ago than I care to admit!), we embarked on a cruise. One of the activities offered on...
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Church at Play? You can’t be serious…
Mitch Marcello | 7 Sep 2022
For many people, the word “church” sounds serious. It might bring to mind stiff liturgies, outdated suits and ties, or serious discussions of eternal consequence. But church can also be...
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Three Ways House Churches Solve Problems Everyone Has
Gannon Sims | 1 Sep 2022
House Churches are both a fresh and ancient method of living out the church. But they also address common difficulties churches and their members face. Difficulty #1: Finding Vocation in...