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Category: Church Ministry

  • Here’s the Deal

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    So, here’s the deal… I spend about 8 hours a day thinking about helping others grow spiritually. Just today, I have to help the pastor with his upcoming series, create next month’s newsletter, do some planning and some writing for our upcoming family conference, do some follow up from the Egg Dump, prepare tomorrow night’s…

  • Not Just A Holiday!

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    The older I get, the more Easter becomes one of my favorite holidays! When I was a child, Easter was never at the top of the list because the presents weren’t very big. It seemed like the Easter bunny was stuck on giving out candy and small toys (nothing like what Santa left). These days,…

  • Is It Just Me?

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    I’ve been noticing something over the last few months. It may just be me, but customer service in most businesses has become a point of emphasis. It seems like people have begun to turn back to personal relationships when they are having to spend their money. Melissa and I have a restaurant that we go…

  • Thoughts From Weekend

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    After a long, fun, tiring, and fulfilling weekend, here are some things I have on my mind and some highlights from the weekend… -It’s great when the church is the church! -I always love to see visions that God puts in my head become a reality! -Thank You God that you allow me to do…

  • 3 More Can’t Do’s

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    Yesterday, I gave 5 things that I’ve learned we can’t do and still lead the effective lives that God’s called us to lead. I had some great comments about that post, so I thought I would follow it up with 3 more… 1. Think that what we do wrong only hurts ourselves. What you do…

  • If I Had A Million Dollars

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    Have you ever made the statement, “If I had a million dollars, I would…?” The truth is that many of us will never have a million dollars at one time in our bank account. Most of us will never have the fortune that we think would be necessary to really help people that way we…

  • Calling Before Age

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    One thing that I am probably a little self conscious about is being so young and trying to teach families how to raise their children. Sometimes I guess I feel like I don’t even deserve to be able to tell parents about what God has called them to do with their children. I’ve never had…

  • Give Me Jesus

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    The popular hymn says, “You can have all this world, but give me Jesus.” This is the point that I’m at in my relationship with God. I’m slowly learning just how much of the stuff of the world really doesn’t matter to me. I’m discovering that anything, when put beside Jesus, doesn’t matter at all.…

  • Volunteers

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    We have heard it said that 20% of the people in most churches do 80% of the work. While that stat seems to be accurate and correct, we can’t forget about the 20% that do choose to invest in the ministry of the local church. I think our tendency is to try to get more…

  • Guaranteed Return

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    The volunteer base in most churches is horrible. Most churches have trouble finding good volunteers and just as much trouble keeping volunteers. There are, however, always some that are willing to do whatever needed, whenever needed. These are the ones that understand that the work they volunteer to do is important to the church, essential…