Anyone who belongs to a church with one of those signs with changeable letters that folk put wry or thought-provoking messages on may find this amusing. The practice is now its own subset of church culture. A notorious song from last year gets some new lyrics and parody ensues.
Our Sunday bulletin has had a static design for years now. I keep thinking about modifying the design, so this post was interesting. I’m not an original designer, usually I borrow elements I like from other places, change them to the point of not being recognisable, and then use them. Over time I’ve considered the …
I’ve come home from a congregational prayer meeting. Twenty of us from teens to (lets just say) older. What a blessing to hear our teens pray that our prayer meetings will continue to meet regularly for years. It does an old pastor’s heart good. One of the lessons our church has been reminded of over …
Thom Rainer publishes yet another helpful numbered list. This one provides some observations about the problems that arise when a church becomes activity-driven instead of ministry driven. Which is to say: what happens when the church becomes slaves to maintaining their activity program instead of focussing their activities on their central mission and ministry. See …
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