Tom Cannon muses on a novelty pop-song and life teaching the Scriptures to a local congregation week after week, year after year. The challenge is to keep the message fresh, because we don’t really say anything new. He begins: “All the greatest hits from the past 40 years just use four chords. Same four chords …
Participating in mgpc’s holiday program for kids it is delightful to see eight teenagers doing a lot of the work involved in making each day’s activities flow. In this post at Catalyst’s blog, Ron Edmonson suggests ten characteristics of a healthy team or organisation: A shared vision is held by all team members. Team members …
The notion of a ‘No Complaining Rule’ is not to stifle dissent or even questioning of leadership. I’ve pointed out for years that no one has the spiritual gift of pointing out a problem. Pointing out a problem is not a gift, it’s just stating the obvious. Pretty much any idiot can point out a …
Thom Rainer proposes a pastoral response for situations where church members respond with hurt and anger over a proposed change to the physical facilities of a church property. Even in a property that’s only fifteen years old (like mgpc’s) changing fixtures and structures can be tricky. But because ministry and mission is a fluid practice …
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