Song: Arise, My Soul, Arise Welcome: Call to Worship Song: One True God Prayer Of Confession Song: My Soul In Silence Waits For God Affirming our Faith: New City Catechism 22 Song: Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow Bible Reading: Colossians 3: 1-25 – Having demonstrated the theological indicatives of union with Christ in …
Dan Rockwell provides some helpful insight about the qualities of leaders and managers. Pastoral ministry isn’t either of these, but it does involve aspects of each. An observation in general is that those who carry out management roles well can often find themselves in leadership roles without having the needed skills to do that role …
Januarys being what they are pastors can find themselves looking at ourselves and others wondering if disciples of Jesus have made any progress during the previous twelve months. That can be a very, very depressing activity if we don’t hold on to the fact that, unlike justification, that sanctification is a progressive work that is …
Through the beginning of the year Thom Rainer has been posting about churches becoming simple or zero sum. In practice this involves concluding groups and activities that no longer have a vital purpose. Put another way: if the church was starting fresh which groups activities would they actually start because they’re needed or serve a …
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