“We’re partnering with families...right?”
“We’re partnering with families.” This phrase gets thrown around a lot these days: at conferences, in strategy meetings, and church...
THE TEENAGE BRAIN & WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO #LEADSMALL
WHAT IS LEAD SMALL? Lead Small is a phrased coined by Orange that promotes the idea that every child, student and adult needs to be...
What is Family Ministry?
Family Ministry is a newer phrase used in church world to represent how a local church serves families. In the local church (in America...
The Secret Sauce to Leading a Growing Family Ministry
As everyone who works in ministry knows, it’s hard. And crazy. And hard. You never get it all done and every week there is a struggle to...
What makes children smile?
Let's start this week with a little bit of fun! Gum maker Wrigley’s Extra surveyed 1,000 parents of kids ages 11 and under to find out...
TRIBES: 5 Weeks | 5 Challenges: Week 5
“Do you have a minute?” “Could I ask you a quick question?” “Could you help with something?” …And before you know it, your time is gone....
TRIBES: 5 Weeks | 5 Challenges: Week 4
In 1 Timothy 4:11-12 we read: These are the things you must insist on and teach. Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an...
TRIBES: 5 Weeks | 5 Challenges: Week 3
Our words can bless, gripe, complain, and communicate the gospel—all within a matter of minutes! Tongues can inspire the hardest heart or...
TRIBES: 5 Weeks | 5 Challenges: Week 2
Elizabeth Elliot writes: “Discipline, for a Christian, begins with the body. We have only one. It is this body that is the primary...
TRIBES: 5 Weeks | 5 Challenges: Week 1
A few weeks ago as I was spending some time with God and read: 1 Thessalonians 4:7b – God hasn’t invited us into a disorderly, unkempt...