By Alison Zeller on May 9, 2012
Springs Road Baptist Church in Hickory, North Carolina, held a special Sunday service to honor veterans and fallen soldiers on Memorial Day 2010. During the service, a bugler played Taps and the local chapter of the Marine Corps League presented the meaning of the flag-folding ceremony at funerals. “The ceremony itself is very evangelistic,” said [...]
Posted in Customer Comments, Encouragement, Memorial Day, Ministry, Outreach/Evangelism, Pastor, Patriotism, Sermon Ideas, Witnessing Tagged honoring first responders, honoring veterans, Memorial Day, patriotic products
By admin on February 28, 2012
Are you a children’s pastor or family minister? Do you teach in a Christian school or Sunday school? Are you a DRE or DCE? Are you responsible for CCD instruction or Confirmation classes? Then you’ll want to check out CTA’s six NEW and FREE reproducible devotions, (scroll down to “free six-part family devotion.”) Written to [...]
Posted in Children's ministry, Christian Worker, Church staff, Devotions, Easter, Free Resources, Lent/Preparing for Easter, Outreach/Evangelism, Pastor, Sermon Ideas, Sunday School, Teachers, Witnessing Tagged CCD instruction, children's ministry, children's pastor, DCE, DRE, free devotions, Lent, preparing for Easter, Sunday school teacher
By admin on February 22, 2012
Looking for a way to decorate your Sunday school classroom or children’s ministry area for Easter? Would you like a way to share the truths of Jesus’ death and Resurrection in ways that are fun—and that stick? Interested in helping kids invite unchurched neighbors and friends to hear the Good News? Then check out CTA’s [...]
Posted in Children's ministry, Easter, Free Resources, Lent/Preparing for Easter, Outreach/Evangelism, Pastor, Sunday School, Teachers, Witnessing Tagged children's ministry, children's pastor, Easter clip art, Free Resources, preparing for Easter, Resurrection Sunday and children
By Gail Marsh on February 21, 2012
Looking for a way to make a difference in the lives of children this spring? Consider using CTA’s new free event guide, The Resurrection Butterfly. While you’re at it, check out all our new children’s items! Here’s an activity from the Resurrection Butterfly event guide you might enjoy. Seat children near you so they can [...]
Posted in Children's ministry, Devotions, Easter, Encouragement, Free Resources, Lent/Preparing for Easter, Outreach/Evangelism, Pastor, Sunday School, Teachers, Witnessing Tagged children's ministry, children's pastor, Easter preparation, free devotion, Resurrection Sunday
By Jane Fryar on February 20, 2012
This article is drawn from CTA’s newest prayer journal for adults, Journey to the Cross. It’s intended to help believers prepare for Easter and is one product in a whole line of similarly themed items, intended to help churches make the weeks leading up to Easter meaningful for all worshipers–children, youth, and adults. Check them out! [...]
Posted in Children's ministry, Church staff, Devotions, Encouragement, Free Resources, Lent/Preparing for Easter, Men's Ministry, Pastor, Sermon Ideas, Teachers, Witnessing, Women's Ministry Tagged Ash Wednesday, Easter preparation, free devotion, meaning of Lent
By Jane Fryar on January 17, 2012
Editor’s note: In many churches, leaders take advantage of the month of January to follow-up on visitors from the worship services and special events that happened during Christmas. It’s always good to get everyone involved in this—especially, children. This devotion was written to accompany the many new witnessing products CTA has recently made available, especially [...]
Posted in Children's ministry, Devotions, Encouragement, Ministry, Outreach/Evangelism, Pastor, Sermon Ideas, Sunday School, Teachers, Witnessing Tagged child evangelism, free devotion, salvation shapes, Witnessing
By Jane Fryar on January 9, 2012
Editor’s note: This devotion is intended to encourage church staff, the staff of Christian schools, and volunteers in any kind of Christian organization. In connection with the devotion, consider distributing any of the value-priced products CTA makes available as a tangible reminder of these people’s important ministries and of your thankfulness for their service. Introduction [...]
Posted in Christian Worker, Church staff, Church Volunteers, Devotions, Encouragement, Encouraging Volunteers, Outreach/Evangelism, Pastor, Sermon Ideas, Sunday School, Teachers, Witnessing, Youth Ministry Tagged Christian witness, evangelism, Prayer Care Share, witness
By admin on October 26, 2011
As Christmas gets closer, are you looking for a thoughtful, yet inexpensive way to thank volunteers who serve in the church office, on your church music teams, as youth leaders, or in children’s ministry? If so, plan to remember them by giving any of CTA’s Ornaments of Faith® The cards that accompany all our Ornaments [...]
Posted in Christian Worker, Christmas, Church staff, Church Volunteers, Encouragement, Encouraging Volunteers, Men's Ministry, Outreach/Evangelism, Visitors, Witnessing, Women's Ministry, Youth Ministry Tagged Christmas gifts, inexpensive gifts, thanking volunteers
By admin on October 12, 2011
As Christmas gets closer, are you looking for a thoughtful, yet inexpensive way to thank volunteers who serve in the church office, on your church music teams, as youth leaders, or in children’s ministry? If so, plan to remember them by giving any of CTA’s Ornaments of Faith® The cards that accompany all our Ornaments [...]
Posted in Children's ministry, Christian Worker, Christmas, Church staff, Church Volunteers, Encouragement, Men's Ministry, Ministry, Pastor, Visitors, Witnessing, Women's Ministry Tagged Christmas gifts, inexpensive gifts, thanking volunteers
By admin on August 16, 2011
Are you a children’s pastor, DRE, or DCE looking for ways to share the “old, old story” of Jesus and his love–but in new, new ways? Over the past few months, CTA has added a number of new children’s products designed to do just that. Each set of silly bands, silly rings, and silicone braceletscomes with [...]
Posted in Back-to-school, Children's ministry, Encouragement, Outreach/Evangelism, Pastor, Sunday School, Teachers, Witnessing Tagged child evangelism, children's ministry, Witnessing
Memorial Day Outreach Event — One church brought in more than 50 guests
By Alison Zeller on May 9, 2012
Springs Road Baptist Church in Hickory, North Carolina, held a special Sunday service to honor veterans and fallen soldiers on Memorial Day 2010. During the service, a bugler played Taps and the local chapter of the Marine Corps League presented the meaning of the flag-folding ceremony at funerals. “The ceremony itself is very evangelistic,” said [...]
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