By Gail Marsh on May 13, 2013
Editor’s note: Yesterday, families and churches all over the United States and in some other countries, too, observed Mother’s Day. While it’s a special day in many churches, women’s ministry goes on year round. This week’s devotion is slightly adapted from one of the free resources CTA has developed to accompany one of our new [...]
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By Gail Marsh on April 29, 2013
Editor’s note: This devotion is slightly adapted from CTA’s new devotion book for women’s ministry and Mother’s Day 2013, Woman of God®. Read 2 Peter 3:18. I’m not a patient gardener. I begin to fidget when winter temperatures warm above freezing. I mark pages in gardening catalogs months before it’s time to order seeds. And [...]
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By Gail Marsh on April 22, 2013
Editor’s note: This devotion is slightly adapted from CTA’s new devotion book for women’s ministry and Mother’s Day 2013, Woman of God®. Read Ephesians 2:8–10. Just imagine! Twenty-first century computer technology partnering with gardening, an activity as old as Eden! It’s true. You can use your computer and a relatively inexpensive software package to [...]
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By Gail Marsh on April 15, 2013
Editor’s note: This devotion is taken from CTA’s new devotion book for women’s ministry and Mother’s Day 2013, Woman of God®. Read Matthew 13:31–32. It wasn’t a mustard seed, but it grew to treelike height! I was hesitant, at first, to plant sunflower seeds. I wasn’t sure that their eventual size and shape would complement [...]
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By Gail Marsh on April 8, 2013
Editor’s note: This devotion is taken from CTA’s new devotion book for women’s ministry and Mother’s Day 2013, Woman of God®. Read Colossians 2:7. Root-bound? I wondered as I inspected one of my favorite houseplants. The leaves looked green and healthy. However, the stems seemed crowded within the confines of the pot, and I honestly [...]
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By Jane Fryar on April 2, 2013
Editor’s note: Are you looking for a way to expand the prayer horizon for the kids in your VBS, Sunday school class, or Bible club? Then check out the prayer cards CTA has developed. Referring to the fingers on one hand, these cards remind children to pray and suggest what to pray about. This devotion is [...]
Posted in Children's ministry, Devotions, Pastor, Prayers, Sermon Ideas, Sunday School, Teachers, Youth Ministry Tagged children's minister, DCE, DRE, free children's devotion, prayer
By Jane Fryar on March 25, 2013
Editor’s note: This brief devotion is adapted slightly from Journey to the Cross, a journal designed to provoke reflection and prayer in the 40 days of preparation leading up to Easter Sunday. If you use it, plan time for discussion. (Hint: you may want to provide paper, asking participants to jot down their responses to [...]
Posted in Christian Worker, Church staff, Devotions, Easter, Encouragement, Encouraging Volunteers, Holy Week, Lent/Preparing for Easter, Men's Ministry, Palm Sunday, Pastor, Sermon Ideas, Women's Ministry, Youth Ministry Tagged Adult devotions, devotions for meetings, Easter preparation, free devotions, lay leader, Lent, Pastor
By Gail Marsh on March 19, 2013
Editor’s Note: This is the fifth in a series of six devotions intended to help children prepare for Easter. It’s slightly adapted from CTA’s new theme for spring, Jesus Lives! Let’s Celebrate! Getting Ready Familiarize yourself with today’s devotion. Place a bookmark in your Bible at John 14:27. Place the blue magnet piece of [...]
Posted in Children's ministry, Devotions, Easter, Encouragement, Holy Week, Lent/Preparing for Easter, Pastor, Sermon Ideas, Sunday School, Teachers, Youth Ministry Tagged Bible Club, children's devotions, children's minister, children's ministry, children's pastor, DCE, DRE
By Jane Fryar on March 18, 2013
Editor’s note: This brief devotion is adapted slightly from Journey to the Cross, a journal designed to provoke reflection and prayer in the 40 days of preparation leading up to Easter Sunday. If you use it, plan time for discussion. (Hint: you may want to provide paper, asking participants to jot down their responses to [...]
Posted in Christian Worker, Church staff, Church Volunteers, Devotions, Easter, Encouragement, Encouraging Volunteers, Holy Week, Lent/Preparing for Easter, Men's Ministry, Palm Sunday, Pastor, Sermon Ideas, Women's Ministry Tagged Adult devotions, devotions for meetings, Easter preparation, free devotions, lay leader, Lent, Pastor
By Jane Fryar on March 11, 2013
Editor’s note: This brief devotion is adapted slightly from Journey to the Cross, a journal designed to provoke reflection and prayer in the 40 days of preparation leading up to Easter Sunday. If you use it, plan time for discussion. (Hint: you may want to provide paper, asking participants to jot down their responses to [...]
Posted in Christian Worker, Church staff, Church Volunteers, Devotions, Encouragement, Encouraging Volunteers, Lent/Preparing for Easter, Men's Ministry, Ministry, Pastor, Sermon Ideas, Teachers, Women's Ministry Tagged Adult devotions, devotions for meetings, Easter preparation, free devotions, lay leader, Lent, Pastor