By admin on April 11, 2012
Looking for ways to honor moms and dads, women and men in your church this spring? Your Spanish-speaking moms and dads, women and men? Wish you could find a way to reach out to the Spanish-speaking families in your community? CTA has more and more options all the time! For women and moms, check out [...]
Posted in Christian Worker, Church staff, Father's Day, Men's Ministry, Mother's Day, Outreach/Evangelism, Pastor, Teachers, Visitors, Women's Ministry Tagged Christian gifts in Spanish, Spanish items for Father's Day, Spanish items for Mother's Day
By Jane Fryar on February 8, 2012
Would the people who worship in your church report that they experience a very real and personal connection with their Lord there? A recent study by George Barna shows that while about 66% would say yes, about a third would say no. What’s more, among those who attend church regularly, fewer than half say this [...]
Posted in Children's ministry, Church staff, Easter, Lent/Preparing for Easter, Men's Ministry, Outreach/Evangelism, Pastor, Visitors, Women's Ministry Tagged evangelism, greeters, Pastoral Ministry, preparing for Easter, Witnessing
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 September 14, 2011
Fall festival. Halloween alternative. Reformation celebration. Whatever you call it, perhaps your church is among those from around the nation that have begun to optimize the cool days of late October, reaching out with one-time community events aimed at kids and families. These events can open many doors for sharing the Gospel message of our [...]
Posted in Children's ministry, Fall Festival, Free Resources, Halloween alternative, Ministry, Pastor, Sermon Ideas, Sunday School, Teachers, Visitors Tagged children's ministry, Christian outreach, Fall Festival, Halloween Alternative, Trunk or Treat
By Jane Fryar on June 21, 2011
Getting Started This devotion suggests that you read several Bible passages. Find and mark these passages ahead of time: Romans 3:23; James 2:10; Romans 5:8; 1 John 2:12; 1 Corinthians 12:3; John 14:27; Psalm 1:3; 2 Peter 3:18; Matthew 5:14, 16; 1 John 4:16. Introduction Do you know what it means to share the salvation [...]
Posted in Children's ministry, Christian Worker, Church staff, Devotions, Free Resources, Labor Day, Men's Ministry, Ministry, Mission Trips, Outreach/Evangelism, Pastor, Sermon Ideas, Sunday School, Teachers, Visitors, Witnessing, Women's Ministry, Youth Ministry Tagged child evangelism, Christian witness, evangelism, mission trips, outreach, sharing the Gospel with children, Witnessing
By Jane Fryar on February 2, 2011
Christmas has come and gone. Visitors have come, too. They came to your church for the holidays. Have they come—and gone? Or might the Holy Spirit want to use you to help turn visitors into guests, guests into friends, and friends into members—not just members of your church, but members of the Body of Christ? [...]
Posted in Christmas, Encouragement, Outreach/Evangelism, Visitors, Witnessing Tagged Christmas, Encouragement, evangelism, Pastoral Care, Witnessing
By Jane Fryar on December 22, 2010
It’s almost here! Christmas Eve is only a two days away! Take a deep breath and think about all the preparations you’ve made. Then think about those in your neighborhood who won’t worship anywhere. Might they consider visiting you if they knew you’d welcome them? Maybe! Why not enlist the last-minute help of your youth or [...]
Posted in Christmas, Church staff, Encouragement, Free Resources, Ministry, Outreach/Evangelism, Pastor, Visitors, Women's Ministry Tagged Christian, community, outreach, Volunteers
By Debra Kreienkamp on June 30, 2010
On a recent trip to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, my family and I scoped out restaurants for a wedding rehearsal dinner. We had planned to see a few sites along the way. When we got downtown, though, we encountered a series of roadblocks because of a parade. It was a minor inconvenience. Roadblocks usually warn [...]
Posted in Children's ministry, Christian Worker, Church Volunteers, Encouragement, Encouraging Volunteers, Ministry, Outreach/Evangelism, Pastor, Teachers, Visitors, Witnessing Tagged evangelism, outreach, VBS, Volunteers, welcoming visitors
By Jane Fryar on March 9, 2010
Many churches offer “come & go events” in spring. Lots of them! Easter breakfast. Mother’s Day teas and Father’s Day donut gatherings after services. Graduation and Confirmation receptions. Sunday school staff meet & greets. Honoring members in this way is a good idea. But how could you step the value up from merely good to [...]
Posted in Encouragement, Encouraging Volunteers, Graduation, Lent/Preparing for Easter, Ministry, Visitors Tagged assimilation, Encouragement, Father's Day gift, Graduation, Mother's Day, Sunday School, Volunteers