The Mission behind the Job

September 4, 2009 – 7:17 am

As a preschool teacher at a Christian school, one of my favorite passages comes from 1 Peter 5:2-3.
Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, . . . not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be, . . . not lording it over those entrusted to [...]

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By Debra Kreienkamp | Posted in Ministry | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Keep in Touch with the Campus Crowd

August 25, 2009 – 6:35 am

My passion in life is making people feel special and especially kids. Some of those people are kids who think they are no longer kids—college kids. In this age of text messaging, Facebook, and e-mail, it sometimes seems everyone knows everything about everyone. But keeping the lines of communication open with what college kids are really [...]

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By Debra Kreienkamp | Posted in Ministry | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Serving in His Steps

May 21, 2009 – 2:03 pm

Graduation is barely over. VBS is about to begin. Everyone on your ministry team is scrambling to implement the great ideas you’ve been collecting for Summer Sunday school or the youth mission trip in July.
I know you’re not ready to think about Fall just yet or about welcoming new workers to the paid staff or [...]

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By Jane Fryar | Posted in Coming Soon, Encouragement | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Two Easy Outreach Ideas for Summer

May 19, 2009 – 4:37 pm

Here are two easy outreach ideas you can use right now as you reach out to people in your community with the Gospel of our Savior:

Use the addresses in your guest book from the last two or three months to create a mailing list and announce plans for summer Sunday school and VBS. Send a [...]

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By Jane Robinson | Posted in Outreach/Evangelism, Visitors, Witnessing | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

VBS–A Ministry that Matters

May 8, 2009 – 8:19 am

First, a confession. For about 10 years early in my career, I developed and edited Vacation Bible School curriculum for a major Christian publisher, so I’m highly biased in favor of that ministry. The experiences I had during that decade taught me a lot about the impact VBS can make. Some of the letters I [...]

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Contacting Easter Visitors–Now & in the Future

April 14, 2009 – 5:24 am

Happy Easter Season!
 
At our church we had more visitors than usual for Easter worship. We especially noticed a lot of families with young children. What happened at your church? Did you have more visitors than usual, as well? Did you hear any thought-provoking comments from your visitors? As you look back on your preparations for [...]

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By Jane Robinson | Posted in Easter, Ministry, Outreach/Evangelism, Pastor, Visitors, Witnessing | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (2)

The View from the Pew

March 30, 2009 – 8:14 am

I was a visitor on Sunday. I don’t get to visit other churches very often because our family is usually involved with some Sunday-morning event at our home church. However, this past Sunday my daughter was invited to play flute for another congregation, and I got to be the visitor! Something happened that made a [...]

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Big & Simple Easter Outreach Boost

March 19, 2009 – 8:42 am

At CTA we offer imprintable items whenever possible. If you’re using something like that to give to visitors at Easter, what do you want to say about your church in the imprintable area? Here are some ideas using a fictional church. Let me know if they’re helpful to you! You can enter your own text while you’re [...]

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