Our church gives graduates a gift to honor the achievement of graduating High School. This year, they received a Bible and a book (one I highly recommend). I also included a letter. Here is what It says… Well, you made it! You’re graduating. I’m sure that all your plans and new responsibilities have your head …
One of the buzzwords in ministry that makes me cringe is “relevance”. It is something that we need to look at and examine, yes. But the heights that we take it in ministry today can be just silly. When I have a discussion about relevance in ministry with someone, I usually point them to Paul’s …
Does your youth ministry have that “one kid”? No, not the one that make you think of creative uses for Duct Tape. The other “that one kid”. The one that uses every opportunity to share the Gospel, and point others to Christ. Maybe you are blessed with more than one of “that kid”. Great. This …
In a rural ministry context, you can find yourself with little choice in school for your children. There isn’t a christian school nearby. Maybe disagree with some of the things being taught at the public school level. Then, one of your last remaining choices becomes the jump to homeschooling. welcome to our story… There are …
I am not writing this article to make anyone upset, call anyone on the carpet, or to make anyone upset. There I said it. Now we can move on….. There are a lot of things that we do in Rural Ministry that simply do not work. Many of fall under the following categories: Culture of …
I am thankful and privileged to know a couple that have chosen this as their “Jerusalem” from the command in Acts 1:8.. Share this:EmailFacebookPrint
The Barn is on Fire…. The picture you see above is one that I took in September of 2010. I was visiting my mom and step-dad at the farmhouse where I grew up in Illinois. We looked out across the field and saw a little smoke, not an uncommon sight, maybe someone burning some trash …
An important part of any Ministry is recognizing the culture around you, so that you can effectively deliver God’s message of redemption to them in a way that is understandable. Paul demonstrates this in Acts 17 in Athens when on Mars Hill. One of the challenges that Rural Ministry brings with it is all …
One of the most important lessons to learn early in youth ministry is to understand your context. Is your church rural, small, large, multi-ethnic, urban? That is important to answer. You do not approach a rural church with an urban mindset. It is not going to work well. The opposite is obviously true. The key …
I just returned from my third year of the CIY Believe Tour in Anderson, Indiana. It is a ministry event geared totally toward 6th-8th grade students. The worship, the teaching, visual/sensory learning, everything. It is an affordable event for almost any size church – (approximately $50 plus hotel and a few meals), it’s a no …
Here’s a low cost ministry idea: The gratitude tree from Celebratong Home is designed to give an experiential way to show gratitude for things in our lives. This works especially well in lessons on different ways that we worship God and on being thankful in attitude and heart. Here is ours in action: You can …
He is Risen indeed. Happy Easter! Share this:EmailFacebookPrint