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7 Things the Pastor DOES NOT Need to Know
Written by Ron Edmonson http://www.ronedmondson.com/ In every position of leadership I have ever held, there were people who felt the need to “inform” the leader. When I served in an elected office, people told me things I wouldn’t have otherwise known without the position. Sometimes I needed to know…sometimes I didn’t. When I was a [...]
5 Christmas Planning Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)
How can churches maximize Christmas. Let’s face it, there are many who only go to church on Christmas and Easter. Here is a great article about how to avoid planning mistakes. Good for everyone to read. 5 Christmas Planning Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them).
15 Signs Your Church Is in Trouble
Here is a great article which gives some great points. All churches need to keep these in mind as they reach for their goals. Also, a church doesn’t need to have all 15 to be in trouble. One or two could give you an idea. Click on the link below for the article. 15 Signs [...]
This May Step on Some Toes!!
GREAT ARTICLE I read on Christian Post.com My Wife Had a Bad Experience at Chick-fil-A! Fri, Nov. 25, 2011 Posted: 09:09 AM EDT I love Chick-Fil-A! (AND love Tim Hawkins song about it) We eat there at least two or three times a week (not kidding…we’ve actually pushed that number up to 6-7 a few [...]
Changes Happening
Union CCP is having a great many changes happening right now. We are in the process of merging two worship services into one. As with any change, there are some who are excited about the change and those who are not. It seems that we either love a change or hate it. If we love [...]
The Sacrament of Holy Communion
The sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion are crucial means of grace, or vehicles, that God uses to reach humanity. They are channels by which the grace and love of God flows, and it is through them that we can receive prevenient, justifying, and sanctifying grace. They are outward and visible signs of an inward, [...]
Communion Memories: Hilda Barnes
This is a funny one. A little girl from our church many years ago took communion with her mother and on their way home she asked “Mommy what is it that we drink when we go down to the alter?” Her Mom said “grapejuice”. Litttle girl, “Did you know Bro. Tim thinks it is blood?”
Communion Memories: Shelby Snead
My most memorable communion experience was watching you tear up as Noah dipped his bread for the very first time. My second was a few months later when SJ did the same.
Communion by Rev Ted Leach
For me, communion is a way of receiving God’s undeserved love, which we sometimes call grace. I cup my hands to receive the bread as a gesture of receptiveness. The bread and the cup are reminders of Jesus’ last supper with his disciples, which was a celebration of the Passover meal on the night that [...]
Iranian Pastor To Be Executed for His Christian Faith
Christian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani is scheduled for execution for apostasy in Iran. via Iranian Pastor To Be Executed for His Christian Faith.
Hold Yourself Accountable (Wesley Style)
I was doing some research today and I ran across these questions that are similar to the ones that John Wesley gave to the members of his discipleship groups. This was over 200 years ago and they are still good questions for Christians to ask themselves today. I challenge you to make these questions a [...]
Irresistible Church
I’m reading a book by one of my favorite authors, Wayne Cordero entitled “The Irresistible Church.” Cordero is quick to point out that the title of the book implies that a church can become irresistible to people, however, the book is more about becoming a church that’s irresistible to HEAVEN. It’s a book about a [...]
5 Interesting Facts Regarding Union CCP
I’ve been looking at the demographics for a 5 mile radius of Union CCP. It’s quite interesting and one can gleam a great deal of info when looking at these reports. Here are 5 things that I thought were interesting: Current population is 7,888 and expected to grow 16.2% or 1,277 people in the next [...]
Dating
A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I directed a youth retreat called Alpha. Our guest speaker was Justin Lookadoo. I know that’s a funny name and so does he. It is his real name however. Justin spoke to the youth regarding how to be dateable. He’s written several books including these: I’ll write [...]
To UM Pastors…including myself
A friend of mine just tweeted about Bishop Swanson and out of curiosity, I googled him to find out more info. He is the Bishop of the Holston Annual Conference. This article caught my eye and it was one of those that says a whole lot. Don’t mind saying it step on my toes… Bishop [...]
5 Types of Church Visitor
One thing pastors love is church visitors. Really, what we like even more is church visitors who become regular church attendee, but that process begins with visitors. It’s always a mystery why some visit a church and never come back. Those reasons may be the subject of another post, but one thing I’ve learned, much [...]
Outside the Wall’s
The teachings of Jesus say that the first shall be last and the last shall be first. He was the greatest model of someone being a servant to others. This is completely contrary to a worldly view where we are taught to put ourselves first. Becoming inward is something that happens quickly in our personal [...]
Vison
I just counted my calendar and we are 14 weeks into the year 2011. We are 1/4 of the way through the year and this week is a good time to take a look at our goals for the year whether they be personal, professional, or spiritual. I was reading an article this morning about [...]
10 Reasons Churches Stay Small 9 (Reasons: 1-5)
Article written by Joe Mckeever The “ten reasons” that follow are not necessarily in the order of importance or prevalence. This is the way they occurred to me, and the order seems right. 1. Wanting to stay small. “We like our church just the way it is now.” While that attitude usually goes unspoken–it might [...]
