Category: Ministry Leadership

We are busy preparing for our church's VBS (we call it Summer Bible Camp) next week.  Details - big and small - must be planned out, tweaked, and re-tweaked to welcome a few hundred campers and volunteers to our program each day.  If you are overseeing VBS, you know exactly…

[caption id="attachment_1356" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Photo Credit: Central Presbyterian Church[/caption] This month, our church has encouraged families with elementary, middle, and high school students to worship together in lieu of their regular Sunday morning programming.  It was an idea that surfaced at the end of last summer and again this past…

  I love being by the water.  Being in such a tranquil place restores my soul like nothing else.  A few weeks ago, our entire church staff retreated to Pennsylvania together to worship, eat, play and reflect upon three specific themes: Rest, Growth, and Health. In November, each staff member was…

  Over time, things can become very routine.  We wake up at the same time everyday, brush our teeth (and if you're like me, you only buy one brand of toothpaste), drink coffee from the same cup, take the same route to work everyday...you get my drift. We don't even…