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Spring Into Your Fall!
It’s May and Spring has sprung! Flowers are pushing up through the earth, the snow has melted, and school is […]
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Creating Culture in Your Congregation
One of the true greats in youth ministry, Mike Yaconelli, wrote a book in 2002 that presented a difficult challenge […]
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Getting Your Team on the Same Page
So, now you have cleaned up the mess from last year, and you’ve said ‘thank you’ to your great team […]
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Cleaning Up At the End of the Year
Well, wasn’t that Easter Egg Hunt that your youth sponsored for the children’s ministry just a blast! I hope you […]
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Searching for Success
Maybe you’ve noticed, there always seems to be one child during an Easter egg hunt who, unsure of what to […]
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Every Sunday. Not Just Easter.
Me. To our new worship leader. In a conversation where I was questioning him about what we’re going to do […]
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Extra Eggs for Empty Baskets
Introduction True story. It was the day before Easter, March 30, 1961, and Peter’s 5th birthday had been the day […]
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How to Limit Your Ministry Impact
“There’s no ‘I’ in team.” If you’ve ever played a team sport, then you have heard this quote. If you’ve […]
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Church-Wide Norms
Is my church normal? At Ministry Architects, we’ve worked with over 900 churches, and inevitably, churches always want to know […]
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COMMUNICATION: Let Your Constituencies Build Your Plan
We didn’t just start asking this question last week. It has always been a big question – “How do we […]
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Creating a Discipleship Pathway That Means Something
Today’s billion dollar question is (drumroll please)…. What makes moms cry more: Kindergarten Graduation or High School Graduation? While we […]
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Youth Ministry Norms
Are we normal? At Ministry Architects, we’ve worked with over 900 churches, and inevitably, this is the most frequently asked […]
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Six Letters to Better Communication
In fourteen years of ministry in the local church, I’ve heard one complaint from parishioners and staff above all others: […]
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Children’s Ministry Norms
At Ministry Architects, we’ve worked with over 900 churches, and inevitably, this is the most frequently asked question. Over the […]
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Engaging Children in Worship – What’s in the Box?
Introduction It’s a centuries old question – what in the world do we do with children in worship? And the […]
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The Holy Habit of Saying “Thank You”
Have you ever noticed how Paul begins more than half a dozen of his letters? Paul states who he is, […]
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ACCOUNTABILITY: To What and Whom Does Your Ministry Answer?
Introduction “The squeaky wheel gets the grease.” Or so I’ve heard. That is a truism that is all too true […]
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Four Tips for Volunteer Recruiting
We’re quickly approaching that time of year when my heart rate gets elevated, my palms get sweaty, and I start […]
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