Episodes
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Episode309: 4 Skills I Wish I Worked On Sooner
Coaching
Conflict Mediation
Consultation
Counseling
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Sunday Jan 12, 2025
Episode 307: All Hat - No Cows...and Can I Retire Yet?
Sunday Jan 12, 2025
Sunday Jan 12, 2025
Episode 307: All Hat - No Cows...and Can I Retire Yet?
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Monday Jan 06, 2025
Episode 306: Our Interview With Keeney Dickenson on Prayer
Monday Jan 06, 2025
Monday Jan 06, 2025
Episode 306: Our Interview With Keeney Dickenson on Prayer
Keeney is the pastor of FBC Crockett, TX and consultant on prayer with the Southern Baptists of Texas.
You can learn more and order his new book Prayer Powered Pulpit here
Monday Dec 30, 2024
Episode 305: Habits to Start in 2025
Monday Dec 30, 2024
Monday Dec 30, 2024
Episode 305: Habits to Start in 2025
Monday Dec 23, 2024
Episode 304: Making Your Own Traditions
Monday Dec 23, 2024
Monday Dec 23, 2024
Episode 304: Making Your Own traditions
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Live too far away
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Grown kids have other family
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Read the Christmas story
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Celebrating advent
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Adopting a family in need
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Occ shoeboxes
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Serve at a community Christmas dinner
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Missions offering
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Our tradition of opening presents early because we would be traveling
Monday Dec 16, 2024
Episode 303: How do we engage the next generation?
Monday Dec 16, 2024
Monday Dec 16, 2024
Episode 303: How do we engage the next generation?
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Reaching kids and reaching students are different
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Gen Z & alphas
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Activity-based ministry is out
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Meaningfulness and sincerity
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why they matter
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why their spiritual lives matter
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Relationships still matter
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especially unpaid people
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they want to partner with you
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Monday Dec 09, 2024
Episode302: Why How We Grow Matters
Monday Dec 09, 2024
Monday Dec 09, 2024
Episode302: Why How We Grow Matters
Areas we should see consistent growth
Why is this important
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Monday Dec 02, 2024
Episode302: Our Interview with Dave Hastings of Standing Stone Ministry
Monday Dec 02, 2024
Monday Dec 02, 2024
Episode302: Our Interview with Dave Hastings of Standing Stone Ministries
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Monday Nov 25, 2024
Episode 301: The Ever-Changing Church Landscape
Monday Nov 25, 2024
Monday Nov 25, 2024
Episode 301: The Ever-Changing Church Landscape
The influence Non-Denominationalism (the only form of church that is really adding)
If you are a denominational church what can you do.
If you are non-denominational
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Monday Nov 18, 2024
Episode300: 5 Coming Attractions You Don't Need to Miss
Monday Nov 18, 2024
Monday Nov 18, 2024
Episode300: 5 Coming Attractions You Don't Need to Miss
Coming attractions are a big part of a movie experience. What does the future at a movie theater hold? WELL fewer people go to the movies and most people don’t have a clue what movies are coming out in the near future. Times have shifted.
I was in Colorado perfoming a wedding this past weekend. Something really struck me. Two locations…one where a mega church once stood in what would be (in my estimation be building worth in the tens of millions of dollars). The other is a church that at one time housed maybe 250 people in an amazing location and a property worth several million. Neither church congregation even exists today. Tragic!
This story plays several times over in Colorado and all across our nation. We would be short-sighted not to pay attention to the lessons we can learn from coming attractions. I know from these two churches’ stories that the mega church died due to scandal and the other church died with a leader who had a track record of terrible leadership. - Alan
What are some of the coming attractions we must see?
1) expect a growing distrust of clergy and organizations. In many people’s minds, the larger the organization, the larger cover-ups must be.
2) Expect a need to change leadership style. Once upon a time, strong leaders led, and followers followed. Today, strong leaders build a collaborative team and lead through teams.
3) Expect unchurched people to be messy additions to your congregation. When a new family attends your church, they may have little or no church background. Do you have clear pathways to help their faith grow? People will come your way if you do.
4) Expect some churches to fail. I don’t want to see any of our churches fail, but reality tells a different story. Failure to adapt and change, failure to be outreach-minded… Most churches wait until they are too far down the death trail to get help.
All churches end - but that does not mean they failed - They are placed by God at a place in time and location on purpose for a purpose!
5) Expect buildings to get more costly. Churches should consider asking how the building use can increase. Home school co-ops, chamber of commerce meetings, business leader lunches…put your buildings to use. Busy buildings are more financially viable.
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