Enduring Churches Podcast with Alan and Trent

Epsiode 284: Endding Summer on a High Note

Epsiode 284: Endding Summer on a High Note

1. Take a vacation
   1. Get outa dodge - sometimes the only way you can actually have a vacation is to literally get away.
   2. At least 3 days
   3. Catch up time with your family.   There is no such thing as quality time - only quantity time.
2. Mental vacation-
   1. Invite another preacher or speaker to come to your church for a couple of Sundays.
   2. Missionaries or retired missionaries
   3. Convention staff
   4. Let your other staff speak
   5. give a young person a chance to grow
3. Do a retreat to regather your thoughts and plan
   1. Find a local camp that will let you stay for free
   2. Go to a bed and breakfast
4. Create a "hard stop" in your ministry between summer and fall activities.
   1. creates a natural break
   2. establishes a new launching point.

Episode 283 :A Prayer and Action Plan

Episode 283: A Prayer and Action Plan

Increase My...   Capacity   Character   Competence   Compassion

Episode282: Does Your Church Need a Safety Team

Episode282: Does Your Church Need a Safety Team   Why "Safety" over "Security"   Should you have a church safety team?   What is involved in putting a team together? training insurance   Who to have on the team and who not to have on the team. background checks interviews ongoing training   What is the responsibility of a church safety team? to keep the congregation as safe as possible from external and internal dangers or threats.

Episode 281: Unmeasured: Our Interaction with a Recent Article

Episode 281: Unmeasured: Our Interaction with a Recent Article

Read the Tithely Article Here:

 

 

Episode 280: Can Anything Good Come From Stormy "C"s?

Episode 280: Can Anything Good Come From Stormy "C"s?

 

1. We learn the depth of our our faith life.
   1. prayer
   2. trust
2. We learn perseverance
3. We learn something about our leadership style
4. We learn something about relationships
5. We learn something to apply in the future
6. We learn something we can share with another
7. We learn something about timing

 

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Episode 279: Should Your Church Have a Succession Plan

 

Episode 279: Should Your Church Have a Succession Plan

 

What is a succession plan?

Is a succession plan possible in a small church?

Should a church have a succession plan for staff?

What are important things to consider?

What are steps we should take?

Episode 278: Breaking Up With Some Bad Ideas

Episode 278: Breaking Up With Some Bad Ideas

1. That bigger is always better
2. That addition beats multiplication
3. That leadership equals power
4. That present success guarantees future success
5. That weaknesses are always exploited
6. That busyness equals productivity
7. That no one can do it as good as I can

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Episode 277: 3 Things to Do While We Take a Break This week

Episode 277: 3 Things to Do While We Take a Break This week

 

 

Episode: Ranger Danger

Episode 276: VBS Never Ends on A Friday (or Thursday)

Episode 276: VBS Never Ends on A Friday (or Thursday)

 

VBS is not an end but a beginning
With the Attenders
1. You should have family information 
2. Follow Up with kids who make decisions 
3. Follow up with unchurched families
 1. By sending a thank you
 2. By a phone call
 3. With another invitation
 4. A plan to follow up later

With the Workers
1. Honest feedback is critical
2. What was successful?
3. What could have been better?
4. Where were resources well-used?
5. Where were resources wasted?

With the Church
1. Thank people publicly for supporting VBS
2. Share stories that show its impact

Episode 276: 8 Areas of Continuing Improvements (Reviewing a 2022 research article)

Episode 276: 8 Areas of Continuing Improvements

 

The Lifeway Research Article from 2022

 

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