This fall Jon Acuff is joining Orange for Orange Tour. Behind the scenes, we asked Jon a few more personal questions about how these ideas show up in his own life.
by Joe McAlpine “People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.” -Dale Carnegie I recently received a really cool email. It went like this: Dear Pastor, I was a visitor at your church this last week. I wanted to say that my family had a great time. We were hesitant to […]
by Amy Fenton “Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.” –H. Jackson Brown Jr. Servant Leadership. It seems that this phrase is thrown out a great deal in our culture. It is almost as popular as say, skinny jeans or a slouch beanie on your head in July. […]
If you’re tired of chasing what’s cool, feeling inadequate in your creativity, and you really desire to simply be effective, then you’re exactly who I hoped would read this post. This article is NOT advice, but a set of questions that every ministry team can ask themselves as they plan anything from worship services to […]
Kristen Ivy is the Executive Director of Messaging at Orange and the founder of The Phase Project, and co-author of the Phase Guide series, "It's Just a Phase," and "Playing for Keeps." She combines her degree in secondary education with a Master of Divinity and lives out the full Orange spectrum as the wife of XP3 Students Orange Specialist, Matt Ivy, and the mother of three children, Sawyer, Hensley, and Raleigh.
“They do a great job with her but not so much with me.” This was the response of a friend of mine several years back when I asked how he and his family were doing at their church. He went on to explain that he loved what his church was doing with his kids on […]
The Church Technology Monster has been in your life because there hasn't been another way to produce quality Kids ministry programming without Olympic effort from our Kids Ministry leaders. Until now.
Strategy is the name of the game . . . but it is hard to know where to start! Not only are you asking yourself where to begin, you are also staring at your computer screen and wondering how this will all work on Sunday mornings.
Welcome to the Orange family! I am sure that the road you traveled to launching Orange has been quite the journey for you. You have weathered countless meetings and budget crunches. You have researched and asked the hard questions. You have stepped out in faith to lead kids, students, and families, and you are trusting God […]
by Jeremy Smith It is one thing for the church to know about social media and tweet randomly or to post a link on your Facebook page, and a whole other thing for you to actually take the time to actually come up with a working strategy. Your church needs to understand that a target is necessary, goals […]
