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Five Things Small Group Leaders Should say to Parents
Tuesday July 30, 2013 | Orange Leadersby Jeff Brodie Parents don’t walk around over-encouraged. They just don’t. Most parents feel like they aren’t doing a good job of raising their kids. Parenting resources make them feel guilty, and the Facebook feed of their friends’ seemingly perfect families doesn’t help. It’s isolating. For some families, the only time they hear from an […] Read more
Leveraging Effective Communication Methods for Your Church
Wednesday January 23, 2013 | Orange Leadersby Kenny Conley A while back, I had lunch with one of the children’s pastors on my team. He was a little frustrated about communication. We utilize a volunteer blog where we upload videos, curriculum and small group materials for all of our volunteers to prepare for their Sunday responsibilities. We communicate to our volunteers […] Read more
Managing a Portable Church Environment, Part Two
Tuesday October 2, 2012 | Orange Leadersby Nina Schmidgall This is Part Two of Managing a Portable Church Environment. Click here for Part One. HOW DO YOU DO IT? As many of you surely realize, many of the benefits of portable church environments do not transfer to the children’s programs. I get many emails asking “How do you do children’s ministry […] Read more
Managing a Portable Church Environment, Part One
Monday October 1, 2012 | Orange Leadersby Nina Schmidgall We have a core conviction [at National Community Church] that the church belongs in the middle of the marketplace. National Community Church (Washington, D.C.) started with the traditional mindset: Meet in rented facilities until you can buy or build a church building. When our first location, a school building, was closed without […] Read more
5 Questions To Ask Yourself Before you Change Something
Monday July 2, 2012 | Orange Leaders1. Am I Willing To Commit To The Long Haul? In my experience change doesn’t happen overnight. We call that a miracle. No, Change is forged over time by leaders who stick with it. I like the quote from Winston Churchill as he describes the determination of the bulldog. “The nose of the bulldog has been slanted backwards […] Read more
The Outsider
Tuesday September 27, 2011 | Orange Leadersby Tim Walker God loves irony. How do I know this? Well, it’s not from a particular Bible verse. It’s from my own life. (Disclaimer: For my theological friends, I get it that a God who sees and knows all really isn’t ironic. Irony is from our perspective. But just roll with me here, yo.) […] Read more
Three Keys to a Successful Replacement Plan
Tuesday September 6, 2011 | Orange Leadersby Terry Scalzitti As a young volunteer, I once asked the question: “How will I know if I’ve done a good job in ministry?” The best advice I ever received was this answer: “If you leave the church, and the ministry doesn’t skip a beat, then you’ve done a great job. If you leave, and […] Read more
Strategic Service: Developing Service-Minded Hearts
Tuesday April 26, 2011 | Orange Leadersby Nina Schmidgall As leaders, it is important that we are convinced that strategic service is truly an opportunity to be shareholders in the work God is doing through the church. As long as we are simply trying to fill holes, we will miss the opportunity to maximize the gifts in people. Located in the […] Read more
Author Spotlight, Geoffrey Canada
Wednesday April 20, 2011 | Orange LeadersDo a Web search for his name, and you’ll see listing after listing of praise for Geoffrey Canada and his work to bring hope to Harlem through education. The Orange Conference is beyond excited to engage with Canada, learn from him, and hear his “it’s your move” philosophy. In his 20-plus years with Harlem Children’s […] Read more
As if you were there Orange Tour notes
Thursday October 28, 2010 | Orange LeadersIf you’re not able to get to the Orange Tour, these notes will almost make you feel like you were there. Long post, but full of great details and Orange-isms! Thanks to Keith Tusing, who regularly blogs at CMBuzz.com Ok, I’ve just arrived at CCV (Christ Church of the Valley) in Phoenix, AZ. It is […] Read more
