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35 Reasons My Middle Schooler Might Be Freaking Out
Friday October 11, 2019 | Orange LeadersWe love our middle schoolers...even if our mere existence is painfully embarrassing for them. What would you add to the list? Read more
Five Steps To Building A Healthy Team Dynamic
Friday September 6, 2019 | Orange LeadersWe didn’t know it then, but our team was on the brink of a spiritual war that lasted several years. It included some major transitions—staff turnover, changes in ministry structure, breakdown of silos and prejudices, launching campuses, building teams, and even constructing new buildings! Our ministry story has been complex in the last four years! Here are a few things we learned along the way. Read more
What’s In A Name?
Wednesday August 14, 2019 | Orange LeadersNames are important. It’s typically the first thing you learn about someone, the first connecting point you share over a nametag or a handshake. But if we’re “bad” at remembering names, we make excuses. Read more
Do Something You Don’t Have To Do
Monday June 24, 2019 | Orange LeadersHere’s a secret every good volunteer and leader knows: You don’t do something because you feel like it. You do something in order to feel like it. If you only do what you have to do, you will be limited in what you do. It’s the stuff that you don’t have to do that ultimately changes your faith. Read more
Orange Tour: Why It’s Important For Your Entire Team to Attend OT
Tuesday June 11, 2019 | Orange LeadersWhen you can bring members of your team together... it unites them, gets them all on the same page, and provides everyone with training from fantastic leaders. Read more
Strategy, Not Curriculum
Friday May 17, 2019 | Orange LeadersA curriculum equips leaders, but a strategy develops them. A curriculum facilitates a meeting, but a strategy prioritizes community. A curriculum provides information, but a strategy mobilizes students to experience what they are learning. Read more
Is it Possible to Find Balance Between Your Job and Your Personal Life?
Wednesday March 20, 2019 | Orange LeadersThe balance between our work and our personal lives will always be what Andy Stanley calls a "tension to manage." We need to strive for balance, but we will never fully find it. What we can do, is be as intentional as possible in fighting for this balance. It’s in this daily fight that we can discover how to manage the tension appropriately. Here are three ways we can fight for balance between our work and our personal lives. Read more
Why Every Executive Leader Should Attend Rethink Leadership
Friday February 22, 2019 | Orange LeadersRethink Leadership is an event for senior leaders in the church that’s designed by senior leaders. Carey Nieuwhof helped create the event, along with the team at Orange, and it runs alongside The Orange Conference. The fact that Carey Nieuwhof is behind it is all you really need to know, but with that said, here are 4 […] Read more
How to Recruit Volunteers for Camp
Tuesday February 5, 2019 | Orange LeadersIt may still be freezing cold where you are right now, but as student pastors, we already have summer on the brain. Why? Because camp may be in the summer, but signups happen now! And that’s true for students and volunteering adults alike. In fact, pretty soon you may find yourself asking your volunteers the […] Read more
What Others are Saying About Orange Conference
Friday December 21, 2018 | Orange LeadersIt can be difficult to know if you’re making a good decision in attending a conference for the first time, so we’ve gathered a few comments from some of our friends about the impact of Orange Conference. Each one has a unique story and experience with The Orange Conference. If you’re on the fence about […] Read more
