Riding the Wave of Church Growth Without Drowning
Tuesday October 4, 2016 | Orange LeadersOne of the first rules of surfing is that to catch a wave you have to get ahead of it. A couple strokes timed just right will put you in the right place for a great ride, but once the wave gets ahead of you, you’ve missed it. When growth begins to happen in a […] Read more
What Exactly Is NextGen?
Monday October 3, 2016 | Kenny ConleySure, it sounds like a subgenre of science fiction novels or a creative rebrand of a student ministry. But NextGen isn’t really about spaceships or youth ministry terminology. It’s far more strategic than that. Actually, NextGen is one of the fastest growing ministry movements in the local church today. NextGen is simply about the Next […] Read more
How To Inspire Leaders To Show Up
Friday September 30, 2016 | Orange LeadersIf no volunteer can ever know what a parent knows about a kid, why recruit anyone to help lead kids and teenagers? You could just tell parents, “Since you know more than we can ever know, and you have more time than we will ever have, and you care more than we ever will, then […] Read more
Orange Resources In A Portable Environment
Wednesday September 28, 2016 | Orange LeadersThere are so many things I enjoy about church in a mobile space—the grassroots vibe, the feeling of accomplishment that comes with each Sunday, and the sense that it really takes every person doing their part to make it happen. Some of my most precious church memories come from seasons of meeting in borrowed space. […] Read more
Urban Family Strategy: Starting Up and Shifting Perspective
Tuesday September 27, 2016 | Orange LeadersBy Jeremy Martin There are just not a lot of kids and families in the “footprint,” the 16-block radius of the burgeoning downtown Las Vegas revitalization. It’s not a huge surprise. Initially the tech boom brought in a bunch of young, single entrepreneurs living their passion, not thinking about kids. Family is just something not […] Read more
Transitioning To A New Curriculum
Wednesday September 21, 2016 | Orange Leadersby Jessica Veronesi I have been the Preschool Coordinator at my church for six years. After attending Orange Conference in 2015, I decided the First Look curriculum was exactly what our preschool ministry needed! However, I knew that making this change wasn’t going to be easy. Before I started working at the church, the Preschool […] Read more
Thinking Orange In A Yellow, Red And Blue World
Tuesday September 20, 2016 | Orange Leadersby David Moody My own Orange journey has been developing over the last nine years. I’ve even been able to get to five Orange Conferences from 2008-2016—which is no small feat from New Zealand—which has greatly added value to my experience. My wife Alison and I serve in The Salvation Army, and 17 of our […] Read more
Practices And Principles To Give Our City Kids A Place To Belong
Monday September 19, 2016 | Orange Leadersby Tanya Velardo Two years ago in Harlem, NY, Renaissance Church held its first church service, and Renaissance Kids welcomed families for the first time. I had been an Orange thinker for many years and wanted to implement EVERYTHING. You might be able to relate as you’re starting a new church or implementing Orange for […] Read more
How To Keep Staff And Leaders On The Same Page
Friday September 9, 2016 | Orange Leadersby Emily Meredith Whether you have four full-time staff on your family ministry team or a handful of committed volunteer coaches, keeping everyone on the same page across all of your ministry areas is a very big deal. So how DO you keep staff on the same page when it comes to reaching the next […] Read more
Your Talk Doesn’t Matter (Does It?)
Tuesday September 6, 2016 | Brett TalleyDiscouragement has been a far too familiar friend to me throughout the last 11 years I’ve been in full time ministry. Maybe you can relate. Maybe you can’t (good for you). For me, it often comes from my constant battle of negative self-talk that I wrestle to overcome. One of those sources of discouragement often […] Read more
