Top 5 Things You Need To Know About Orange
Monday February 23, 2015 | Orange LeadersGetting started with a new curriculum is exciting, and sometimes a bit daunting! Here at Orange we are passionate about helping leaders start off on the best foot possible. To help you reach this goal, we’ve put together a “Top 5” list for you: 1. Orange Specialists: Not sure where to find the curriculum materials you’ve […] Read more
The Master Plan
Thursday February 12, 2015 | Orange Leaders“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself,'” (Matthew 22:37-39, NIV). We believe in this verse so much that we have connected every curriculum and resource […] Read more
Family Ministry Is . . .
Thursday February 5, 2015 | Orange LeadersFamily Ministry is an effort to synchronize church leaders and parents around a master plan to build faith and character in their sons and daughters. Family ministry should not be another program you add to your list of programs. It should be the filter you use to create and evaluate what you do to influence […] Read more
What It Means To Leverage Influence
Tuesday February 3, 2015 | Orange LeadersLeverage Influence: Create consistent opportunities for students to experience personal ministry. We are all designed to live inside a story, to play a role in that story. Leaders who are thinking Orange must decide something about discipleship. If we fail to help kids make a practical investment of their time and energy in serving others, […] Read more
What Is Orange?
Monday February 2, 2015 | Orange LeadersOrange is a strategy for combining critical influences in life to fuel faith in the next generation. Orange is a path, a strategy that combines the strength of two—yellow and red—to create the brilliance of another, Orange. By combining the critical influences of the light of the church (yellow) and the love of the family […] Read more
5 Things That Won’t Make Your Church Grow (Despite What You May Think)
Thursday January 29, 2015 | Carey NieuwhofSo you want your church to grow . . . to reach new people. And you’ve convinced yourself that you really would grow if you only had one or two more things to make your ministry thrive. For example, you’ve might have said any combination of these things. We would grow if we: Got out […] Read more
Six Results Of Elevating Community
Tuesday January 27, 2015 | Orange LeadersElevate Community: Connect everyone to a caring leader and a consistent group of peers. Everyone needs to be believed in by someone, and everyone needs to belong somewhere. True community provides both. The most powerful thing you can do for parents is to provide kids in your ministry with another adult who will say the same […] Read more
What Does It Mean To Reactivate The Family?
Tuesday January 20, 2015 | Orange LeadersReactivate the Family: Enlist parents to act as partners in the spiritual formation of their own children. When you think about the word family, it’s typically a concept that is universally embraced as something to believe in. However, when that unit is broken down and we consider our confidence in parents, the optimism dwindles. If you […] Read more
What It Means To Refine The Message
Tuesday January 13, 2015 | Orange LeadersRefine the Message: Craft core truths into engaging, relevant, and memorable experiences. “Can you hear me now?” The pitch line for a cell phone service provider communicates the importance of being able to receive a message loud and clear. As a church leader, you have a high level of responsibility for how you handle information. […] Read more
What It Means To Integrate Strategy
Tuesday January 6, 2015 | Orange LeadersIntegrate Strategy: Align leaders and parents to lead with the same end in mind. When driving through a construction zone, orange traffic cones are critical to help drivers steer in a specific direction. Strategically placed cones show drivers where they should go, and they work together to have a greater influence. Imagine just one lone […] Read more
