Reactivating Parents Every Year
Friday January 17, 2020 | Orange LeadersAs a church leader, you have the opportunity to reactivate parents as their kids grow so that kids at every phase will stay connected to their parents. Your role is to remind parents at every phase to keep parenting with the end in mind. Because parents are not really raising children; they’re raising adults. Read more
Orange Strategy: 7 Tips On Where To Start
Wednesday January 15, 2020 | Orange LeadersStrategy 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. Read more
7 Questions to Ask to Evaluate Yourself as a Church Leader
Monday January 6, 2020 | Orange Leaders2 Peter 1:5-8 lists seven characteristics for self-evaluation. Let’s take a look at each one. We’ll provide greater clarity by adding phrases used in The Message, highlight a few things you might want to consider in your own self-evaluation, and offer tools to aid in your growth Read more
5 Ways to Set Goals For Your Ministry This Year
Friday January 3, 2020 | Orange LeadersAs ministry leaders, we’re naturally goal-driven. The new year gives us the opportunity to check our spirit and our teams and make sure we’re making the most of the resources we have around us. Read more
Setting Goals for Community Outreach This Year
Monday December 30, 2019 | Dexter Culbreath“They came and they went, but will they return?” Well, that depends on what we do between now and then. Read more
4 Ways to Win the Week Between Christmas and New Year’s
Friday December 27, 2019 | RJ GrunewaldAs you return to work, don’t miss your opportunity to do something this week that you couldn’t do in the weeks leading up to Christmas and you won’t be able to do once the New Year hits. Read more
A Joyful Christmas
Tuesday December 24, 2019 | Nick BlevinsDespite everything around them, and around us, the story of Christmas is clear, and I believe John said it best when he wrote: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. – 1 John 5:11 Read more
Explaining Orange to Holiday Visitors at Your Church
Monday December 23, 2019 | Dexter CulbreathThe holidays are here and so are new families. As a ministry, we want to help our families meet people, add experiences, prioritize time, identify needs, and talk together. Read more
Christmas, Volunteers and All-The-Things
Wednesday December 18, 2019 | Amy FentonDecember is busy! And along with that busy you will find yourself asking more from your already very busy volunteers. So, how do we navigate the tension of serving our volunteers well during Christmas and yet desperately needing them to serve? Here are a few ideas: Read more
Communicating Vision That Invests in Insiders but Prioritizes Outsiders
Wednesday December 11, 2019 | Bre HallbergThankfully, I learned from the situation, and became a vision-casting cheerleader—sharing the vision that God continued to lay on my heart so that the people inside our church could be just as excited about how we were going to reach families outside our church. Read more
