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Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Leading Up, Part 2
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! In this episode, we're going to continue to tackle our listeners' most commonly asked question: "How do I lead when I'm not in charge?" In Part 1, we discussed the first two (honor and timing) of five things that matter when you’re leadin...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Giving and Receiving Feedback, Part 2
In last month’s episode, we talked about craving useful feedback and three factors that matter when you’re receiving it. This month, let’s talk about three factors that matter when you’re giving feedback. 1.When you give feedback. For some organizations, the most common time for feedback is dur...
Worship
Familiar Songs Help Attenders Feel Welcome
Pastor Tome Dawson from the Life.Church South Tulsa campus shares some of his best tips for creating a welcoming environment for attenders during the holiday season. Here, he addresses Christmas, but the concepts apply to Easter or other special services, too....
Kids
Facebook Live: Creating a Great Experience for Families
We want to create an experience for families that's so warm, fun, safe, and memorable that they want to come back to church again and again. In this training, we talk with LifeKids team members about their best tips for creating a welcoming environment for new kids and families. You can also downloa...
Messages
A Prayer: Submit Yourself to God
This excerpt is from the series "A Way Out." Many of us are familiar with the phrase "resist the devil and he will flee," but we overlook the sentence that precedes it in James: "Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil and he will flee." Submit to God daily in prayer; when you're submitt...
Kids
Treasuring Children With Additional Needs
Join Jess & Nathan Mclean, Hillsong Australia Kids Pastors, as they reveal ideas to support children and families living with disability. Discover how Hillsong's ‘Treasure Chest’ ministry makes church a great experience for all. Special thanks to our partner, Hillsong Leadership Network, for provid...
Small Groups
Solving Small Group Challenges
There are a few common problems every small group ministry faces. At Life.Church, some creative solutions have helped us learn to conquer these obstacles. StaffingOne familiar predicament is how much staff should be devoted specifically to small groups. We always lean on the side of a smaller staff...
Worship
Original Worship Songs: Writing the Lyrics
When writing a song—or creating anything for your ministry—stay true to the culture and purpose of your church. For us, that means writing songs that incorporate key phrases and principles that are already familiar to our attenders. That familiarity helps them move past the "newness" of the song str...
Kids
Candypalooza
Each year, River Valley Church invites all the kids in their community to a special weekend called Candypalooza! The purpose of Candypalooza is to encourage kids to invite their friends who may have never been to church before. Kids come dressed in their favorite costume, have some fun with their fr...
Leadership
Leadership Podcast: Institutionalizing Urgency, Part 2
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! In many organizations, urgency is not the default mode—complacency is. In the last episode, Institutionalizing Urgency, Part 1, Craig discussed two steps to declare war on complacency in your culture: embody healthy skepticism, and attack...
Leadership
5 Days of Leadership with Pastor Craig | Day 5: Lead Yourself
Day 5: Lead yourself.The most important person you will ever lead is yourself. We've discussed leading and growing our church, but in this new year it's important not to forget yourself in the process. One of the biggest factors in growing as leaders is your inner dialogue. When you wake up and be...
Leadership
Pastors, Anxiety, and Burnout
From the outside, we as pastors and church leaders probably seem like we have it all together. God’s calling is on our lives, and we’re doing the most important work in the world. How could we be stressed out? After all, we only work on Sundays, right? Wrong. Working in ministry is tough. In fact,...
Small Groups
Leading the Way with Small Groups
“Church” is much more than a weekly experience. Being the "capital “C” Church includes serving, giving, and engaging with God and others. A healthy, thriving, small group ministry is a necessary component to Christian community, but can be difficult to build effectively. At Life.Church, we enco...
Messages
Message Support: Warrior
Series Length: 4 Weeks (not necessarily in order) • The Warrior’s Cause • The Hesitant Warrior • The Wounded Warrior • The Distracted Warrior Description: What are you fighting for? Defeat the fear that stares you down. Find purpose in your battles. Discover your God-given courage to become t...
Communications
Communication: The Seven Touch Points
Sometimes people ask about our communication strategy for attracting new people to Life.Church and retaining current attenders. Because people are more distracted than ever and going to church less frequently, we want to get them excited about upcoming content so they’ll come (and bring a frien...
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