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Leadership
Fasting From Church Stuff
For years I tried to learn from and be like other ministers. I listened to messages, attended conferences, and devoured every Christian book I could. Each time I met a new leader, I tried to become more like them. A few years ago though, God led me to do something very different. (I'm not neces...
Creative
At the Movies: The Complete Life.Church Guide
Every Summer, Life.Church uses the biggest Hollywood movies to teach important spiritual lessons in a message series we call At the Movies. Hear from Life.Church Stillwater Campus Pastor Cody Chaloner as we discuss how you can create an unforgettable At the Movies experiece at your church and reach...
Missions
How to Neighbor: Partner with Local Missions
At Life.Church, we’re passionate about being the hands and feet of Jesus to those around us. Our message series How to Neighbor shows us just how to do that by reaching out to the lonely, those who are different than us, the orphans, and the poor. One of the best ways "neighbor" is to partner...
Operations
4 Steps for Creating an Easter Photo Op
Easter is one of the biggest opportunities of the year for your church to share Christ with your community. In addition to the Easter message, worship, and prayers, having a photo-op area is one extra touch that can provide value and community to attenders. When you invite people to take a picture i...
Leadership
Preparing Your Heart For Easter
In this video, Pastor Chris Beall from Life.Church Oklahoma City discusses how to get ready spiritually for Easter Sunday. For more Easter trainings, graphics, messages, and more, visit our Open Network Easter page....
Leadership
Tips for Easter Services
Pastor Chris Beall from Life.Church Oklahoma City sat down with us to discuss some of his best tips for a successful Easter Sunday. For more Easter trainings, graphics, messages, and more, visit our Open Network Easter page....
Creative
What is Creative Media Group?
Here’s a quick overview of the Creative Teams at Life.Church! All of the projects these teams work on can be found here on Open Network. They contribute to kids, message series, creative, worship, and more. Resources created by the Creative Media Group at Life.Church: Motion Loops Kid's Worship...
General
Several Speakers on One Weekend
Several times a year, Life.Church pastors and leaders 'team teach' with Pastor Craig. Team teaching allows you to take the baton from Pastor Craig and preach your own portion of the message. On Open, we provide flexibility for you to participate in team-teach or not. To participate, use the 'opening...
Tech
Get Smart: Using Technology During the Experience
Our Senior Pastor, Craig Groeschel, and many of our campus pastors, will often teach using an iPad, tablet, or smartphone. Here's how they access their notes and related Bible verses...
Communications
3 Tips for Creating Clear Communication
Keep these three questions in mind when crafting ministry communications: 1. What are you trying to accomplish? What would the 'win' be? 2. What is the context of the piece? What else happening in the church could affect the reception of the message? 3. Who is our audience? What do they know or need...
Leadership
Making Every Easter Better
Life.Church Oklahoma City Campus Pastor Chis Beall sat down with Open Network for a conversation about Easter. Pastor Chris discusses how to prepare your staff for Easter, how to keep your newcomers engaged, and much more! For more Easter trainings, graphics, messages, and more, visit our Open Netw...
Youth
Engaging More Students Through Switch
Switch is our youth ministry for 6th through 12th grade students designed to engage young people and help them grow. If you've used the Switch curriculum in the past or are just getting started, these four strategies will help you implement this semester's messages: 1. Increase attendance (and FOM...
Operations
Tips for Christmas Services
Pastor Tome Dawson from the Life.Church South Tulsa campus shared some of his best tips for creating a welcoming environment for attenders during the holiday season. Here, he addresses Christmas, but everything would apply to Easter or other special services, too. Watch "God With Us" Message Support...
Leadership
3 Values that Lead to Evangelism
“How do I inspire my church to be involved in evangelism?” At Alpha, that’s the one question we most often hear from church leaders—and it’s an important one for a couple of reasons. First, if we mobilize our whole congregation to engage with their community, the message of Jesus will find its way...
Church Online Platform
The Chat Is Where It's At
When you first navigate to a Church Online Platform service (see an example at https://live.life.church/) you see two main components: a video player and a chat window. We sometimes hear, "Why does your Church Online experience have chat…isn't it about watching the sermon?" Church online is ab...
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