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Message Support: "Divine Direction"
This message support training will help you think through how to leverage the series Divine Direction in your church. You can find resources for the series here . You haven’t finished your life story. What will you do with the blank pages? The choices you make today will lead you one way or an...
Messages
Message Support: "Hope in Action"
Hope will point you in the right direction, but there’s only one way to reach your goal. This message from Pastor Tome Dawson will help attenders learn what happens when we combine our dreams with dedication. This message uses the story of Nehemiah to illustrate three key points of achieving our ho...
Youth
It's All About Relationships
Allyson Evans NextGen Central Group Leader, Life.Church Allyson is passionate about leading our next generation to become fully devoted followers of Christ through partnerships with parents and volunteers. Her team provides vision, direction, training, and resources to all Life.Church ca...
Leadership
Dream Big, Think Small
How do you build a life of significance? At this gathering, pastor Jeff Manion shares how truly great lives are built on the foundation of a holy redundancy—a persistence and determination to move faithfully in the right direction. Whether in our homes, businesses or ministries, a consistent faithf...
Leadership
Facebook Live: Creating a Strong Culture
A strong church culture helps your staff feel closer to your mission, become better leaders, and reach more people for Christ. But how do you create a strong culture, and how do you keep it healthy? Jerry Hurley, Life.Church Directional Team Leader, shares from almost 20 years of experience how he...
Leadership
How to Discuss At the Movies with Your Leadership
So you have some great ideas for an At the Movies series in your church. But how do you talk about the idea of doing At the Movies to your leadership? In this video, Life.Church Stillwater Campus Pastor Cody Chaloner explains how you can "lead up," bring a new idea to your lead pastors, and influen...
Leadership
The Phases of My Faith
When God wants to change my life, he changes my perspective. As He reframes the way I see the world around me, I start to think and act differently. When it comes to my faith, three phases stand out as particularly formative in the continuing journey of becoming who God has created me to be. Ph...
Leadership
New Seasons Means New People
When a ministry enters a new season, we must open the door for new leaders. The “old guard” often resents new seasons. I’m a big believer in working hard to lead the tenured believers toward new life. Sometimes, though, they refuse to move forward. In those times, we have to help people...
Kids
Kids Ministry: Creating Cohesion Across the Ages
Years ago, our early childhood, elementary, and youth teams created their own curriculums. They operated largely independent of each other and focused on different topics at different times. But after much research and strategizing, we realized we could be more effective if we aligned our st...
Operations
Creating a Welcoming Environment at Easter
Next to Christmas, Easter is likely the time of the year you’ll see the most new attenders in your church. And, when you’re new to church, walking into the doors of a church for the first time can be intimidating or down-right scary. As you think about this new wave of attenders, walk through your...
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...
Leadership
Breaking Up the Systems
Even a good ministry system will eventually limit what God wants to do if the system doesn’t evolve or totally change. (By system, I mean any program, structure, philosophy, or culture that shapes and helps produce a desired outcome.) Once people operate within a system long enough, they o...
Creative
Creative Media: Celebrating 20 Years
The Life.Church brand update coincided with our 20 year anniversary in 2016, and we had a blast celebrating everything God has done. Perhaps the most poignant thing about our rebranding process was realizing how the brand isn’t just art elements that we create. The brand actually embodies the Life...
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. Staffing One familiar predicament is how much staff should be devoted specifically to small groups. We always lean on the side of a smaller st...
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...