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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...
Worship
Never Will Tutorial
No matter how we feel, and no matter what seasons we go through, God is always walking beside us to carry our burdens. “Never Will” is a song to remind our hearts that even at our lowest point, He will never let us go. There is nothing too dark or too deep that will cause God to walk away from us....
Small Groups
The Season for Small Groups
As you're doing church, you'll start to notice natural ebbs and flows in the year—learning to anticipate and leverage those different seasons can strengthen different parts of your ministry at different times. Here, we'll look at how for North American and Western churches August and September are...
Staff Development
Being Open-Handed with Our Staff
We believe our greatest resource is our people, our staff, and it is our job to steward them well for the season they are with us. Seasons have beginnings and ends, so we are intentional about developing and equipping our staff for whatever God has next for them. And when the time comes for a staff...
Leadership
Leading Into the Future
When I want to lead into the future, I usually look into the past to see what I can learn from any patterns. Sensing it was time to make some changes in our church culture, I prayerfully reflected over the different seasons of our church.I noticed a distinct pattern that repeated itself at least s...
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 F...
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...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: The Developer's Dark Side
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast ! As a leader, your most valuable resource is always the people in your organization. We don’t bet on strategies. We don’t bet on products. We don’t bet on ideas. We bet on people. After all, they are the ones who create the strategies,...
Leadership
Prepare for Attacks
During a season of blessing, your staff and volunteers will be working overtime. Because the ministry is so exhilarating, your best people will gladly make huge sacrifices to be a part. While riding the wave of blessing, you will be: ●Hiring fast. ●Plugging new believers into signifi...
Leadership
Higher Threshold for Chaos
When we’re entering into a new season, I always challenge our leaders to have a higher threshold for chaos. Systems tend to produce predictable outcomes. When we are innovating and growing, we never know what the outcome will be. Many ideas we think will be great turn out to be duds. On...
Giving & Finance
Tips for Year-End Giving
It’s part of the natural rhythm of the year: giving tends to increase during the Christmas season. At Life.Church, we don’t take this for granted. We’re intentional about being humble and being good stewards of our resources, and that includes how we approach our tithing and giving communication at...
Service & Events
Creating a "Welcome Home" Environment at Christmas
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....
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....
Creative
Hillsong Leadership: It's Christmas!
Join Gabe Kelly and the Hillsong Creative Team on this Online Open Week webinar as they discuss how to plan and pull off a magical Christmas season in your church. From events, production, carol services, invitations and reaching your community, they'll cover all you need to know to prepare for you...
Volunteers
Holiday Snacks & Feeling Comfortable in Church
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....