From Pastors.com. I’ve bolded my favorites: Due to the Rector’s illness, Wednesday’s healing services will be discontinued until further notice. Bertha Belch, a missionary from Africa, will be speaking tonight at Calvary Methodist. Come hear Bertha Belch all the way from Africa. The Rev. Merriwether spoke briefly, much to the delight of the audience. On a…
If you’ve been on Facebook lately, you’ve been seeing these posters/memes going around about different occupations. Here’s my take on ‘Sports Minister.’ Feel free to share this.
If you’re one of those people who are fighting social media–you should read this article. Social media is like the telephone or the TV was–you’re only going to be able to fight it for so long before it becomes a cultural phenomenon. Here are some excerpts: Trevin Wax: Justin, what do you think is the next big…
The Barna Group just released some research that is compelling. The study was motivated by Tim Tebow and his affinity for John 3:16. You can read the whole article here but an excerpt is below: Overall, nearly seven out of 10 Americans (68%) were able to identify without any prompting from the interviewers that the…
When you connect sports to life principles to spiritual truth (and vice versa), it resonates with people…
Bold the things you want read. Understand that every word won’t be read. By “bolding” the important words, you ensure that they’ll be read…
If you’ve never watched a NASCAR event before you may not know that they have a prayer before every race. Usually, they will have a local pastor lead the prayer. Well, this past weekend’s prayer was interesting to say the least (see below). How do you react to this prayer? Offended? Hilarious?
Derwin Gray, pastor of Transformation Church, writes about a new kind of sports ministry. You can read the full blog here. Recently, I was asked if Transformation Church is going to start a Christian sports league. The idea of churches starting Christian sports league is to create an environment for Christian parents to send their…
I came across this at Resurgence and I thought it applied really well to sports ministry: 1. I do, we do, you do. Kids internalize concepts through gradual release: a teacher models a concept or skill while kids observe (“I do”); kids engage with the concept or skill with lots of teacher support (“we do”);…
Some may find it interesting that VBS’s originally were created as an outreach opportunity. For mostchurches though, VBS has become yet another program for church members. There’s nothing wrong with that unless your purpose is to do outreach. Certainly, you can still do outreach through a VBS but I believe it’s getting harder and harder in…