Are you discouraged? Often fight discouragement? This past week I spoke with two ministry leaders who were in very different ministry contexts with very different recent circumstances. However, both were…
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By asking questions, you are not only validating your listening and understanding, you are inviting more participation…
Written by Bob Schindler, Executive Director of CEDE Partners – an Initiative of CEDE Sports How Do I Know I am Winning? “At the end of the game, all I…
Written by Ken Cross, Church Mentor at CEDE Partners – an Initiative of CEDE Sports Our Present Reality We have all heard about making lemonade out of lemons. This phrase…
Written by Bob Schindler, Executive Director of CEDE Partners – an Initiative of CEDE Sports Cancelled. The primary initiatives of sports, rec, and fitness ministries are currently either cancelled or…
One of the great ways to find out someone’s story is to ask “How?” and “Why?” questions after you ask the person the “What?” and “Where?” questions that are so…
When you plug holes, you often sacrifice your standards on who can coach. This is not a good thing typically. And it always comes with a price…
Story from guest author: M.L. Woodruff, Sports Outreach Minister at Istrouma Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Sports Ministry mobilizes people into ministry – particularly men. This mobilization into ministry is…
The Sports Minister and I were discussing the Ministry’s Leadership Team and one of the people rotating off. I asked if she planned to replace this person. She said yes…
“Way to go, Coach. Way to teach you players to play dirty!” the frustrated parent from the opposing team blurted out and then walked away. “I hope at least one…
And it’s not even numbers, it’s much more than that. There’s a spiritual maturity issue as well. There is a large percentage of men in the local church are who…
After being on staff in the Recreation Ministry for a little over 7 years, you can have dry spells that can be discouraging…
If someone from your church approached you expressing a desire to use their love of sports to be missional, what advice would you give them? How could this person use…
Written by Ken Cross, Church Coach and Mentor at CEDE Sports “Be kind and tender to one another. Forgive each other, just as God forgave you because of what Christ…
With a subject like this it doesn’t take long for the many differences and preconceptions to begin to be injected into the conversation. We may become discouraged, or question why…
Jesus called the twelve to be with Him. Not only that, He was committed to bringing Himself to them. He was WITH them. They did life together…