And the Winners Are…
Thanks to all who provided feedback in response to “Your Feedback = Chance to Win.” Here are the prize winners from the feedback drawing...
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Thanks to all who provided feedback in response to “Your Feedback = Chance to Win.” Here are the prize winners from the feedback drawing...
We’ve built our online community on the idea that sometimes the best help comes from people who are doing similar work and struggling with the same questions. As we share our experience and our resources, we help strengthen the church for ministry...
This week we’re glad to welcome Jolanda Howe to a new role with The Network.
Have you ever dreamed of a user-friendly, highly searchable, interactive, online resource library for all your ministry needs? Your dreams are about to come true right here on the Network!
As you may have noticed, things look pretty different around here! Our site upgrade has been months in the making, and we’re thrilled to finally unveil it.
In the next few weeks, we’ll be launching a major upgrade to the Network site (to coincide with our 4th anniversary). After keeping it under wraps, I’m really excited to finally be able to tell you about it.
Last year we compiled a list of favorite webinars and decided to do it again this year with a slightly different twist using several measures such as attendance, likelihood to recommend to others, survey scores, etc. Here are the results...
Top 2013 blog posts on The Network include one on how much we should give to support our church, the love/hate relationship many of us have with the church bulletin, and what roles do pastors, elders and deacons play.
The Voice is a popular reality TV singing competition. The Network also is looking for its next voice. In fact we’re looking for our next three voices. Don’t worry, you don’t have to sing, but we do want to hear what you have to say.
Recently, we invited some of our guest bloggers and former guides to take on a new role on The Network. And today we’re excited to announce a new lineup of “Special Contributors.” They’re like columnists, without the column and without the big bucks. It’s our pleasure to be able to introduce them to you. You can click on their name links to see who’s who...
We’re excited to announce two new open forums for churches. ‘Church Jobs’ is where you can post an opening for a pastor or other staff position in your church. ‘Church Exchange’ can be used to trade, give away, or sell things your church is no longer using.
Odds are if you are reading this you have visited the Network before, read our blogs and may have even left a comment or two. So this post really isn’t for you but it might be for someone you may know.
Maybe your small group is meeting for the first time or you’ll be convening your first meeting as the new chair of the deacons. Perhaps your Sunday School volunteers need to talk about serving children with special needs or your church wants to create a Facebook page. Need some help with ideas or conversation starters? We’ve got these covered...
Are you a pastor, church council member, or someone who is just interested in Church Order? Have you looked for practical ways to apply the articles of the Church Order to real-life situations? Well, The Network might have just what you’re looking for...
We’re having fun with these recent giveaways. Better yet, they’re giving that extra little boost for people to add comments, ask questions and connect with others about ministry. So here’s another mug giveaway...
And then there were 15. We are excited to announce a new network, our fifteenth (15th) network to be exact. Quick, without looking how many networks can you name?
What a great response to the “Just Say Hi” challenge. Well over a hundred people joined the quest to get that snazzy Network mug and $25 Amazon gift card. We don’t want the fun to stop, so today we’re launching a new challenge!
Today is the day to move from a reader of this website, into a participant! Because you could win a most coveted prize (or whatever the Reformed way of saying that would be): your very own, shiny-new Network mug. Plus a $25 Amazon gift card to go with it.
Our "Ministry Q&A" tool has grown to over 1,000 posts covering about 270 different ministry questions. That’s a lot of ministry knowledge being shared.
My favorite part of beginning each new year is the year-end “top ten” and “best of" lists that are compiled on every topic imaginable. I was curious to see which of our 2012 webinars would be included in such a list...
I don’t know about you, but I get tired of creating new accounts on various websites - often with different password criteria for each. So as far as CRC-related websites go, we’re trying to make things a little easier.
Recently The Network added a “You May Also Like” (YMAL) feature to Network blog posts. For over the past two years The Network has provided weekly blogs posts and resources to help those serving in ministry at their church. This is our way of helping Network users discover the over 1500 blog posts that have appeared on The Network.
Whether you’re a deacon, small group leader, webmaster, nursery coordinator, or volunteer for any other ministry in your church, The Network is a place to learn, share, and connect with others who do what you do. Here are two key ways to plug into The Network...
The second anniversary festivities are nearly complete. Thanks to all of the blog writers and those of you who’ve worked to become Community Builders. We’ve done our reviews, names have been drawn and we’ve got winners to announce...