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A VW Bus, Your Congregation, and Renovation
Our churches have treasured traditions. How do we take those traditions into the 21st century?
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April 7, 2021
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Financial Shalom Resource Roundup (April 2021)
Financial Shalom provides grants to help pastors get training, tools, and resources to strengthen the financial education of them and their churches.
April 7, 2021
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Friendships and Kingdom Service
Read the story of how Roger and Audrey Otten share the light in their community.
April 6, 2021
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Corn Fields and Cow Farms
How a crowd of bovine buddies helped to break up my bloated balloon of gaseous stress, and how it might help you too.
April 2, 2021
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Sign Me Up to Lose More
Congregations long for February 2020, but a recent Gallup poll (U.S.) shows 2020 as the end of a significant 20-year decline in church membership. To go back is to go the way of decrease.
April 1, 2021
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Get a Financial Health Check-up
If you are motivated to do a financial health check-up but are unsure where to begin, this webinar recording is a great place to start.
March 28, 2021
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Can Your Congregation Envision Life Together? (Part 2)
In this post, we go deeper into helping congregations create a "Life Together" picture.
March 25, 2021
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Funding Hacks to Pay for Ministry
What if it were easy to promote and receive more planned gifts for your church’s ministry? This discussion on "Funding Hacks to Pay for Ministry" can help.
March 22, 2021
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Envisioning Life Together: A Simple Tool
What does life together look like in your congregation? Can members describe it? Creating a "Life Together" picture is one way to help them know.
March 18, 2021
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How Much to Keep
“It’s not about how much should we give, but how much should we keep.”
March 15, 2021
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Three Podcasts to Make You a Masterpiece
Here are three podcasts that strengthen our ministry and carry the extraordinary diversity of God’s masterpiece.
March 15, 2021
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Sermon Resources: Preaching on the Topic of Domestic Violence
Several resources on how to preach on the topic of domestic violence, things to keep in mind, and samples of sermons from Sojourners 100 sermons.
March 10, 2021
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Giving Well - March 2021 Issue Now Available
Giving Well is the pastor's source for stewardship tips, resources, and inspiration. The March 2021 Issue is now available!
March 3, 2021
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6 Observations About COVID & the Church
I wince every time I read a list of high-risk places to avoid during the pandemic. “Places of worship” is usually near the top of the list. Ouch! The story usually goes on. . .
March 3, 2021
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Why It's Hard for the Rich to Enter the Kingdom
Check your sermon file on this passage; my guess is you’ve got at least a few. That’s because preachers have to wrestle with this hard saying of Jesus.
March 1, 2021
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Quarterly Estimated Self Employment Tax Payments for Pastors
How does your church help the pastor(s) cover their Self Employment (SECA) taxes? Should there be a universal policy for this among CRCs in the US?
February 24, 2021
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Leading Renewal as Joyful, Playful Children of the Great King
Taking fresh steps in ministry and mission can be hard. We have to be rooted in being wanted, loved and adopted by God.
February 24, 2021
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Challenges of Leading During COVID?
Are you in a leadership role at your church? What is something you have found challenging about leading at this time?
February 24, 2021
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Fact Check: Debunking Myths About Gifts in a Will
There are many commonly-held assumptions about members who leave a gift in their will to your church. This conversation debunks many of those myths!
February 22, 2021
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COVID-19: The 15% Change That's Coming
Here are four ways to engage the 15% change that every congregation will go through following COVID-19.
February 16, 2021
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When There's Too Much in the Collection Plate
Is there such a thing as too much giving? When it comes to generosity, is the sky always the limit?
February 13, 2021
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2021 Yearbooks Now Available
The 2021 Yearbooks are now available; order your copy today!
February 9, 2021
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Giving Well - February 2021 Issue Now Available!
'Giving Well' is the pastor's source for stewardship tips, resources and inspiration.
February 3, 2021
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Calvin’s Newly Formed and Dynamic Doctor of Ministry Program
For 3 to 5 years, students will pursue reading and course work, deep and significant conversation with a plurality of peers, intense personal reflection, and original scholarship.
February 3, 2021
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Becoming a Giver by Being a Saver
Joel has advice for anyone who wants to become a giver by being a saver, “Waste-not, want-not, and be a good steward,” says Joel. “God multiplies it all."