Francis Chan is so passionate and has such a unique way of communicating. He offers up three great Biblical principals in this session when it comes to God doing amazing things that only God can do through outreach. ... Read More »
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31 Days: Day 21 – Just Walk Across the Room/Bill Hybels
I want to share a study that Randy and I have used in both small group settings and a large group setting. Bill Hybels has such an incredible heart of outreach and he shares practical ideas and thoughts in this dvd series called "Just Walk Across the Room". Hybels makes the point that it's really not that hard to reach out - sometimes it simply involves walking across the room. ... Read More »
31 Days: Day 20 – A Halloween Outreach
Oh how I love Halloween. It's so much fun to dress up and as an adult you can dress up without being considered totally cray cray. I have a Nun costume and was dared by our outreach ministry team to wear it and make an announcement for our upcoming outreach on Halloween night but I declined. As much as I love to dress up I just am not feeling the costume on Sunday morning for ... Read More »
31 Days: Day 19 – A Community Prayer Project
Our church has been in a season of prayer for our community and I can't help but want to share in this space what God is doing. It started with a vision for a prayer series Randy had for our church. He had this in his heart for months before starting it in August. What was awesome is that the movie "War Room" came out just as Randy began the series on prayer. Our church went ... Read More »
31 Days: Day 18 – Pastoral lingo can start rumors if not careful.
We had a wedding, a funeral and hospital visits this weekend - It's a natural part of the pastor's life. It's a privilege to be welcomed into such delicate and intimate times of life. Not always easy and many times heart wrenching yet exactly what God has called us to. I was reminded this weekend of how ingrained we get as pastors and pastor wives with church terminology and ... Read More »
31 Days: Day 17 – Use your talents to reach out
Outreach is a heart attitude. It's not an event. It's not a church line item. It's a place of heart that aligns itself with the heart of Jesus in loving people right where they are. Sometimes people come to us in our churches but most of the time they don't. We as Christ-followers must go to them. People who need to know Jesus are all around us. They are next door to us. They ... Read More »
31 Days: Day 16 – The Ministry of Presence
The ministry of presence = showing up and simply being there. It's a powerful statement even when words aren't used. To just be there. Sometimes words are exchanged and God's word is part of that and many times not. Don't feel the need to fill in the silence with words, scripture, stories of how you understand but really you have no idea (and that's not your fault). Silence ... Read More »
31 Days: Day 15 – Urban Ministry
I found a blog through the 31 Days writing challenge that I've been following the last few weeks and I had to share it in this space. Morgan's is really the one who should be writing on outreach because she's living it daily. Like really really living it daily. Check out the video below to see what I'm talking about. It's incredible. I simply love what they are doing. Morgan ... Read More »