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Getting Your Church's Website Ready for Christmas

Stop. Before you read any further, grab your mobile phone and pull up your church’s website. Now find information about your church's Christmas worship services. Is there information about Christmas services on the website? Is the ...

Eat Your Veggies! Tracking Growth as Vital to Learning and Leading

Each time our kids go to the doctor, we leave with little post-it notes of data...none more important than their height. They love to track their growth. So much so we have a dedicated wall in the kitchen with pencil markings and dates for just...

A Story of Pictures

The summer of covid-19 lockdown was a long one. For my family, our world was reduced to working and playing in our home and yard, and going for walks around the neighborhood at least twice a day - even in the sweltering southern heat! And yet,...

Active Learning for the Win: Even (Especially!) in Hybrid and Digital Contexts

Take a moment to recall a time when you were asked to passively take in a significant amount of new information. No really - take a moment. Perhaps a friend detailed how to set up an online payment portal for your nonprofit, but over the...

Implementing Google Workspace with Intention

In the fast-paced world of non-profits, being intentional is crucial for success. Acting purposefully with clear goals and a well-defined plan can make a significant difference in accomplishing your mission. By leveraging the power of Google's su...

Values Are Baked In

“If you want money more than anything, you’ll be bought and sold. If you have a greed for food, you’ll be a loaf of bread. This is a subtle truth: whatever you love, you are.” - Rumi I love food, especially bread. As someone who has a ...

Building Connection Through Stories on Your Website

First, I’d suggest shifting an understanding of the purpose of your website from informational to relational. Yes, your information has to be correct, or we won’t have a relationship because I won’t trust you, but newcomers are looking to form a relationship with people in your church. At the heart of relationships are stories - shared, mutual stories. On your website, you are inviting people into the ongoing story of the people of God.

Community-first Engagement with Podcasting

Whether you’re a swift navigator of change or you would prefer to take change slowly and methodically, you may have noticed a recent shift in media and technology from video content (think primetime talk shows and viral YouTube channels) to audio-only content. Podcasts have claimed a seat at the head of the media table over the past few years, and for good reason...

Brand Management: Ministry or Marketing?

Published on March 28, 2023 by Sarah Lawing If you’re part of a faith-based organization, you may be thinking, what do terms like brand management have to do with my work in ministry ? It’s a very familiar term to those in business and ...

Simplifying Your Message for Collaborative Impact

Published on March 13, 2023 by Greg Klimovitz No matter how innovative your work is, communicating what you are passionate about is difficult. Crafting your message strategically can be the difference between effort and impact – between indi...

Why Brand Identity Matters in Faith-based Organizations

Published on December 6, 2022 by Sarah Lawing What is a brand? When you search the word brand, the first definition that comes up from Oxford Dictionary is “a type of product manufactured by a particular company under a particular name.” We...

A Liturgical Approach to E-learning: How meaningful ritual can enhance hybrid and digital education

Published on October 31, 2022 by Carly Lane As theological educators and congregational leaders most of us appreciate the value of liturgical sequence and ritual action in the context of corporate worship. Together we bow to the cross, kneel to ...

Intrapreneur as Priest and Prophet: Cultivating the Space Between

Published on October 4, 2022 by Greg Klimovitz Imagine this familiar situation: A newly-hired community leader is compelled to innovate in the face of change, expand the collective imagination, and experiment with fresh possibilities. There are...

Which delivery format is right for you?

Published on September 27, 2022 by Sarah Lawing When it comes to the wheres, whens, hows, and whys of course or program offerings, there have never been more choices. Will your course or program be onsite or online? Synchronous or asynchronous? ...

Responding to Resistance from Adult Learners

Published on August 30, 2022 by Kyle Oliver. Photo: Andrea Piacquadio via Pexels We’ve noticed a common problem among our clients and colleagues, as well as in our own ministry. It’s difficult to get the adults in our congregations to...

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