Watch Out For Those Scripture References

Some of the most embarrassing situations occur during public speaking. Perry Noble has a very humorous post about what happens when you don't get your scripture references correct. Here's the link.

Sunday Morning Know-How

I realize the thought of putting together a video team for your Sunday morning meeting may be a stretch for most of us. Nonetheless Greg Atkinson has some great things to say about planning a Sunday morning meeting. Here's the link.

Staff Development

As with anything else, when left unattended staff relationships can grow weak and disconnected. Steven Furtick gives some simple, practical tips for developing staff relationships. Link

Back To School Outreach

For those of you who don't receive the e-newsletter from Outreach, here's a good idea for a Back-To-School outreach event. Link

Getting Assimilation Right

When it comes to how a church functions, few things are more important than the assimilation process it puts into place. Steven Furtick of Elevation Church recently did a three-part blog post referencing their assimilation process in the context of a rapidly growing church. I found this information to be very, very helpful. At the bottom of this post you can link to part-2, which will also take you to part-3. Here's the link.

Volunteer Vision

Envisioning people to give their time and energy on a volunteer basis is one of the ongoing challenges for church leaders. Is there a way to truly inspire people to give their lives to something beyond themselves? Tuesday's Tip from Group Publishing has an idea about how to make this happen.