Every member in your church has gifts and talents God has given them to use as part of your congregation. Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 11 If anyone speaks, they should do...
Membership Most of our WELS congregations use the term members to describe the people have committed to being connected with the church. But what does membership really mean? How does the word “membership or partnership” impact people’s understanding of the need to serve in our churches? Consider other organization or...
Would you like to multiply the number of people serving in your congregation? Here’s a math teaching concept I would like you to consider applying to your church. The concept is called Low Threshold High Ceiling Tasks. Here’s the teaching definition: “Low Threshold High Ceiling Tasks are those all students can...
Join us for a FREE LUNCH & LEARN! Creating a Member Ministry System in Your Congregation Would you like to engage more members in meaningful ministry? Come learn how! Lori will share the 8 Key Components of a Member Ministry System and How You Can Implement Them in Your Congregation...
Jesus chose twelve disciples. Why? I think the first answer that comes to mind is so the Gospel message would continue to be shared. And that’s a perfectly good answer but I think it goes deeper than that. I think He personally invested in individuals. He modeled that for us....
Whether you are a pastor or a church member, you’ve probably seen this. The pastor is doing too much. His plate is more than full and yet he continues to take on more and more. As a person adds more and more responsibilities, what happens to their quality of work...
Where do you see the greatest energy and momentum on a Sunday? Is it in your church or on Sunday Night Football? Now I’m not going to propose making a performance out of worship or church but I do want to think about what we can learn about creating momentum....
Are you or your people sabotaging your efforts to involve more people in ministry? Often congregations struggle with getting people involved. Certain behavior or attitudes may have invaded the culture of your congregation. Today, let’s address three people issues that can possibly be sabotaging your efforts. Negativity- Often we approach...
You Are! Everyone Is! Are you part of a church or community that wants to engage more of its people in the work of the organization? My guess is yes! Whether you are a pastor, lay leader or a group leader you all struggle with having enough people to do...
Part 1 gave an overview of spiritual gifts. Part 2 looked at ten of the gifts and their definitions. Part 3 looked at nine other gifts as well as confirmatory gifts and two additional gifts. Today, we ask in good Lutheran fashion, “So now that I know my gifts, what...