Wanted to put a date on your radar screen today and give you the chance to Save $20.00 on an upcoming church finance webinar. You’re invited to Register Now for the “Improve the Financial Fitness of Your Church” Webinar – taking place on Tuesday, May 10th from 2:00 – 3:15pm (Eastern). If you register before THIS FRIDAY, April 29 – … Read More
Worship Leader: 3 Things Your Pastor Needs from You
Jason Hatley here – Pastor of Worship Arts at The Journey and Founder of WorshipLeaderInsights.com – Nelson asked me to share some thoughts on the Pastor – Worship Pastor Relationship. Here’s the first of a two-part series of posts – this one is directed to the Worship Pastors: If you have been around Worship Leader Insights for awhile you’ve heard me … Read More
Easter Monday Sale – Ends Tomorrow! Save Up to 50% on Over 65 Resources
I hope you’re busy today following up on all of your new believers and first time guests from yesterday! Two items for you on this Easter Monday: 1 – Thank you to all of you who prayed for The Journey’s services at all of our campuses yesterday! We saw record attendance at ALL locations (including 599 at our two-and-a-half month … Read More
Happy Easter!
Just a quick Saturday post to wish you and your family a BIG Happy Easter! I truly believe this could be the best Easter ever – and I wish God’s best for you and your church tomorrow! If you have a moment – please say a prayer for me and all of our services here at The Journey (in NYC, … Read More
My (Non-Book) Reading List, Part 2
Last Thursday I kicked off a new series of posts in response to people asking what I read (besides books) from week to week. You can read the first post here, and today’s “non-book” reading selection is: The USA TODAY I love this newspaper! As I suggest in my “How to Read More” Webinar, I don’t give a lot of time … Read More
Thank You – We Made the Top 200 Church Leader Blogs
I just found out that the Church Leader Insights blog (yep, this one you’re reading right now) made the list of the Top 200 Church Leader Blogs by Kent Shaffer! In fact, we ranked a very respectable #103 on the list. So I want to say a big THANK YOU to all of you who read the blog regularly and … Read More
Reminder: Don’t Forget to Send Easter Gifts
With all the excitement of Holy Week and Easter Sunday approaching, it’s easy to overlook a powerful opportunity to express gratefulness. Each year, The Journey sends Easter gifts to various people who aren’t “officially” a part of the church, but are important to what we do. Meeting in rented facilities, this often means sending/delivering a gift to the custodians at … Read More
How to Make this Sunday’s Service Excellent at Your Church
If you read the blog regularly, you may already know that I’m a big fan of doing a weekly message run-through. In other words, set aside some time each week to deliver your entire Sunday message to a small, trusted group of people who can provide helpful feedback before Sunday morning. This one change in your weekly worship planning routine … Read More
Progress and Risk – A Saturday Quote
“Progress always involves risks. You can’t steal second base and keep your foot on first.” — Frederick Wilcox, writer
My (Non-Book) Reading List, Part 1
A lot of people have asked me recently, What do you read each day/week/month besides books and why? So, starting today, I want to share some of my “non-book” reading list, one by one, and see how far this leads us. I’ll give you one a week until I run out of recommendations. While nothing replaces the reading of quality books, there are … Read More