If the latest Target commercial (and their store shelves for that matter) is any leading indicator – we’re officially in the holiday season! So are you prepared? I’m not talking about making your Christmas lists or even decorating for Christmas services. The real question is whether you’ve started preparing for your Christmas offering. Now, I know what you may be thinking: People’s … Read More
Preaching Calendar Webinar – Starts Today!
I still have space available for my brand new “Planning Your 2015 Preaching Calendar” and the first one is TODAY! I also have additional convenient times on Wednesday or Thursday. But don’t delay – space is limited and this is the only week this event is running! I don’t want you to miss out on this valuable training that will … Read More
Limited Release! Church Marketing Workshop Recordings
If you couldn’t join me last month in Orlando for the brand new Church Marketing Workshop – you have another opportunity today to get growth-impacting, ministry-tranforming, evangelism-focused content that I shared! This was a one-time event and we drilled down into every aspect of church marketing – ALL the marketing tips, strategies and tactics that I’ve discovered and applied from over 25 years … Read More
Preaching Calendar Webinar – First Chance to Register!
A few weeks ago at The Journey, we had a two-day planning retreat with all of our teaching pastors and our worship pastors from our various campuses. At the end of the planning session, we walked away with a preaching calendar. Out of that two days, literally and somewhat surprisingly, we had all the titles for all our series next … Read More
Never Preach a Message Once
One of the first rules actors learn is to speak the words of a script out loud before they go into an audition room. Why? Because no matter how many times they run through their part in their head, no matter how well they’ve committed it to memory, no matter how clearly they can see their delivery in their own … Read More
What can Genghis Khan teach you about church growth?
You may be surprised to discover just how many strategic concepts that you can extract from business, philosophy, history, and even straight out of The Bible. For example, did you know…. Praying on “the balcony” is the best way to pray over your ministry? A single principle from a certain 14th century philosopher can help you increase efficiency in your church systems? There’s a Japanese concept – … Read More
NEW Church Marketing Workshop – Two Weeks Away!
In just two weeks we’ll be launching our brand new two-day Church Marketing Workshop in Orlando. And I wanted to give you one last opportunity to secure the best rate for this one-time-only special event! For us pastors, marketing has a dual purpose – reaching the unchurched in our communities, and communicating with our members to take next steps. The mission is … Read More
How Single-Tasking Boosts Your Productivity
Today’s guest post was written by Kevan Lee, Content Crafter at the social media management company, Buffer. Kevan’s approach to increasing productivity is refreshingly simple and offers a better alternative to multi-tasking. How many browser tabs do you have open right now? While writing this post, I had 18 tabs open. I’d like to say they were all for research, although … Read More
My Battle With Stress (and How I Manage It)
At age 13, I heard the word “stress” for the very first time. I had sold my first computer program and was selected as one of the top entrepreneurs in the nation. But with success in the computer business came new challenges like writing a monthly column for a magazine and giving speeches for the first time. My mom had … Read More
Different Kinds of Broken Systems
Today’s guest post is written by Seth Godin, writer, speaker, and self-proclaimed agent of change. From healthy to toast… Something is broken, we know it’s broken, we can fix it right away and we’ll learn from it. It’s broken, we know it’s broken, we fixed it, don’t worry, but we learned nothing, it will break again, I’m just doing my … Read More