For Your Church For preachers and pastors to use for their congregation. Made up of articles, online games that will help equip and teach. Use in your bulletins or wherever they may be helpful.
Cross Thoughts: Pray For Others (Sep 7, 2010 at 12:16 PM) - Cross Thoughts: Pray For Others | The apostle Paul had not visited Rome but he constantly prayed for the Christians there. There are a lot of places that you have not been but you can pray for the Christians there. If your church supports...
Discussion Guide: Balance (Aug 30, 2010 at 12:04 PM) - Discussion Guide: Balance | OPEN: If you could change one thing about your current financial situation, what would it be? OR What did you learn this past week as you tracked your spending? Any surprises?
Be A S.M.A.R.T. Goal Setter (Aug 24, 2010 at 10:29 AM) - Be A S.M.A.R.T. Goal Setter | Sometimes it's hard to imaging someone staying in ministry for the "long-haul". Frustration, being "beat down", and lack of encouragement can take it's toll with feirce vengeance. One way to soften the blow is to be S.M.A.R.T. - specfically be a S.M.A.R.T. goal setter. Having a plan to reach a certain goal in ministry is much easier than just shooting from the hip or...
Teaching Tip | August 2010 (Aug 24, 2010 at 9:52 AM) - Teaching Tip | August 2010 | Contact Every Class Member... Every Week | You may think this seems a little unreasonable but, from experience, you can know, that...
eMail Follow Up (Aug 17, 2010 at 1:59 PM) - Here is an email follow up that you could send any visitor(s) to your church. It's a nonthreatening messgae that shows you are happy they came and a great follow up to a visit...
Daily Bible Readings: Septemeber 2010 (Aug 16, 2010 at 9:14 AM) - This month's daily Bible readings are dealing Words That Hurt (Teasing, Rumors and Gossip). Use as you wish for your church. Be blessed.
eTips: Teaching Tips (Aug 10, 2010 at 2:11 PM) - eTips: Teaching Tips | Often the least said is the best said after a question is asked. When you ask a question to your class just sit back and see what happens. Will they answer right away? Will they answer at all? Will a few look down at the floor...
Devotional: Do You Worship An Idol? (Aug 10, 2010 at 2:04 PM) - Devotional: Do You Worship an Idol? | And God spoke all these words: "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in..."
Cross Thoughts: Praising God (Aug 4, 2010 at 9:16 AM) - Cross Thoughts: Praising God | We praise God in many different ways. Churches and individuals have different styles of praise. Many praise through prayer and many through singing. Many churches and individuals raise their...
Mexico Mission Trip Highlights (Aug 4, 2010 at 9:09 AM) - At the end of July there was a mission trip in Mexico serving the City of Angels. Here's a great little video sharing some of the time there in Mexico...
Discussion Guide: U-TURN (Jul 26, 2010 at 11:54 AM) - Discussion Guide: U-Turn | OPEN: Of the Holy Spirit's roles we have discussed so far in this series- comforter, helper, advocate, teacher and reminder of Jesus’ instructions, giver of peace, giver of boldness, pourer of God’s love into my hear- which have you recently experienced? When? How?...
Service Saturday (Jul 26, 2010 at 10:55 AM) - Service Saturday | Summer is almost over so why not go out with an in-house service day? | Spend a couple of weeks getting ready for your class/group so serve your church...
Discussion Guide: Writing In The Sand (Jul 19, 2010 at 1:07 PM) - Disucussion Guide: Writing In The Sand | DIG: Read John 8:1-11 | Do you think this woman was set up for this situation? Why? How is this situation a trap for...
Cross Thoughts: What If You Were The Parent? (Jul 13, 2010 at 9:24 AM) - Stop and think for a moment about how you would react if you were a parent. What if your children told you that they don't think it's right to be disciplined...
Devotional - What Is Faith? (Jul 6, 2010 at 9:10 AM) - What is Faith? | What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?...
DISCUSSION GUIDE: DOING THE IMPOSSIBLE (Jun 28, 2010 at 1:55 PM) - OPEN: How do you react when plans for a quiet evening at home are suddenly interrupted by the surprise arrival of people needing something from you? | DIG: Read John 6:1-13...
July 2010 Daily Bible Readings (Jun 21, 2010 at 2:29 PM) - Daily Bible Readings for June will be dealing with Gambling, Gangs and Bullies. Be sure to pass along to your group.
