by Shane Craven | Jul 20, 2009 | Thoughts
It really gets comical to read twitters, blog posts, articles, and books of people who give off the scent that they have it all together, knowing down inside, they don’t. As much as I love all of the above, very few are transparent, real, and authentic with...
by Shane Craven | Jul 17, 2009 | Family
Integrating Your Team Our church shifted to an integrated family ministry strategy and combined our preschool, elementary, teens, and college ministers into one cohesive leadership team. Hold weekly meetings with an agenda and rotating participation: It is important...
by Shane Craven | Jul 16, 2009 | Family
Parents don’t lie in bed at night wondering about the topic the pastor will speak about on Sunday. They don’t even lie in bed at night thinking about God. They lie in bed thinking mostly about their kids. Our teenagers should be a part of our volunteer...
by Shane Craven | Jul 15, 2009 | Family
The church exists to illuminate. The role of the church is simply to turn on a light. Regardless of anyone’s bent on what they think church should be, there is always the common thread of turning on a light. Has it ever occurred to you that maybe the reason...
by Shane Craven | Jul 14, 2009 | Family
Introduction: We only have about 40 hours a year with your kids at church. We also know that the parents’ influence is also limited and that other adult voices are needed in the lives of our kids. To develop a strategy to maximize the influence of both the...
