Episode 004 – 12 Minutes With Mark DeVries
Who is Mark DeVries? We knew you’d ask.
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Episode 003 – Breathing Is Better Than Not Breathing
Bryant, Melissa, Jeff and Stephen discuss Jeff’s date night, church administration, and developing your ministry budget.
Episode 002 – This Is Kind Of Embarrassing
Today we share our most recent reads, celebrating stories, and finding the right entry points in a church.
Episode 001 – Not Since Eden
What do Justin Bieber and youth ministry volunteers have in common? Bryant, Melissa, and Katie spend some time making that connection.
Getting to the Greater Things
Contributor – David W. Carroll – Lead Consultant with Ministry Architects, one of the country’s leading ministry consulting firms. He retired in June after 34 years of pastoral ministry in the United Methodist Church. By stroke of good fortune, and I’m sure the grace of God, I was afforded the opportunity of a November beach trip. …
The Gift of Non-Anxious Presence
There is a story told of a ship and crew in peril on the sea. In the engine room the men were being tossed back and forth, and with each pitch in the sea they became more and more convinced that they wouldn’t make it through alive. One of the crew managed his way up…
10 Ways to Remember What a Youth Said
Contributor – Bryant Johnson, Lead Consultant with Ministry Architects 10 Ways to Remember What a Youth Said I was speaking with a youth at a church that we were doing a youth ministry assessment at. She was describing what she loved about one of their adult volunteers. “She always remembers what I say and asks…
