By talking with people in our church and community, we found that there were a number of younger, unchurched families looking for family-friendly activities. There was also interest in gaining parenting skills and improving marriages…
Food Pantry: Meeting the Physical and Spiritual Need of Our Communities
We are a church in the middle of cornfields in northern Illinois. We originally thought to empty some dishes out of the church kitchen cabinets and have some staple foods on hand to help people. We quickly found out that the need was bigger than we thought…
GriefShare: The Journey from Mourning to Joy
GriefShare is a 13-week video series that is packed with Biblical information to support grieving people as they walk their journey of grief…
Conversations by Gideons International
A free presentation for local congregations by a member of The Gideons. The presenter will come in and train the pastor and/or laity in how to have a relational conversation with people in your…
Share Your Faith Workshop
I was invited to participate in this one day seminar at Atonement Free Lutheran Church in Arlington, WA and was wonderfully impressed by the simplicity, clarity, and effectiveness of this training program and the “Hand” tool that…
The Chosen Cards
In 2019, I had the opportunity to be an extra in an episode of The Chosen, a tv series about the life of Christ. Since my time on set, I noticed on Facebook, The Chosen Fan Club page, that Tim Farley and Jenni Koll developed…
Parent Workshops During Evening VBS
Parent workshops during evening VBS was very well received — we had about 15 parents attend and had great interaction. It was also an excellent way to get to know each of them better. When you…
Grief Support Ministry
This is an ongoing ministry once per month. When we started, we committed to six sessions total, twice per month in Feb, March, and April, then we reassesed needs moving forward. Now, we continue to meet a great need on a monthly basis…
