Sunday| Magazine Contributors (Full List)

January 23, 2012 in Uncategorized with 3 Comments

Here’s the full list of contributors to Sunday| magazine. Look for the first issue coming March 1st!

Why Your Church Should Avoid Good Endeavors

January 12, 2012 in Missions/Outreach with 3 Comments

Why Churches Should Avoid Good Endeavors

I love Church Marketing Sucks. I love their heart and they have some brilliant ideas. But a recent post had me a bit annoyed. They suggested a church might offer to help the US post office by taking on some of their roles. The idea and intention was good.

But a church can’t afford to be distracted from its mission. Churches get easily distracted for one of three reasons:

  1. They get bored with church. Either they aren’t being effective, seeing growth, or church isn’t their calling. Continue Reading…

How We Take the Life Out of Our Church

January 10, 2012 in Church Issues with 0 Comments

How We Take the Life Out of Our Churches

We can overanalyze church. I’m prone to solve problems that haven’t even become problems yet. My pastor constantly has to rein me in and back on task.

In fact, I was about to write a blog post about helping singles connect during the service. I was going to “solve the problem” of single people having to sit alone in church. This comes out of a love for singles and for people, but over analysis means over controlling. And it’s not our jobs to keep everything under our control. Continue Reading…

Running Out of Parking?

January 9, 2012 in Main Service with 7 Comments

At the moment, parking is the bane of my church’s existence. We are bursting at the seams and our lack of parking is killing us! We’re building a new space, but until that happens, we are limited on growth because our parking is overcapacity.

We’ve put out parking guards and police to help manage the traffic. But we’ve also kicked around some other ideas to help ease the pressure. Here are some ideas. Continue Reading…

Why I Don’t Wear a Suit at Church

January 5, 2012 in Discussions with 21 Comments

Why I Dont Wear a Suit at Church

I’m distrustful of people who wear suits. No, I’m not reliving a painful moment of my life where a business man stole my candy. I’m speaking for my generation.

Politicians wear suits. Used car salesman wear suits. Business men wear suits. They’re all trying to sell me something. And many of them are somewhat dishonest. That’s why I’m not a fan of suits from the pulpit.

People don’t want to be “sold” their faith. Continue Reading…

Creative Communion Options

December 20, 2011 in Main Service with 11 Comments

Creative Communion Options

I had a conversation recently with someone looking for a creative way to do communion/eucharist/Lord’s Supper. We talked about some good stuff so I thought I’d share it on ChurchIdeasBlog. These are some of the options we discussed:

  • The Front-Side Eucharist – Have them come to the front. They can rip off a piece of bread and dip it in the liquid, have it fed to them, or just pick it up and take it back to their seats. Continue Reading…

10 Things a Lighting Designer Should Never Do

December 19, 2011 in Main Service with 7 Comments

One of the first things God created was light. “Let there be light.” So of course there should be light in the church. But sometimes lighting designers can go a bit crazy when it comes to light shows in the service. So these are 10 things a lighting designer should never do. Enjoy!

  • Use continuous motion during “Heart of Worship”. It kind of defeats the purpose of the song when the lights are strobing and movers are burning holes in people’s eyes. Match the mood of the song. Lights need to echo the atmosphere. (That goes for constantly flipping through the color wheel too.) Continue Reading…
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