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10 Ways to Build Momentum with Your Groups Steve Gladen and Brett Eastman talk about Summer and how to make Summer Time a little more dynamic in your groups. They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Acts 2:41-43 1. Stay consistent: continue to meet when you … [Read more...]
By Russell D. Moore LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- Mother's Day is a particularly sensitive time in many congregations, and pastors and church leaders often don't even know it. This is true even in congregations that don't focus the entire service around the event as if it were a feast day on the church's liturgical calendar. Infertile women, … [Read more...]
This message, presented by Pastor Rick Warren, is part of the series Managing Stress, available from Saddleback Resources. Download the Zip File … [Read more...]
What songs should we choose for the worship service? What should we do for our fall campaign? How many minutes should the sermon be? How should we organize the chairs in the worship center? The list could go on. Pastors are constantly faced with practical questions. What to do has become the driving force of ministry, and as a … [Read more...]
This message, preached by Pastor Rick Warren, is from the series From Burnout to Balance. Download the Zip File … [Read more...]
Many people came through the front doors of our churches during Easter – and many people were saved. I had reports of at least 500,000 people coming to Christ throughout the United States over Easter weekend – and that’s just among the people who tweeted me their numbers! That’s terrific! But, as you already know, not all of those … [Read more...]
The Bible teaches that when someone becomes a believer, he or she also becomes God’s messenger (2 Corinthians 2:17). One of the ways we help our members at Saddleback to understand this is we teach them how to prepare a testimony. I tell people, “You may feel you don’t have anything to share, but that’s the Devil trying to keep … [Read more...]
About 40 years ago, I was at a camp in the mountains. Alone in a room, I prayed, “God, if there is a God, I’m open. If you’re real, I want to know you’re real. And, Jesus Christ, if you can change my life, if there is a purpose for my life, I want to know it.” You know what happened? Nothing. I didn’t get goose bumps. I … [Read more...]
As a small group leader, how do you develop the people within your group? Your group members aren’t there just to sit and participate in a meeting. Everybody needs to get their gifts in the game and serve in their own unique way. Brett Eastman shares how to motivate the spiritual gifts of your group members. [button type="square" … [Read more...]
By Allen White Video-based small group curriculum has been with us for about a decade now. Early innovators like Rick Warren and Brett Eastman at Saddleback Church brought the local pastor into the living room. Brett went on to found Lifetogether.com, which has sold about 4 million units to date. Many other video-based studies have … [Read more...]
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