by Dr. Paul Raybon We hope that the following ideas from our partner, Paul Raybon, can help guide your church in these challenging days of the pandemic. Who is empowered to make decisions? Health and safety issues may develop too quickly for deliberative processes. What are triggers for implementing changes? Deciding these up front can […]
Public Health and Safety Emergency Continuity Planning For Your Church Read More »
Editor’s note: All of us at the Barnabas Partneship have been praying for you and your church as you go through unchartered waters in these last few weeks due to the coronoavirus pandemic. But we also felt that we needed to bring a sense of “normalcy” by posting this article because ministry must still continue.
It’s Not Just a Stick! Read More »
One of the key tools in assessing the health of a congregation is asking the questions “what’s working?” and “what’s not working?” This is NOT the same as “what do you like?” and “what don’t you like?” There could be a ministry that you passionately support that is not doing what it needs to do.
How’s Your Vision: What’s Working/Not Working? Read More »
by Dr. Paul Raybon I made my annual trip to the eye doctor last week. When you read for work and pleasure as well as spend a lot of time in front of a computer screen, you take care of your eyes. I’m always fascinated by the whole process. Having pictures taken of the inside
Over the years I have fallen into the ministry trap of if you want to get something done right, you have to do it yourself. There is a certain wiring of any minister’s DNA, I think, that wants to do a good job in part because we tend to be perfectionists or it reflects on
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by Steve Zimmerman Growing up out West in Oklahoma you cannot help but be influenced by some of the culture. To this day I still get homesick when the sun sets in the evening and not be able to see the whole glory of the heavens in their splendor like that on the Great Plains.
One of the finest ways to keep volunteers is to appreciate them. We all like to be and feel appreciated, don’t we? Please feel free to share some ways you show volunteers you appreciate them. I am including Weekly Appreciation Checklist developed by Dema Kohem to help you to keep up with the ways you communicate appreciation.
Volunteers: A Four Letter Word?!?!?!? – Follow-up Read More »
by Cathy Hopkins As I read post after post from church leaders, and especially preschool and children’s ministry leaders from across the United States, I notice a common thread in a large percentage of their laments- VOLUNTEERS!!! Leaders are asking: How do we find volunteers? How do we keep volunteers? When and how do we
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Summer is a good time to experience the joys of Vacation Bible School or make plans for the new church year. It is also a good season to rest, reflect and recharge. That sense of reflection and recharging is what we would like to share with you in this newsletter. Earlier this year we put
A Summer Collection Read More »
For he said to me “My grace is enough; it’s all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness.” II Cor. 12:9 The Message I understand when I see the memes and hashtags that say “you are enough” So many people in this world are drowning in messages of self-loathing and inadequacy,
