July 24, 2013

Addressing Fear in the Pew

How to keep fear from crippling your congregation Sometimes when analyzing mission and ministry it’s helpful to put ourselves in the pew—to sit figuratively next to […]
July 23, 2013

Adult Object Lesson: Luke 11:1-13

Lord, teach us to pray. Today’s object is a door or perhaps a knocker. You’ll want to be able to physically knock in some way or […]
July 22, 2013

On Looking People in the Eye

Preferring to Work with Strangers Today’s church is in trouble. Everybody in the church knows it. Some (fairly few) congregations are still large enough to get […]
July 21, 2013

Ambassadors Visit Immanuel, Somerton neighborhood, Philadelphia

Today we made our 68th visit to a SEPA congregation. We traveled up the Boulevard for the 9:30 service at Immanuel, Somerton—a congregation in Philadelphia’s far […]
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