Thursday, April 27, 2023

Thursday's Catch: 'The Simplest Way to Impact Your Community Right Now' And More


The Simplest Way to Impact Your Community Right Now
We might get so fixated on “attempting something great” that we miss the opportunity right in front of us - an opportunity that is readily available and also very simple. The best opportunity you might have to impact your community right now is through hospitality. What’s more, that’s not a new phenomenon.

Autism In The Church – A Parent’s Perspective

Sophie Killingley offers her top three tips for those wanting to help autistic people and their families in church.

Does I Corinthians say women have to cover their heads?
This issue surfaces from time to time in social media conversations.

Scripture Engaged: Who Are American Bible Readers?
U.S. adults who are engaged with Scripture are becoming increasingly rare but are also uncommonly hopeful.

8 Keys to Personal Prayer
Every believer can have a dynamic personal prayer life. The Bible gives us the keys we need to develop a powerful prayer life.

Boys in Worship: 5 Reasons They Don’t Sing During Church
Do boys sing in your children’s ministry and church? Take a close look next weekend during worship time. You’ll probably find many guys just standing there while everyone else sings.
When I was a boy, I sang hymns in church. However, I also sang hymns at the schools that I attended--a Church of England day school and a village, and I had a grandfather who sang hymns at home as well as at church. Cathedral choirs consisted of both young boys and men. Congregational singing was an integral part of services in college and non-conformist chapels as well as Church of England cathedrals and parish churches. Hymns, psalms, canticles, and anthems sung by boys and men's choirs and by men's choirs were broadcast on the radio. This is not the kind of environment that boys are growing up in this day and time.
The Brain & the Small Group
What encourages continual transformation within the heart of a believer?

UMC top court rules disaffiliating clergy don’t automatically lose credentials
A Wisconsin bishop had required clergy whose churches were disaffiliating to give up their jobs or their credentials.

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