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Thursday, December 07, 2023

Thursday's Catch: 'Exploring Loss in the Church' And More


Exploring Loss in the Church
Loss of any kind is painful, but losing someone who used to be a cheerleader in the church is harmful in so many ways. The poet T.S. Eliot wrote, “We shall not cease from exploration. And in the end of all our exploring. Will be to arrive where we started. And know the place for the first time.”

Episode 616: Grant and Cheyanne Skeldon on What The Next Generation Thinks is Wrong with the Church...
Grant and Cheyanne Skeldon, who work extensively with next-gen leaders, talk about what the next generation thinks is wrong with the church, why there’s no next-gen crisis but a discipleship crisis, close friends and close-up friends, and predictions about the future church.

VOICES: Breaking down barriers to Gen Z, Gen Alpha
... the experience of developing friendships online has varying familiarity to Millennials, Gen Xers, and Baby Boomers. Though older generations are charged with stewarding the next ones, there is a lack of mentoring in the area of digital community and relationship-building. There is a barrier to an increasingly important need for discipleship in the digital space. The generational barrier? Technology.

New Homeland Security guide aims to help churches protect themselves
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has released a guide to help churches enhance security for their sanctuaries as attacks on houses of worship appear to be on the rise.
Download the guide.
7 Tax Rules Churches Must Know for Year-End Giving Receipts
Churches must address various donation management aspects, including providing giving statements and implementing a counting policy for fund accuracy and accountability.

Is Judging Others Always Hypocritical? A Lesson About Logs
“You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye” (Matthew 7:5). What does Jesus mean by these words? Is he telling us that we must be perfect before we can correct others? If that’s the point, are we ever right to point out sin? Can rebuking sin ever amount to anything more than hypocritical judging?

The Long, Forgotten Reformation in France
A brief hstory of Huguenots.

7 Ways to Motivate Leaders
Do you ever struggle to keep the keep the leaders on your team motivated? How do you motivate a leader?

Old School Lesson for New Sunday School Teachers
Seeing Jesus on every page of Scripture doesn’t preclude us from learning moral and practical wisdom from these accounts.

Twelve Ways of Christmas: How to Share Jesus During Advent
Consider twelve ways we might sow and reap this Christmas.

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