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With Thanksgiving and Christmas upon us it may seem SUPER premature to be talking Vacation Bible School for some local churches, but just in case you are thinking in that direction I want to let you know that WordAction has released its 2010 VBS Kit entitled ‘Deep Sea Adventure: Exploring the Depth of Jesus’ Love.’ [...]

What!  You’d get curriculum?!  Are you kidding me?
No, I’m not kidding.  So, before you shut me down on this just give me one second and read on.  I know just thinking about a preset or prepackaged curriculum for some new church start pastors brings a flood of resistant emotion.  Yet, looking at the lay of [...]

If the preacher were to consider using a curriculum (from the Latin word “currere” which means “run” and the root for the ancient word for “race course”) that could precisely and exactly point out how to better read, study, and apply the Word of God, he or she should consider the September/October/November 2009 quarterly curriculum [...]

In the land of small groups resources for churches to use the landscape is wide and varied.  If you’ve been tracking with me on this blog you know that I just completed a series on resources for people in your church that have just become Christ followers.  Now I turn my gaze to the [...]

This is the final post in this series on discipleship paths for NEW Believer Bible study and small groups.  From here I hope to tackle discipleship for growing and maturing believers and ultimately provide some options for discipleship resources for more mature believers in the faith.  Hope these ideas help.
1.  I Believe Now Tell Me [...]

The previous post of one year discipleship options was a good start, but I want to give you some more options today that will expand your thinking.  Again, this is sort of an outline for adult discipleship for new and growing believers.  I’m providing 26 week outlines on this one so if you wanted to [...]

Have you ever preached a sermon and then have someone after the service approach you and say, “wow pastor, that sermon went right along with our Sunday school lesson?” Sometimes those things happen because the preaching and teaching Scripture were led of the Lord and it was a total “God thing.”  Sometimes, however, you actually [...]

Time is precious to us all.  I know we all hear the jokes about how pastors only work one or two days a week, but in reality we all know that pastors, who are diligent, pour many hours into prayer, meetings, hospital visits, vision planning sessions, sermon preparations, civic responsibilities, family, and then maybe some [...]

Well I am super excited about all new Christian Beliefs Series coming from WordAction in the Spring.  Already WordAction (WA) has posted these new resources on their website for preordering.  The item I have on the left is an all new (not new cover, but new content also) piece that explores the basics of [...]

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