by churchhires | Sep 14, 2016 | leadership
Most people live their lives going through the motions. Habit to habit, routine to routine without much consideration as to why they even make the choices that they do. Then suddenly your job, or a business, or your church, or your kid’s school will do something that...
by churchhires | Jul 28, 2016 | technology
I’m not saying technology is perfect, but I am saying that I don’t know where we’d be without it. Apps, tech tools, gadgets, iPhones, and the like, basically enable us to connect with our community and our congregation in ways we would never have dreamed of twenty...
by churchhires | Jul 8, 2016 | leadership
If you’ve been in church for any single calendar year, you know as well the rest of us that the summer season can mean quite the slump in attendance. It’s not uncommon for a church staff to do one hundred backflips on the side of the road to desperately attract...
by churchhires | May 12, 2016 | next gen
the “VBS circuit” There are very few events that I have seen church people put more energy into than a VBS style event. As I frequent church websites, I will often see information online about a VBS months and months and months in advance. I don’t...
by churchhires | May 5, 2016 | leadership
Everyone loves a good anachronism. Sure, less than ten percent of books purchased right now are printed versus digital, but we all have at least a book or two that we like to hold onto. Sure, over ninety-eight percent of music purchased in the United States of America...
