Tag: ministry
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Celebrating the Short Term Wins in Kidmin
Children’s ministry can be hard. There is no way around it. There are so many moving pieces: lessons to plan, games and activities to facilitate, craft and snack supplies to prepare, media to queue, and countless other things that demand our attention. We do it week in and week out often wondering if what we…
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When the Next Generation Invests in Itself
This past week was VBS at our church. Hundreds of kids poured through our doors every day. The kids experienced an amazing time of worship, lessons, games, crafts, snacks and more. None of this would have been possible without the help of more than a hundred leaders. Each of them served in unique and important…
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Avoiding Burnout in Ministry
Two weeks ago, I wrote about finding rest in the busy seasons. Sometimes, too often in fact, busyness leads to burnout among those in ministry. I know because it has happened to me. Let me share a bit of my story. My heart was racing. My body was tense. My breathing was rapid. I was…
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Finding Rest in Your Busy Season
Most of the time we live in a whirlwind. We bounce around from activity to activity, task to task, and event to event. Just when we think things will slow down for a while, something else pops up on our calendar or an urgent matter gets dropped on us. As much as we would like…
Jacob Orr 