Teaching Children How to Tithe

We have recently started to give our 5 year old an allowance. When we did, we wanted to teach him about tithing and saving (he already knows spending). My wife, Cindy, wrote a post about our system for teaching D3 these important concepts. You should check it out. It’s working great! Update: This post was [...]

Church Hospitality Tip: Park Lovingly

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Parking lovingly is easy to do, and it is a ministry of hospitality to others. This article also explains how to determine how many parking spaces you need at your church.

A Proud Soccer Dad

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I am proud of my son, D3. It’s toward the end of his second soccer season, and while he really enjoys running around, the little guy just didn’t seem to be getting the idea of the game. Saturday, though, he scored two goals! They were his first goals ever. While I was proud of the way [...]

Thoughts on Cutting Budgets

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Budgets are tight, and churches everywhere are having to make tough cuts. There are some important things to think about, though, to make sure that you make cuts in the right places.

Reminder: Update Your Phone Book Listings.

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For me, fall means updating phonebook listings. I looked our church up in the phone book today. It’s the first time I’ve done that. I know better. I should have looked it up my first week here! Thankfully, our number was listed correctly, but I have missed the deadline to edit it (October 10). I remember at [...]