The Little Things that Show You Care
Bible Information ClassIt always amazes me how much the “little things” matter. People don’t always recognize the hours you put in on organizing an outreach event, but they notice it when you greeted...
View ArticlePut Another Worship and Outreach Opportunity on the Calendar
Fall Event: There’s Room at the TableDoes Easter seem like a distant memory? Does Christmas still seem a long way off? Right now we’re smack-dab in the middle of the eight months that separate these...
View ArticleAnnual Meeting: Future Worship in WELS
The Institute held its annual meeting on May 20, 2013, at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. The topic for the meeting was “Future Worship in WELS.”Our synod has just begun working on a new hymnal to be...
View ArticleBasketball coaching and choir directing
From May 2011 to May 2012 Worship the Lord newsletter (WTL) featured a series on choir directing (#s 48-54).The focus on choirs was encouraged by a parish pastor who laments the decline – even death –...
View ArticleHow to get guests again?
We’ve written previously about the importance of following up on worship guests withing 36 hours of their first visit to your church. There is no doubt that God has used this in many cases to bring...
View ArticleRight on (His) Schedule
The same advice has come from Seminary professors, my supervising pastor, a veteran associate, and a paper written by a fellow member of the Institute for Worship and Outreach. Take a proactive rather...
View ArticleProspect Management: It's getting Easier
In my opinion, one of the most difficult parts of evangelism (of the parts I can control, of course) is actually getting out and making calls on prospects. It’s easy to sit behind my office desk and...
View ArticleNo Matter How You Slice It
There is more than one way to slice up the pie that is the Christian church year, our annual calendar that serves to focus God’s people on Christ’s saving work and word.The simplest way to slice it...
View ArticleGetting ready for Holy Week 2015
Lent and Easter is such a busy time in the worship life of the Church! But it’s also a fantastic time for outreach. Easter is a holiday when unchurched people are likely to come to worship for the...
View ArticleChurch Year and Lectionary Digital Calendar for 2015-16
Import the church year and lectionary into your digital calendarHere’s a little tool to help you with your worship planning. Use the file listed below to import the Christian Worship Lectionary with...
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