I've been thinking about this #IceBucketChallenge and how it's proven that smartphone videos are simple to produce and effective in communicating. How are you using the movie studio in your pocket to communicate with your people? Here are some ideas you can try this week! Volunteer Thank You // After your...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY0IRo8LJyU] In case you've been asleep for the last two weeks ... here is Wikipedia's description of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge: The Ice Bucket Challenge, sometimes called the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, is an activity involving dumping a bucket of ice water on one's head or donating to...

Are you tired of starting the year at your church feeling as if you are already behind financially? Have you ever wanted to fund new ministry initiatives but you weren't sure where to get the money? Are you worried that you aren't going to finish this year "in the black"...

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    For nearly 10 years whether it be financial, leadership, or even ministry help, God has allowed Chris to work with ministry leaders to help them maximize the challenges that come from effectively transferring vision to their team. In this interview Chris talks about the importance...

[vimeo 102085263 w=500 h=281] For the last few summers our Family Ministry team has been hosting an arts and music camp called Camp Rock. Our team really does go above and beyond to make it great for our guests who participate. There is a lot that I'd love to celebrate...

We can get stuck in a rut when it comes to our leadership and church communications. Even in the most "progressive" churches we can just do things the way that they have always been done. Here are a few areas that I think we can suffer from our past habits...

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    Today's unSeminary podcast is a special episode designed to help you thrive (not just survive) this summer at your church. We all know that summer can be a tough time for churches ... lagging attendance, lower volunteer engagement, revenue is down ... but what if...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um5OK6pnyD0] Over the last few months our music team has been working to record, produce and release an original worship song. This song was written by one of our team members and it sprang up out of some stuff that was happening in the life of our church. It's...

One of our roles as church leaders is to have our pulse on the shifting cultural around us so we can serve our community better. We need understand the times so we can have clarity on what actions we should be taking as a church. Below are some "signs of the...

Recently I asked some friends of mine to help me understand how they use job descriptions in their churches and I've pulled together those learnings into this post so we can all benefit! I'm so thankful for the churches that answered my questions and for them providing the great examples...