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22-0604_Kids Corner – Those Who Wait

22-0604_Kids Corner – Those Who Wait

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There is one thing in life that most people find extremely difficult. It’s something that everyone has to do. Moms and Dads have to do it. Teenagers have to do it. Grandparents have to do it. Kids have to do it. Babies have to do it. So WHY is is so hard to  w a i t???

(Scripture: Luke 5, Psalm 37:7, Galatians 6:9, John 14:2, Galatians 6, 2nd Corinthians 9, Ecclesiastes, and Philippians 4)

22-0601_Inside Out_Churches Moving Forward

22-0601_Inside Out_Churches Moving Forward

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The pandemic has taken a toll on the Church. 

“Churches initially lost 50 percent of their congregations,” says pastor, author, and podcaster Dr. Desmond Barrett. “Since that time, 75 percent of it has come back, but there is a quarter of the population that has not come back to the church.” 

Barrett serves as the lead pastor at Summit Church of the Nazarene in Ashland, Kentucky and writes and podcasts on the topic of church revitalization.  

“It’s an opportunity to become the Acts-driven church. We cannot go back to two years ago. We cannot go back to the ‘glory days,’ whenever they were in the local church,” he says. “We have to focus on the season that we’re in here, today.”  

For churches that once focused primarily on programming for the people in the pews, Barrett sees this as an opportunity to look outward to those who live in the shadow of our steeples.  

“God has called us to minister to those people,” he says. In order to do that, “we have to become a praying people.” 

And if you’re a church leader discouraged by empty chairs, Barrett assures us that God is not surprised by the pandemic and its effects. He can use it all to revitalize His church.  

“Stop focusing on what you did yesterday or even what you’re going to do tomorrow. Because when you do that you realize that God is in the midst.” 

Listen to our 15-minute conversation to hear Desmond Barrett’s strategies for emerging from the pandemic and hear how many congregations are returning to a focus on prayer. 

Dr. Desmond Barrett is the author of Revitalizing the Declining Church: From Death’s Door to Community Growth, and Addition Through Subtraction: Revitalizing the Established Church.

You can find the article that inspired this conversation here.

22_0528_Kids Corner – My Apologies

22_0528_Kids Corner – My Apologies

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Forgiveness. Seems simple. Someone does something wrong, they apologize, you forgive them. … RIGHT? But what do you do if it keeps happening? Or what if they don’t apologize? Do we still have to forgive them? Everett, Sam, and Violet ask the deep questions at Mr. Jacob’s garage.

(Scripture: Luke 17:4, 2nd Peter 3:9, Philippians 4:13, Luke 23:34, and 1st Peter 2:21)

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