Bible Class – Connecting with Community Resources
As our 20s & 30s Bible class continues to try new things and reach out to more people we decided we needed someone to come in and talk with our class about homelessness in our county. There are over 6000 homeless people in our county and growing. So there is definitely a need and a […]
Creating Ministry Environments – Refining the Process
I started a series some time back about how we are attempting to make our ministries more effective. Our 20s & 30s ministry has been the lynch pin of this effort so far but we hope that it expands much broader than that as we take what we have learned and begin implementing more effective […]
Bible Classes on Grace
It was pointed out a week or so ago over in the Bible Class Archive that it is hard to find good Bible class material on the topic of grace. There are some great books out there but little material for actually teaching it. Yancey has a participants guide for his book but I don’t […]
Bible Class Attendance Going Down and We Are Loving It
People were trickling into class very slowly yesterday morning. Usually things pick up around 9:20 but the pace of people walking in the door didn’t speed up. It was clearly going to be a down day attendance wise in our 20s & 30s class. At first I was a little disappointed to see so many […]
A Failure to Communicate
I had one of those times in class this morning that are very few and far between, thankfully. My brain just couldn’t seem to get on track. It was like I had too much to focus on, too many things running around in my head. I also had too much information. There was no way […]
Creating Ministry Environments – An Example
Environments are usually set by default rather than by careful planning. We inherit the building a certain way and that often dictates how we use that space. It doesn’t hurt to take a moment to reconsider how we use the space we have to the best of our abilities. Here is a concrete example of […]
Creating Ministry Environments – Influence of Setting
The space you are in can affect a lot of things. Wherever you are right now have a look around you. Would the space you are in right now be more conducive to a loud children’s birthday party celebration or a more formal business meeting? The first would need room to run around, games, no […]
Bible Class – The Change
So here is what we did to transform Bible class from a place to come and discuss to a place where we discuss and apply. We opened up our Bibles with this question in front of us: “Who did Jesus and the early church give their attention to? Followed by this question, “How are we […]
Why We Chose Bible Class
In the previous post I wrote about a change we have made to our 20s & 30s Sunday morning Bible class. One of the things that I have heard brought up a few times from various people is why did we choose Sunday Bible class to become our launching time for our ministry when we […]
Being Honest About Bible Class – Recognizing the Problem
I don’t read posts that are this long. I also don’t post things this long unless I think it is important enough to read. That being said, if you teach Bible class, are a minister, elder, deacon, or have any influence on your education program I hope you will take a few moments to read […]