We gather this morning with heavy hearts, just days after the tragic loss of Flight 5342 from our the Wichita airport just down the road. You or someone you know may have known passengers or their families, and all of us feel the weight of this loss. In moments like these, when grief touches our […]
Day 6 of the UMC General Conference 2020(4) was a Sabbath day, offering a much-needed break from the busy schedule of the conference. While taking a true Sabbath can be challenging for me, as I often find comfort in checking tasks off a list during my time off from professional church work, I felt the […]
I am running an experiment this fall in the local church with the purpose of engaging people in discipleship. The experiment is a Facebook Live Book Study. Some of the observations that lead to this experiment: High engagement of video on the church’s Facebook page Congregants sharing the value of study’s led by the preacher […]
Google’s Innovative Edge from Dave Ferguson is a summary of principles that would do well in the local church. The Devil Never Takes a Day Off a convicting post on balance from Joseph Memory and storytelling – the importance of community from Ben Simpson. Great thoughts on being prepared from Craig Groeschel at Ministry with […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 