Category: Columns
Congregational budgeting
Congregational budgeting Congregations are always looking at their budgets and depending on who is doing the looking, opinions can have a great variation. The article at http://www.alban.org/conversation.aspx?id=7892 helps identify and understand the people dynamics of congregational budgeting.
Future leaders
Each generation brings to work and volunteering specific strengths and weaknesses. Here is an article written from a secular perspective that provides insight into the Millennial Generation born between 1980 and 1995, today’s young adults and teens http://www.iabc.com/cwb/archive/2009/0509/Petty.htm
Shedding biblical light on Dark Knight
Concordia Publishing House has a new, downloadable Bible study based on the award-winning film, The Dark Knight®, the 2008 Batman film. This six-session Bible study, God’s Light in Gotham’s Darkness, connects the film’s themes to the Lutheran Confessions and Scripture. According to a recent Canadian…
More than technology
Our world is changing in more ways than advancing technology. Take a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-3X5hIFXYU and see the challenge the Lord has set before us.
Life is still an issue
Lutherans for Life – Canada has placed its spring newsletter http://www.lutheransforlife-canada.ca/lflnewsletterspringsummer09.pdf. The recent East District convention adopted a resolution encouraging the district’s congregations to become more involved with life issues
A simple thanks can go a long way
In a recent webinar, the speaker noted that one of the key strategies that will help non-profit organizations through an economic downturn is “remarkable donor care.” We don’t often think of those who give regularly to the operation of our churches as ‘donors’ however, they…
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