“Little Red Hen” Syndrome

“Little Red Hen” Syndrome

by | May 3, 2023 | Encouragement

As the Ohio corn and soybean planting season draws to a close, I am reminded of the children’s story “The Little Ren Hen”. That’s the one where a hen approaches her fellow farm animals multiple times, seeking help for sowing, reaping, and grinding her wheat crop but...
Prayer Goals for Women’s Ministry

Prayer Goals for Women’s Ministry

by | Apr 25, 2023 | Encouragement

Women’s ministry leadership team prays together regularly and our planning teams take a significant amount of time to pray before conducting business. Prayer is a vital ingredient in outreach efforts and our women are praying for lost people by name. An emergency...
Prayer Goals for Women’s Ministry

The “Relationship Chain” Priority

by | Apr 5, 2023 | Encouragement

Relationships are the main tools for ministry. A critical function of church programming is to provide opportunities for developing, cultivating, and maintaining relational connections between church family members. Whether worship services, life groups of Sunday...
Spring Cleaning

Spring Cleaning

by | Mar 8, 2023 | Encouragement

As we move into March, thoughts turn to “spring cleaning,” the annual ritual of sprucing up our homes after the dark and dreary winter months. This practice may be historically rooted in the opportunity spring provided to open up windows and doors to allow seasonal...
Beyond “Warm Fuzzies”

Beyond “Warm Fuzzies”

by | Feb 8, 2023 | Encouragement

As we move through February, thoughts often turn to Valentine’s Day and love. Unfortunately, our culture seems a bit perplexed about what love really is. We speak of how we “love our favorite food,” “love our football team,” “love our children,” and “love our spouse,”...
2023: Looking Forward

2023: Looking Forward

by | Jan 5, 2023 | Encouragement

“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” (Isaiah 43:18-19) What are you looking forward to in 2023? I ask because our...