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These Christmas and Advent articles offer many ideas to help your congregation reach more people and unchurched people, provide opportunities for newcomers, attract children and families, offer inspiring giving for ministries, and much more.
December is a time when people are looking for experiences to share with friends and families. Church leaders can plan in advance to offer events…
Many churches confront a question of missional focus, especially as the holiday season approaches. One group proposes an angel tree project. Another wants to do…
There was a time when churches were reluctant to take an offering at their Christmas Eve services. The reasoning was that many people at those…
When our two grandsons were seven and three years old, they would often race the thirty yards or so from their house to ours. The…
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