Most churches have websites but sadly, most church websites are created so that many won’t be interested in looking at them. It’s a lot of wasted effort. Let’s fix that. Let’s commit to building our websites so that we deliver what people (your congregation and community) are looking for. That’s summed up in...
I keep hearing that a church website is the front door to a church. True; since very few people in your community will ever make it to the door. Sadly, either door. This is the unfortunate reality with church attendance. And with church websites. Mostly your church congregation will seek to enter. So...
When someone shows up at the door of your church and they’ve never attended before, you should have a protocol for guests. But pretend that you’re the only one nearby when they carefully open the door with that “am I at the right place?” look on their face. You greet them, “Hi! I’m...
20% of the community is “undecided” whether they’ll attend church this Easter. Take a few moments and calculate that for your local church to put it into perspective: _________ (total population within a 20 minute radius of your worship center) x .20 = _________ (the staggering total in your community that “may” go to church this...
I love taking my kids to a fun outing and quizzing them at the end to find what they “got out of it”. Someone can experience the same things as another and hear or see something different. It’s all because we translate experiences through our own prism. It’s ultimately “what’s in it...
We gained an hour last night. Early evening I set all the clocks back and as the night progressed, I got more tired than the clock showed. At 9:30 (according to the clock); I was exhausted. Because it was actually 10:30 (my bed time). I finally gave in and went to bed before...
Sunday morning's are hard. The routine is different, and my regular schedule is messed up. My wife is getting ready at our sink, the kids sleep in a bit and I end up laying in bed watching the news. So, quite often I eat the worst breakfast possible. It's not what you'd think though....
We're in the process of refinancing our house. We purchased it 2 yrs ago, and we've improved every room in it. Some were just painted and freshened up while other rooms were totally rebuilt. Just because you've put money into a room doesn't mean you've added value to your house. When our bank...
Remember when you were young and used to go to a convenience store and the candy bars were huge? And a bag of chips was only 20 cents? Maybe even less than that. Maybe I'm just telling my age. Times are changing. Perhaps you can say, "remember when there was no microwave oven?" or...
