How a Mid-Year Check-In Can Encourage and Equip Your DWELL Leaders
A mid-year check-in is a great way to touch base with your Dwell leaders. It reminds them that you’re available to help and support them as needed.
Pay Attention! January Women's Ministry Cluster
The Women’s Ministry Cluster gathered in January to discuss the topic of spiritual discernment. Here are a few highlights.
Just Announced! Three New Worship Webinars
Sign up now to take advantage of these free online training webinars offered by Worship Ministries!
Innovative Solutions for Women's Ministry Leaders
It's easy to fall into a comfortable rut, to forget that there is more than one "right" way to do a job.
What Does Your Church Call Its Ministry to Senior Adults?
What does your church call its ministry to senior adults?
Elders Serving After Sin
If someone has committed a public sin (eg an affair), are they eligible to be an office bearer in the future or do certain sins prohibit someone from serving in office for the rest of their lives?
Living in a Shadow Doesn’t Mean It’s Dark
In a season of illness and struggle, the eagle came to remind us of a strength that is not our own. A strength from the everlasting God of Isaiah, the Creator who never grows weary.
CRC Worship Coaches Available
Did you know that the CRC offers churches and individual worship leaders coaching in worship? Find the details here!
Disability Concerns (Canada) Spring Conference: Walking Alongside Caregivers
Disability Concerns Canada is hosting our annual conference on April 25 at Community CRC in Kitchener, ON. We look forward to seeing you there!
Before You Say Anything Else About Giving, Say This
What would happen if, instead of talking about how giving changes others, you framed it in terms of how it changes them personally?
5 Ways to Pray With Kids
Prayer is an anytime and anywhere conversation with God—no fancy words required! Here are five tips from the Dwell at Home series of resources for families.
Dear Children's Ministry Workers
This open letter to children’s ministry workers is a reminder that even the smallest tasks can make a difference in eternity.
When Adult Children Leave the Church: Living in the Tension
When adult children leave the church, parents are often wracked with grief and guilt. But what part of this burden is really ours to carry, and what must we leave to God?
15 Bible Verses for the Hard Times
I hope these 15 verses encourage you as much as they have encouraged me.
Coaching Corner: Turning Committee Work Into New Church Patterns
Here's how one church insured that new faith formation initiatives would live on past their committee work.
Retelling Childhood Stories
Perhaps the most insightful moment came when one pastor asked: What is your earliest childhood memory?
Top 10 Network Resources of 2019
Curious which Network resources received the most views in 2019? Here are the top 10 (ranked by page views).
New Safe Church Webinar Series! Connect, Collaborate, and Coordinate to End Abuse
Safe Church will be hosting the first webinar in our new series ("Connect, Collaborate, and Coordinator to end abuse") on Wednesday, Jan 29 at 12 pm (EST). Join us!
A Spiritual Health Check-up for Leaders
Leading others in spirituality can make it easier for leaders to forget their own spiritual health. Here is a tool to help facilitate conversation and prayer on spiritual health.
We Live as We Pray
Why focus on developing the missional practice of prayer? Maybe prayer is about changing us, shaping us, and sending us into our neighborhood and the world.