Who is ready for summer? How many of you have a trip planned for this summer? OK, shout out to me where are you going? Give time for them to share. Can you fit me in your suitcase? Summer is our typical time of vacation and many of you have been...
Are you ready to head off the summer slump in giving? If I were a pastor heading into summer, here is what I would be asking myself, my staff, or my team. How is giving doing as we move into summer? Are we ahead or behind budget? How does current giving...
“I met with a few pastor friends of mine, and none of them are going back to passing an offering plate.” That was a comment a pastor made to me recently over lunch. My first question was, why? The answer most pastors would give would be because of Covid. Can...
By Richie Rhea, Care Pastor, NorthRoad Community Church, Moscow Mills, Missouri VBS. So many memories. I was blessed to attend Vacation Bible School every year of my childhood. As a pastor, I haven’t missed a single year. Some years, I’ve attended more than one. That’s about 63 years of uninterrupted VBS....
Welcome to another Stewardship Journal! In this edition of the Stewardship Journal, longtime MBC pastor Richie Rhea writes a post entitled Should We Teach Giving During VBS? Richie raises some great points that I believe will be beneficial for all to consider. VBS has been one of the greatest outreach tools...
