Issue #305
4/4/2007
18 ways to motivate yourself for ministry (Part 2)
by Rick Warren
Last week, I shared with you nine ideas about how to motivate yourself for a particular ministry task. Here are nine more ideas. [more]
Get the Ministry ToolBox in your Inbox. Click here.
Printer Friendly
Pastors.com

 
 

Saddleback Resources

Saddleback Resources


Celebrate Recovery Kit


The Purpose Driven Church Conference on DVD

 
 

  

 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Mobilizing your church for missions through small groups
by Skip Lanfried

What percentage of your church would you like to mobilize for missions – 10, 20, 40 percent? Try Jesus' goal for your church – 100 percent! Sound unrealistic? According to Saddleback Church's Skip Lanfried, the engine that could drive that level of mobilization may already be a part of your church. [more]


How to Treat a Staff Infection
Dr. Craig Williford & Carolyn Williford (Baker, 2007)  

Need an answer for gossip, habitual tardiness, narcissism, or poor supervision among your church leadership? This book helps you diagnose and treat some of the biggest problems that can infect church ministry teams. Written by a pastor for pastors, this book is incredibly practical and easy-to-use. Any ministry leader should find it helpful.

 
   


"We succeed – not by crossing the sea, but by seeing the cross." - Rick Warren



"God honored the Master's body by raising it from the grave. He'll treat yours with the same resurrection power." - 1 Corinthians 6:14 (MSG)



Newsweek God debate: Rick Warren vs. atheist Sam Harris - Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham recently moderated a debate between Rick Warren and one of the leading voices of atheism today, Sam Harris. Newsweek has posted the text of the interview on their Web site.
S.H.A.P.E. Survey - Erik Rees, Saddleback's S.H.A.P.E. discovery pastor, is doing a quick poll of people in ministry. There's only one question! Can you take a minute to share your thoughts?
Webster on-line dictionary - If you run across a word you don't know or can't spell, Webster's on-line dictionary is one of the better ones on the Web.
Easter at Saddleback Web site - Check out how Saddleback is getting the word out about Easter services.
Bed & breakfast clergy discounts - Find an inexpensive place to get some rest and relaxation. On this site you can find a list of bed and breakfasts that offer discounts for those in ministry.


Youth workers: Remember, conferences are just the beginning - Joshua Griffin

How to get a singles ministry off the ground - Clayton Coates

For pastors: How to take a vacation - Joe McKeever

How to plan a vacation on a budget - Kathy Peel

Four goals for every worship service - Dwayne Moore

Big impact potential for small churches - John Jackson

How to use research in your ministry - Kent Shaffer

The battle against temptation is in the mind - Mary Southerland



Around 30 percent of employed adults give back vacation time each year – because they don't use it. On average employees give back three days a year. - Source: Expedia.com

More than 415 million hours of vacation time go unused each year by American workers. Assuming a 40-hour work week, that's 1.6 million years of unused vacation time. - Chicago Tribune, July 6, 2004

"God doesn't make mistakes. He got the Bible right the first time. Nothing was left out. Nothing was forgotten. Our extra fences, hoops, and traditions not only aren't needed, they're harmful. And they certainly don't deliver on their promises. Rather than producing God-pleasing spirituality, they're more likely to produce pride, arrogance, and self-sufficiency. Rather than producing extra protection against sin, they increase the odds that one day we'll ignore his clear warnings through the mistaken assumption that they're no more valid than the empty threats posted on our man-made fences." - Larry Osborne, A Contrarian's Guide to Knowing God (Multnomah, 2007)

"Jesus loved the world that God had made – and especially he loved its living creatures. He did not live like someone with one foot in the spirit world. He loved people of all kinds, and he went to all kinds of parties. People who believe in resurrection are like that – they love God's creation and relish life in the body." - Tim Stafford, Surprised by Jesus (InterVarsity, 2006)

"Personally, I am convinced that no body of men or women could persistently and successfully have preached in Jerusalem a doctrine involving a vacancy of that tomb [of Christ], without the grave itself being physically vacant. The facts were too recent; the tomb too close to the seething center of oriental life. Not all the make-believe in the world could have purchased the utter silence of antiquity or given to the records their impressive unanimity. Only the truth itself, in all of its unavoidable simplicity, could have achieved that." - Frank Morison, Who Moved the Stone? (Zondervan, 1971)

Would you forward this free e-newsletter to others in ministry? The Ministry ToolBox™ is for ANYONE serving Jesus Christ. For a free subscription, you can sign up at www.pastors.com.

Ministry ToolBox Archives

pastors.com | contact us