Flashback Friday: If It’s Not Ministry, Don’t Do It
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! Far too much of what keeps us busy in the church has...
Category: Serve’s Up
Flashback Friday: You’re Not “Just a Volunteer”
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! For those of us in ministry world, we hear that statement too many...
Flashback Friday: What’s Your Job?
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! Imagine for a moment that you’re a part of a fire department’s engine...
The Shortest Mission Trip You’ll Ever Take
The second Sunday of January is historically one of those high-water marks that our church experiences on an annual basis. Along with the third Sunday in August, we typically see an attendance bump. Folks are...
What’s Your Passion?
I was talking to a friend yesterday who has been presented with a new ministry opportunity. This is a friend who already serves within the church. He serves in a necessary area within the church....
Service Means Sacrifice
As I type, it’s the night before our third annual Christmas at DPAC services. For the next two days we’ll host five capacity crowds in downtown Durham. Between all of the set up, tear down,...
The Reason Our Volunteers Disengage
I’m a few chapters in to Simon Sinek’s latest book, Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t. It’s a great summary of how the best organizations are defined by a sense of safety...
Interview Your Volunteers
On this morning’s commute, I was tuned in to a station where the hosts were talking about one question in Bed Bath & Beyond’s hiring process: “If you were a breakfast cereal, what kind would you be, and...
Want to Connect? Serve!
Fewer things bring me more joy than to hear a volunteer talk about the community they’ve found by serving. This weekend our media team highlighted the story of Eileen, a friend I’ve known since first...
Flashback Friday: SwerveRDU
We’re right in the middle of ServeRDU 2014, which makes it a perfect time to whip out this gem from a few years back… If you’re a Summit peep, you know that this week is ServeRDU,...
