Idea Starter: Family-Friendly Outdoor Movie Night

Take advantage of the warm summer months to host a laid-back movie event at your church. Encourage church and community members to bring lawn chairs or blankets. Rent a popcorn or cotton candy machine and provide cold drinks. Project a family-friendly movie against the side of your church. Or clear the chairs in the sanctuary and show the movie inside instead.

What you need to know to host a movie event …

When ‘Equipping’ Isn’t Enough

If our churches’ equipping efforts stop at ‘learn, repeat,’ essentially, we are training parrots.

Kyle Strobel: Power in Weakness

“Christians should become powerful Christians. But it’s only ever a power made perfect in our weakness, and it’s only ever a power that comes from God.”

Gospel-Centered Parenting

The newness that comes as a result of new birth in Christ trickles down into every area of life, including our parenting.