Join 15,000 Other Churches for the Largest Back to Church Sunday

This fall as children return to school, shouldn’t you be ready to invite families to return to Jesus’ church? As the pandemic continues to cause concern, many people are looking for a supportive community and renewed hope—and your church can provide both. This September, plan a powerful service that engages everyone and tells your community that hope is here by participating in Back to Church Sunday.

Add your church to the free map of participating churches and get free resources including an invite video, social media graphics, a planning guide and more. Get started at https://www.backtochurch.com/.

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Outreach magazine publishes ideas, innovations, resources and stories to help church leaders reach their communities and change the world. Founded in January 2003 by church communications company Outreach Inc., Outreach is an award-winning, bimonthly periodical for church leadership and is available by subscription and on Amazon.com. Find out more at outreachmagazine.com

Arthur C. Brooks: Real Happiness

A lot of Christians feel guilty about enjoying their life because they think that enjoyment and pleasure are the same thing, and they’re not.

Outreach 100 Churches on Creating a Flourishing Volunteer Culture

“Serving is not just about filling a need; it’s about inviting people into the bigger vision of following Jesus and serving in a way that allows them to use the gifts and abilities God has created them with to build his kingdom.” —Lori Newell, The Church of Eleven22

Glenn Packiam: Rhythms of Resilience

Resilience is not that you never get dysregulated or you never get disoriented or you never get discouraged. Resilience means that even when you get disrupted or discouraged, there is an ability, by God’s grace, to recover.