Northern Roads by Jeremy Norton

Leadership

Discipleship, Leadership

SMALL GROUP GROWTH – KEY #4: NEEDS MET

It’s time for small group growth! This past week we’ve been exploring some of the keys for your small group to experience growth. Here’s what

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Discipleship, Leadership

SMALL GROUP GROWTH – KEY #3: RELATIONSHIPS

Plan for small group success! Over the past week, we’ve been looking at ways to make sure our small group ministry produces tangible growth this coming season.

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Discipleship, Leadership

SMALL GROUP GROWTH – KEY #2: PRAYER

Prayer is essential to small group growth! We should never neglect the inviting of the Lord’s presence into our groups, through prayer. The sharing of

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Discipleship, Leadership

4 KEYS FOR SMALL GROUP GROWTH

Would you lead a small group? How you measure or define its success? How will you establish what small group growth should look like or

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Bible, Leadership

HOW TO WEATHER THE STORM

4 Passages To Peace Jesus was teaching by the Sea of Galilee. On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us

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Leadership, Outreach

TWO PROBLEMS: TOO EMPTY OR TOO FULL

Before ministry I worked in hospitality and tourism. I had the opportunity to work in a number of hotels and restaurants. The experiences I had during

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Bible, Leadership

HOW CRISIS CAN HELP US FIND UNITY (Even if Only for a Moment)

Yesterday was a tough day for Canada. Out of nowhere, a gunman went on a rampage in our nation’s capital. Though our security forces were able

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Leadership, Ministry

3 PASTORAL REMINDERS FOUND IN DRISCOLL’S RESIGNATION

It was all over social media yesterday. This past Tuesday, Mark Driscoll (church planter, pastor, author, speaker, evangelist), stepped down from ministry at Mars Hill

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Leadership, Ministry

5 PRINCIPLES FOR EFFECTIVE CHANGE, EVEN WHEN IT’S OBVIOUS

We can assume that change in the church will be difficult. Change must be Spirit-led and rolled out effectively. Before making that next change into your church programming or structure, check through these 5 principles.

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Creation, Leadership

HOW GENEROSITY OF TIME CAN DEEPEN THE HOSPITALITY EXPERIENCE

Receiving hospitality feels great! That moment when someone has gone out of their way, to make us feel welcomed and comfortable. When we feel like we belong in a place that is not our home. Generosity given in abundance, outside of what would ever be expected. That’s hospitality.

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Communication, Leadership

HOW LOSING A TEAM PERSPECTIVE WILL LEAD TO MINISTRY HEARTACHE

We need a team perspective. In my opinion, biblical truth aligns perfectly with the team perspective. For example, in Ecclesiastes 4, we read that, “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up.” (4:9-10a)

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Discipleship, Leadership

3 MINISTRY TIPS I LEARNED FROM STYROFOAM GLIDERS

Our family was in a hotel recently and they had a kids treasure chest. At check-in, children can pick one item from the chest. In the chest, was a bunch of toys; a few of which were these styrofoam gliders.

The boys grabbed them with excitement and ran over to me. “Dad, check these out! Aren’t they awesome?”

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