Let’s just be real… Full-time ministry is not very glorious! When I was young, I thought my days in ministry would be filled with in-depth Bible study and prayer, life-changing discipleship meetings at Starbucks, plenty of time to contemplate ways to inspire the people I’m...
For many years I had the opportunity to travel full time and lead worship for youth camps, discipleship weekends, college conferences, and retreats. Week after week I was constantly meeting new young faces that I was somehow supposed to persuade to sing with me and...
“Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.” (Hebrews 10:35-36 ESV) What if I told you that I needed you...
I’m not going to lie. The struggle is real… Like really real. I’m not solely talking about life struggles, but ministry struggles as well. There were days when I thought, “Geez! If I was a man, this would be so much easier!” Here I was. A...
Are you thinking about starting a youth worship team for your youth group? Or do you have one, but are not sure how to build? Mid-Cities Community Church has the desire that a person could walk into any of our worship venues, whether adults, youth,...
Lets be honest. As worship leaders, how expectant are we of God to move in our worship services? Do we really approach them expecting God to do miracles? Do we think God could prompt someone who has never ever lifted their hands to Him to...
In the last blog called, “7 Things You Need To Build a Healthy & Growing Team: Part 1,” we established that there are 7 primary things you need to build a healthy and growing team; Vision, Trust, Humility, Communication, Appreciation, Discipleship, and a Culture of...
The world runs on teams. We encounter teams every day. Every person on the planet is on a team or in a group; sales teams, sports teams, oil companies, school systems, business bureaus, non-profits, political campaigns, law firms, cliques, gangs, families, friend groups, churches, ministries...
As I write, I, along with my church family and many others, am mourning the great loss of two devoted followers and servants of Christ. There aren’t words to exemplify the depth of heartache and devastation in my soul. The emotions are harsh, and lost...
A couple of years ago the founding pastor of our church shared a story that has stuck with me ever since. One day, while driving to the office, he noticed something on the ground as he pulled into the driveway off the street. Someone had obviously...