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A Brand New Breakout Experience at OC 22

“This will be an Orange Conference like you have never seen before!” 

You’ve probably seen this sentence in our . . .
emails,
website,
Instagram captions. 

And, you may be wondering, “Okay, but what does that actually mean? How is this Orange Conference different from previous years?” 

There’s a lot of “new” at OC this year, and we believe gathering together in the same room together for the first time in two years will be life-giving in a new way.  

Part of what makes this year an Orange Confer...

Breakouts Like You Have Never Seen Them Before

“This will be an Orange Conference like you have never seen before!” 

You’ve probably seen this sentence in our . . .
emails,
website,
Instagram captions. 

And, you may be wondering, “Okay, but what does that actually mean? How is this Orange Conference different from previous years?” 

There’s a lot of “new” at OC this year, and we believe gathering together in the same room together for the first time in two years will be life-giving in a new way.  

Part of what makes this year an Orange Confer...

Re-Evaluating Your Family Ministry This Year

I saw a meme on Instagram recently that made me laugh. It read, “2021 was just 2020 with bangs”. That about sums it up! 2021 proved to be yet another pretty different and, at times, difficult ministry season for leaders around the country. But because we’re still a hopeful community of leaders, we believe we have a great opportunity to assess and re-evaluate a few key areas of family ministry in light of all the last two years have taught us. That’s why Orange created a brand new tool called the...

How to Gain Momentum in Your Ministry in 2022

Nobody prepared you for this, right? How to do ministry in a once in a lifetime (hopefully) pandemic is not something found on any seminary syllabus. So, what do we do now in 2022? How can I meet the challenges presented through my ministry?  How can I gain traction again? These are just some of the questions you might be asking yourself today. There seems to be a sense of anxiety or mini depression with regard to what has happened (and with good reason). However, I propose that the one entity d...

5 Things to Do When You’re on the Edge of Burnout

Have you ever had a day where you felt completely drained, depleted, and like you had nothing else left to give? Juggling so many tasks on a regular basis can make you feel like you are stretched so thin that you may even pass out — ministry life, social life, family life, repeat. It feels like it never ends!

Having occasional days like this is normal, but when those days turn into weeks, you are likely experiencing burnout.

Many of us have heard of the term burnout and we’ve probably used it a ...

Family Ministry Resolution Solutions

Let’s just be honest. Ministry to families has never been easy. Let’s be even more honest. The past 2 years of ministry have been some of the hardest. You have trusted God and pushed through. Maybe these past couple years have shown you that your strategy is on the right path. Or maybe God has shown you areas that need improvement, or even change. Either way, it’s a fact that none of us are perfect and our ministries are not perfect. So, maybe you have made some personal New Year Resolutions, bu...

Redesign Your Ministry to Partner with Parents

A couple of months ago my team was tasked with creating and presenting their plans for the upcoming year. I must say that I was very impressed by what they submitted. The plans were very clear, concise, and contained the required information. But I still felt like something was missing. It’s kind of like the reaction you have after tasting a dish from a recipe you found on Pinterest. You did everything right and it tastes good, but it feels as if it needs something else to make it just right. I ...

For Leaders Feeling Weary This Christmas

I have a tradition I participate in every Christmas Eve since my early 20s. After everyone has gone to bed, I turn off the lights, light a candle and play three favorite renditions of some classic Christmas songs, sitting in the stillness. It’s been a sort of contemplative practice I started doing before I even knew what “contemplative” was. One of the songs I play is “O Holy Night.” The line that gets me every time I hear it during this quiet time on Christmas Eve, or any other time, is this: “...

How to Show Appreciation for Your Volunteers

Volunteering is one of those very tricky things. How do you lead a group of people toward a task, for free?

Sure, there are the philanthropic and spiritual reasons why people sign up…

To fill a need
Because Jesus saved their life
They want to give back

But, as a leader, you feel a certain weight of responsibility. One of the questions I get asked most often, other than “How do I get more Volunteers?” is “How do I appreciate my Volunteers?” It’s a great question to ask. Because, over the course o...

Partnering with Parents: Where Does Your Bridge Lead?

Partnering with parents. I’m guessing if you’re reading this blog, this isn’t a new idea for you. If it happens to be, I’m so glad you’re here. I want to encourage you to read this before you come back and finish this blog. Even though it’s not a new idea for me as a 37 year old in 2021, it sure was a pretty new idea to me as a 21-year-old when I started in full time ministry in 2005. In fact, it really wasn’t until 2009 when I read Think Orange that I began to seriously think about it.

I’ve alw...