347 episodes
Practical Church Other New City Content
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4.9 • 39 Ratings
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Practical church exists to give you practical tips, advice, and encouragement when it comes to leading and growing healthy churches. Whether you are interested in planting a church, are in the process of planting a church, or just want to learn more about building healthy churches, you’ve come to the right place.
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PC 023: 4 Ways To Create More Community In Your Meeting Space
Welcome to the Practical Church podcast.
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HERE ARE THE 4 WAYS I SHARE IN THIS EPISODE
Auditorium (pipe and drape - rope off chairs - put less chairs out
Lobby (pipe and drape - stanchions - use closest rooms if portable for kids space - signs to direct people)
Kids (it can be too big! - Room dividers - pipe and drape - smaller rooms - more kids together
Parking lot - Cones - Signs
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PC 023: 8 Easy Ways To Be A More Hospitable Church
Welcome to the Practical Church podcast.
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HERE ARE THE 8 WAYS I SHARE IN THIS EPISODE
Umbrellas when it rains (even if you don’t get every person)
Parker(s) in the parking lot
Make your connect area obvious
Coffee area should be accessible and not crowded
Clean your facility
Acknowledge new guests every Sunday
Introduce yourself to people who are new
Have clear signage
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PC 022: 6 Tips For Making Big Changes At Your Church
Welcome to the Practical Church podcast.
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Build better habits, become more productive, and grow in your life and leadership. All in under 60 seconds per week. Get my Best Minute newsletter.
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HERE ARE THE 6 TIPS I SHARE IN THIS EPISODE
Do not apologize
Invite questions
Expect resistance & give people time to come around
Bring your leaders in first
Include it in your preaching
Live with low-level frustration
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PC 021: 7 Ways To Get More Connect Cards
Welcome to the Practical Church podcast.
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Build better habits, become more productive, and grow in your life and leadership. All in under 60 seconds per week. Get my Best Minute newsletter.
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HERE ARE THE 7 WAYS I SHARE IN THIS EPISODE
Prioritize a physical option
Have a digital option
Reference it every Sunday - and be clear what to do with it
Give (and mention) a gift people actually want
Limit number of things to fill out
Designed well + easy to write on
Have it readily available + pens
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PC 020: 6 Ways To Engage Infrequent Church Attenders
Welcome to the Practical Church podcast.
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Build better habits, become more productive, and grow in your life and leadership. All in under 60 seconds per week. Get my Best Minute newsletter.
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HERE ARE THE 6 WAYS I RECOMMEND IN THIS EPISODE
Get people serving
Assume many people haven’t been to a single week of your sermon series
Invite people to something (Christmas / Easter…baptism, and event…)
Challenge people, but don’t guilt them (do they know you want them to come more??)
Engage people online (remind them you exist)
Ensure your leaders prioritize the gathering
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PC 019: 7 Recommended Gadgets for Ministry
Welcome to the Practical Church podcast.
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HERE ARE THE 7 RECOMMENDATIONS I MAKE IN THIS EPISODE
Fountain ink pen
Standing desk + walking pad
3 ring leather sermon notebook (half sheets of paper) $70
Pulpit with cup holder halfway down
Todoist
Calendly
Logos
Customer Reviews
Great Help
Whether you are a church planter or a small church pastor there are some very useful ideas, tools, and resources. Only downside is the assumption that pastors are all men - a lot of content refers to “pastors wives.”
Great podcast also for church revitalization
I have been using this podcast for years and cannot be more grateful for it. Ihave been able to implement many of the ideas from this podcast with my church that is in a revitalization stage and those ideas have been received very well with both the church and the guests who have started coming. If there was a 6th stars I would be clicking it!
Great podcast
Practical and helpful content from guys who are actually doing it.