197 episodes
The Better Sundays Podcast Mike Holmes
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- Religion & Spirituality
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5.0 • 16 Ratings
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Focused, practical and usable advice for churches that are looking to reach new, young families and impact their communities.
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How One Church Almost Died Because the Pastor Did Everything. --Why Ministry Teams Are So Important
How One Church Almost Died Because the Pastor Did Everything. Why Building Ministry Teams is so Important. Stop doing it all. Here three reason to quit carrying all the load and 6 steps to build a team.
Resources Mentioned: Getting Started with Building Ministry Teams- How to Make Local Church Teamwork a Reality- • Getting Started with Building Ministr... -
19 Ways I Failed To Be Ready For Folks to Attend Church- Failing to Build a Preparation Environment
Your local church environment can be a fertile environment or it can be like the classic stony ground. Folks can come and take root or they can bounce away into the wind. Here are 19 different stupid things that I overlooked as a senior pastor.
Resources Mentioned- Contact Mike at info@reachkeep.com
Coaching information available at www.reachkeep.com/coach
How to Create Fill-in-the-Blank Sermon Notes for Your Congregation.
Seven Samples- Preaching Helps- https://youtu.be/DQh-qEgJQ3k
Creating Fill-in-the-Blank Sermon Notes- Outlines for the Congregation -
A Better Church Bulletin- https://youtu.be/iM0tXOpOcWk -
Why People Will Vote or Will Not Vote for Your Church- It is the Economy Stupid!
In the ministry, people vote with their feet. There are many, many things that can cause a person to walk away. There are also some simple things that can be done to help people "buy in" to your church. In this episode we cover three ares that can make or break your "voter turnout." We also give several practical hands-on things that pastor can implement right now,.
Resources Mentioned:
Rescuing an Almost Closed Church- How Sunday Prep Differs from Sermon Prep- Eric Ross Interview- • Rescuing an Almost Closed Church- How...
Dying Churches- A Missing Ingredient to Keep the Grim Reaper at Bay- Sermon Prep vs. Sunday Prep- • Dying Churches- A Missing Ingredient ...
Vibrant or Non Vibrant? Four Things to Do IN YOUR SERMON to Create Engagement and Participation- • Vibrant or Non Vibrant? Four Things t...
Effective Church Meetings- A Busy Pastor's Guide to Effective Meetings- • A Busy Pastor's Guide to Effective Me...
Contact Mike- Schedule a FREE consulting call- https://calendly.com/reachkeep/coachi... -
Vibrant or Non Vibrant? Four Things to Do IN YOUR SERMON to Create Engagement and Participation
Creating a participation environment come from a well thought out sermon. Here are four things a pastor can do in his sermon that will demonstrate that the church is anticipating participation. Resources Mentioned: Rescuing an Almost Closed Church- How Sunday Prep Differs from Sermon Prep- Eric Ross Interview • Rescuing an Almost Closed Church-
https://youtu.be/12iLhIDnQr4&list=UULFxpwxwJgk5qVyBJ9J9t7bfQ
Dying Churches- A Missing Ingredient to Keep the Grim Reaper at Bay- Sermon Prep vs. Sunday Prep-
https://youtu.be/ytkTfwhHB9g?si=Sd6uAGXva_YOFdoz -
Dying Churches- A Missing Ingredient to Keep the Grim Reaper at Bay- Sermon Prep vs. Sunday Prep
Dying churches are everywhere. Many of them are missing a key ingredient. They have sound doctrine, good music and fine people, but they have fallen prey to "regularism." The magnetism of "preparation" has been neglected. Learn 7 great benefits of a "preparation environment" in this short and simple episode.
Resources Mentioned: Rescuing an Almost Closed Church- How Sunday Prep Differs from Sermon Prep- Eric Ross Interview • Rescuing an Almost Closed Church- How... &list=UULFxpwxwJgk5qVyBJ9J9t7bfQ -
Rescuing an Almost Closed Church- How Sunday Prep Differs from Sermon Prep- Eric Ross Interview
The church was down to about 4 people. It was just about closed. Here is the story and some of the techniques that turned things around.
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Simple practical ideas!
Simple practical ideas to improve our churches that can be implemented within the next week and will greatly improve the image and function of the church.
Helpful and real
Mike’s approach to ministry is refreshing and his desire to help others reach more people is right in line with Biblical principles. This podcast shares ideas and methods that you can put to practice in your ministry this week. Each episode has an actionable idea that could be a key to making your Sundays better!
Simple and practical
These ideas are amazingly practical in helping to express in a concrete way how important our guests really are to us!