The Church of the Heart Podcast The Summit Fellowships

A creative guide for all ages to learn God's word together.







Micheal Harris returns to discuss the Parables curriculum and it's use in small-group church communities. At last there is an answer for the question asked by so many who meet in small, relational expressions of the church:







So, what do you do with the kids?















The answer to the question is found IN the question, namely "WITH the kids." Parables curriculum is an incredible wealth of activities that parents, and other adults can do "with the kids." The result is hilarious fun and marvelous opportunity for learning from God's word.







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Micheal Harris talks about intergenerational fellowship

















Dan interviews Micheal Harris who has been engaged in children's ministry for 50 years. His experience includes large traditional churches and simple churches of just a few families. In this interview, Micheal talks about his philosophy of ministry with children and some of his experiences with the youngest members of our community.



















Mentioned in the podcast is Micheal's book called, "Parables - A creative guide for all ages to learn God's word together." Here is the link to a post we uploaded several years ago that includes a sample of some of the fun activities designed for small group fellowships.







Watch for a future podcast that describes the book in more detail.

Evangelism by Overlapping Circles.















Evangelism in small-group churches is by relationship. As new people come into a fellowship, it grows requiring the group to multiply. A few members start fresh, stepping out with a small footprint. The prayer is that eventually this new group leaves a bigger footprint.

Can You Ever Graduate from Church?







Dan talks about a new demographic in the church: The "Dones. " These are brethren who have decided there has to be something more than just going to church. Could this be the next church planting wave? People finding other people who love Jesus and building Kingdom communities. What a concept!

The church is meant to show the world the whole picture...







The Enneagram assumes nine personality types.







Are we more like Jesus when we are together?

The quarantine experience may very well have left a surprising legacy of church life. Maybe this lockdown was an incubator for new churches—vine churches—that are small, agile, and significantly, everywhere. Maybe online meetings can be seeds for new communities.