Church & Ministry

Does anyone out there have a recommendation on material, curriculum or catechism to use in preparing children for baptism?

We’re working to revive our church’s missions committee to build awareness of Missions in the congregation. I was hoping to share some ideas and things at our churches might be doing so that we can encourage each other.

Here are a couple of ideas that I’ve come up with, from other churches and undergrad:

1. Missions type dinners or lunches in order to introduce the members to foreign culture.

2. Skyping missionaries directly during a church service, if possible.

Considering doing college, as I have many times - likely I will end up wasting your time :).

I want one that (is)..

Accredited (So that Gov’t will help pay.)

Allows campus carry (concealed weapon.)

And of course, the more accurate the doctrine, the better.

In case you needed to know:

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From concealedcampus.org,

Jesus does not have my heart if He does not have my music. Is the Spirit or flesh choosing your music? What does the Bible teach about music? What is “Christian” music?

All kinds of music are on the scene today. Before deciding what I should listen to, do I first need to understand what God’s Word teaches about godly music?

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 2 Cor. 5.17.

Mark Twain was said to have commented on a composer’s music, “it is not nearly so bad as it sounds.”

Music has power. Music is power. Songs take us somewhere. Music is a gateway to lift one’s heart up to God or pull him down. Godly music thrills the heart as it glorifies God. Praise is our love for God in full dress uniform. Worship is our quiet, deep devotion to our Lord Jesus offered in a tender, upward hug.

PART I. Reasons for pursuing a Biblical Theology of Music:

1. Jethro gave even Moses some wise advice. Proverbs 11.14 gives practicality - “in abundance of counselors there is victory.” Until the end of his ministry our former pastor annually had informal meetings where members could offer suggestions for his consideration. Most Q centered around the facilities and operations. Good changes came of out it. His only request was that if an idea had to do with him personally, see him personally.

To post this on here is probably not worth it considering you are all using the web, I would assume most of your churches have a website. Anyways My offer is that if you would like me to build a website for your church or a church you know that does not have one because they could not afford it. I would be more than happy to build them one for the cost of:

1. Domain registration usually $11.99

2. Hosting Around $50

3. Love gift for time and effort

I have been to some churches where the “song leader” (in all cases male) in the worship service sat at the piano. And for the most part, I was glad the congregational singing was led this way. I am guessing there might be other intangibles, but for the most part I think I was grateful for this kind of song leading because of two reasons which culminated in a third: First, the person “leading” was a capable player. Second, the song leader had a voice which could carry us—guiding our singing.