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  • Engaging Everyone in Church

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    Our primary operating assumptions need to be: Church is the people not the building. Every part of the church (the people) is essential. Every person has gifts. In baptism, we are all equal. Our expression of church should match our operating assumptions. My series on engaging everyone in church argues that every single one of…

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  • 8 Keys to engaging pre-teens in church

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    I wrote a while ago about engaging children in church.  Now I’m tackling that in-between age: the pre-teen. First off, I don’t intend to give a firm age range for this group.  I think you know it when you see it.  Your 9 year-old might be more teen-like than your 11 year-old. Parents of pre-teens struggle with…

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