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Read FlipbookVisual Edition: Luther's Small Catechism with Explanation
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Read ArticleWhich Email Marketing Service Should My Church Use?
More and more, church offices are utilizing web-based email marketing services for communicating with their congregations. Why are they doing this?
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Read ArticleThe Histories of Some of Your Favorite Christmas Hymns
Did you know that one of the most famous Christmas hymns came about because a church’s organ broke just in time for Christmas Eve? Read on to learn about some of the season’s most...
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Read ArticleGuides to Study the Bible in the New Year
It’s a known fact: most Christians have “Read the Bible every day” (or some variation thereof) on their New Year’s Resolution list. Some people scoff at resolutions—but I think there’s something...
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Read ArticleActivities for Teaching Advent Hymns to Children
The Christmas season brings lots of joy and cheer as we celebrate the birth of our Savior. One of my favorite parts of Advent is the hymns. Advent hymns are some of the most recognizable and...
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Read ArticleRepenting: Getting Past the Guilt, Blame, and Shame
Jesus began his public ministry in the Gospel of Matthew by saying, “Repent, for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand!” Repenting is clearly important to Jesus. What he was asking people to do back...
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Read Article5 Ways to Implement Agile Methodology in Churches
Have you ever worked on a project for a church committee where you’ve spent weeks meeting, planning, studying, and preparing to make a decision, then a few more weeks double-checking...
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Read ArticleProduct of the Month: Piano Prelude Series, Vol. 1
This month, we’re introducing a new series of hymn preludes written for pianists. Not only are these pieces great for use during worship services, but they can also be played at home or...
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Read ArticleAffirmation Overload
A friend on Facebook recently shared a picture of some journals with affirmations on their covers. You know the kind—with a loopy, fat-brush-style font telling you to “Make Ideas Happen” or “Be...
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Read ArticleIntentional Advent Celebrations with Families
How can your church intentionally engage with families this Advent season? This is already a high-volume, overly scheduled time of year. Even so, I would argue that the need for community...
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Read ArticleBooks of the Bible Study Questions: 1 Peter
The Book of 1 Peter, nestled between James and (you guessed it) 2 Peter toward the back of the New Testament, is perhaps not as widely read as some of the Pauline epistles, like Romans. But this...
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Read ArticleAdvent Activities You Can Do Right Now with Zero Planning
After Thanksgiving, the holiday season is in full gear—Advent services, Christmas Eve children’s programs, New Year’s Eve candlelight vigils. . . . It’s a lot. So in the midst of all that...
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Read ArticleCPH 150th Anniversary Art Contest
This past September, we kicked off our 150th year and began a year-long celebration of every book, and person that is part of our history—and that includes you! By you I mean every church member...
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Read ArticleAdvent is coming! Advent is coming!
Advent is coming! Advent is coming! Do these words send you into a stress-induced fetal pose or are you more in the elf camp? Like most people, I am positioned right in the middle! With so many...
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Read ArticleThe Divine Service in Lutheran Service Book
Lutherans believe that worship is an act of receiving God’s gifts. That’s why the worship service we use is called the Divine Service. It’s a time during which God comes to us through...
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Read ArticlePrioritizing Content on Your Church Website for Visitors
In the past, the front door of your church was probably, well, the front door. These days, however, the first exposure visitors get to your church is probably via your church website....
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Read ArticleMeaning of 6 Popular Verses in Matthew
There are a lot of verses in the Bible that get taken out of context. Or, maybe more accurately, verses that aren’t properly or fully understood because we pull them out as standalone memory...
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Read ArticleWhim Visits: Finding Spontaneity and a Little Less Loneliness this Christmas
One snowy December evening, three of the young adults from our congregation stopped over to visit . . . on a whim. Here is the beauty of a whim visit: it doesn’t leave time for me to consider...
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Read ArticleExplore What it Means to Be Beyond #Blessed
One of the latest major updates for the iPhone includes a new setting called “Screen Time.” Using Screen Time, users visually can see data created around how you use your phone. This includes how...
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Read ArticleTwo Lesson Plans That Teach about God’s Overflowing Gifts
“You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.” (Psalm 23:5) Around Thanksgiving, we think about being thankful to God for family,...
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Read ArticleEvening Hymns for the Close of the Church Year
Abide with me, fast falls the eventide.The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide.When other helpers fail and comforts flee,Help of the helpless, O abide with me.(“Abide with Me,” LSB...
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