Teens have a frightening task as they near the end of High School. They are to decide, as soon as possible, what they want to do for the rest of their lives. A lot of them are pressured to choose the logical path. Many choose the wrong path.
75% of college students will never hold a job that requires the degree they earn. That’s thousands of dollars they didn’t need to spend. 75% of college students work jobs that don’t even require above a high school education or GED.
Homeschoolers know that there is more to life than simply passing tests and getting grades. There are goals, passions, and life-purpose that take precedent over the status quo of the job market. Homeschoolers realize that the biggest mistake one entering to college can make, is to base a college degree choice on the current job market. Everything can change in 4 years.
For lasting contentment, purpose, and ambition, students need to choose career fields based on their passions in life. It’s the only way to do what you love and love what you do. You have to know what you’re passionate about, and then you have to know how to reach the end goal of doing it for a living.
SPARKON is a new web app that does just that. It takes teenagers, helps them to discover their passion, and then gives them a detailed report on their personality type, and how their passions and personality can join together to find the careers they would be perfect for. Teenagers can then use SPARKON, and its thousands of videos, to build their future.
SPARKON is helping young people to visualize their future and to learn how to build it. Teen accounts are always free but, to take advantage of all the features and to get the 20-30 page Sparkmap report, parents must create a family account.
You can try out the family account free for 30 days by going here.
Check out SPARKON today. SPARKON is helping young people to see who they want to be and showing them how to become that person. What could be better?
I have been lucky enough to be a part of some church events that have been a slam-dunk success. I have also been lucky enough to be a part of church events that were a flop.
You’ve probably heard the old question, “if a tree falls in an uninhabited forest, does it make any noise?”
My question is, if you have a great event that no one knows about; did you have an event at all?
It’s really simple church marketing but a lot of people who plan events forget what is most important. You have to let people know what is going on. You have to know how get the word out about your event.
What are some awesome church event advertising methods? Well, I don’t know how awesome these are but here is a list of things you can do to market your next church event. [Read More]
So you’ve spent a good deal of time purchasing a great, new church website. It looks great but nobody is visiting. As a matter of fact, you’re not getting many hits at all. What’s wrong? Well, a lot of companies don’t optimize your website the way they should. They simply build some eye candy and give it to you without doing much homework to make sure the site operates correctly.
The bones of a website are just as important as the pretty skin on the outside.
You want people searching for churches in your community to find yours first, right? [Read More]
In the event that you do not follow me on Twitter, I spent the majority of last week with my Brother-In-Law, changing out the motor in my Nissan Xterra. I had allowed the timing belt to break on the original engine and had to replace it with an engine from another vehicle. It took a few days, and a few do-overs but we finally got it to start and now it runs great!
As I looked back over the few days it took to accomplish that task, a few highlights stuck out that are transferrable to the field of ministry. Some of these principles are actually transferrable to any occupation, especially if you want to be successful and meet your goals. [Read More]
Nope, I haven’t gone into hiding. I have spent the last week with my brother-in-law putting a new motor in my Nissan Xterra. It was a lot of work but I really enjoyed it. If anyone ever has any engine problems with a Nissan Xterra, I can fix it for you. But I won’t.
First things first. We know that nobody is going to come to God unless the Spirit draws him. We also know that no matter how much we plant and water God is the only one that actually gives the increase.
But for those churches that have an increase in crops and just struggle to get them into the barn, here are some practical things you can do to help your church grow.
Church Growth for the Long Term
A lot of churches make the mistake of putting all their eggs in one basket and pushing one, special service. They spend hours and dollars trying to focus all outreach on one, single event.
This might work every now and then but, if this is where you find your church marketing effort going, you aren’t going to be growing much.
The church was never designed to grow with get rich quick schemes. In other words, filling the pews overnight is probably going to give you a lot of disappointment rather than people.
Church growth was never meant to be the focus. People were. Remember the church is not the reason for church marketing, people are the reason for church marketing. People are reached by people. Friendships are built by friends. And churches grow by relationships, friendships, and meeting people’s needs. [Read More]
These posts don’t have anything to do with church marketing. But they are in the line of good church leadership. The principle for this post is putting God’s will before any burden or desires you may have. This is something I struggle with constantly; realizing my desires may not necessarily be what God wants, even when it’s to do something for Him.
I first met Cai sitting in a desk in room 9 at JCM. He was teaching mainly upperclassmen this year so I didn’t have him as a teacher in any of my freshman classes. But on this day, our instructor was unavailable and Cai stepped in to fill the void.
His Danish accent was hilarious to me. He was teaching about keeping a budget. Apparently that’s a lesson I never learned but maybe I will in the future and then I’ll write about it here. But in that very first class I learned a lot about my substitute instructor. [Read More]
Even Carman is getting involved with Faithfunder. I’m sure everyone remembers the 80′s Christian star Carman. Well, he’s back and ready to record a new album. He is using Crowd Funding to get his new project financed.
Websites like Kickstarter and Gofundme are popping up all over the internet. We’ve even discussed what your church can do with Crowd Funding on this blog. But there was never a good place for churches and faith-based organizations to fit in. Until now. [Read More]
I sat at my computer for over an hour wishing for something to blog about and nothing was happening. I checked my blog post ideas list, but there was nothing there that interested me. I checked some of my favorite blogs to read, but there was nothing there that inspired me.
As the minutes clicked by my eyes started getting heavy. Before long I was yawning and my eyes were watering. I was sleepy. Still, there were no ideas for a new blog post.
It’s in these times that my frustrated mind turns on me. It starts reminding me that I used to be pretty creative. There was a time when ideas were swirling around me. After all, as I’ve said over and over again, creativity is a choice. But that post seemed like hogwash today. [Read More]
How is your church being a service to your community? Is it simply being another place of worship or is it putting forth an effort to minister to the lives of those within reach? Does your church serve your community?
I’ve been blessed to be a part of a church whose pastor is genuinely concerned with the community we live in. It takes time and sometimes interrupts his schedule but our pastor has been involved in the city chaplaincy program for the last few years.
During that time he has not only been serving our city police department but has also become a high-ranking member in the national chaplain community. He travels across the country training other chaplains and was recently flown to Jamaica to teach a chaplaincy course. This is a shameless plug for him but he has also developed a course on how to prepare a church for crisis situations and steps you can take to help prevent them. You can check out his course, When Crisis Comes to Church on his website.
Here is one way our church has become involved, with the chaplains of our city, to provide a valuable service: [Read More]
Teens have a frightening task as they near the end of High School. They are to decide, as soon as possible, what they want to do for the rest of their lives. A lot of them are pressured to choose the logical path. Many choose the wrong path.
