2023 Worship Planning Calendar
This resource is the full music and worship planning calendar for each Sunday in 2023, as well as special days and times throughout the year. Designed to help pastors, worship leaders, Sunday School teachers, and more. Download today
Advent resources to help you create community connection
Invite your community to worship with you this Advent with the help of customizable outreach resources! Choose from banners, signs, postcards, invitation cards, posters and more. All are available in a wide variety of designs and messaging. View resources
Give love campaign promotes year-end giving to support mission and disaster response
Global Ministries, the worldwide mission and development agency of The United Methodist Church, invites churches and individuals to give love, joy, hope and peace through a denomination-wide year end giving campaign. The United Methodist Committee on Relief, the denomination’s relief arm, is part of Global Ministries.
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Learning to speak more honestly in meetings
(Claire Bowen) Melissa was sitting in a meeting of church leaders, and she was ready to tell the truth. “Before I say this, could you pass me the PayDay?” she said. At that moment, the item she had requested — a PayDay candy bar with a grubby red, white and blue wrapper — sat in front of Jon. It had moved around the room in the past hour. I could tell: courage was winning over fear. What does a candy bar have to do with courage?
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Extend a warm greeting with a virtual tour video
When you think of a virtual tour, you might think of a video to show the latest house to hit the market. Why not use that same concept to bring people in your church? With a well-crafted church tour video, you can show potential visitors that you care about them and want them to have a good experience at your place of worship.
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10 free services for local churches
United Methodist Communications has a menu of services and tools as extensive as the menu of dishes at The Cheesecake Factory. Greg Petree has assembled a list of the top-10 services United Methodist Communications offers for free to help local congregations reach out to their communities.
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