Lutheran Mission

Monday, April 19, 2010

Door 2 hope:

Door2Hope is based on a Christian outreach strategy called NET Fishing, which links people and their God-given strengths and passions into a Network of Evangelistic Teams. Developed and supported by a Lutheran Pastor

NET Fishing is “stone soup evangelism.” The participants—whether individuals, small groups, churches, or ministries—share whatever they have, so that they all can be more effective in sharing the love of Christ with people. There are no fees or membership dues. The steps to participating in Door2Hope are simple.

Step 1 – Learn
Brief overview: 38-slide presentation
An example: Door2Hope.org
Detailed description: 42-page document
More details for those who want it: 159-page document
Spiritual Gifts Inventory

Step 2 – Inform
NET Fishing Partner Info document

Step 3 – Dialogue
We discuss with you how we can mutually assist each other.
We connect you with others in the Network of Evangelistic Teams.

Step 4 – Collaborate
We help each partner to reach out more effectively.
We celebrate “playing” evangelism as a "team sport".

Visit www.netfishing.org

More Contemporary Lutheran Music: Truevine music

Truevine Music offers over 50 contemporary Lutheran Songs

Truevine aims for their music to be:

Congregational
Contemporary
Theological
Sacramental
Liturgical

They offer songs and resources for free.
Resources include lyrics, chord sheet, lead sheet, keyboard sheet and audio
Visit Truevine at http://www.truevinemusic.com/

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Food for thought: Hey Pastor you want a successful Youth ministry

Perry Noble is the Senior Pastor of New Springs Church and writes regularly about ministry....

Recently he wrote an article on thoughts why youth/student ministry at New Springs is successful...My summary his thoughts are:

#1 –Hire a leader, someone you can trust, someone you dont have to stand beside and make decisions for. (Some pastors won’t do this because they need to be needed!) AND…I made sure he was able to assemble the team he wanted around him…I did not hire for him!

#2 – Make sure the leader is resourced. The youth are not responsible for raising the funds for youth ministry....the church is. Why??? over 85% of people in church are connected and committed before they turn 18 Take care of your youth.

#3 – Make sure the youth leader understands the vision of our church. Spend time with them…go to lunch, encourage them to communicate with you in ways that suit them ...like sending text messages, etc..

#4 – As senior pastor spend time with the students/youth

#5 – But don’t try to do youth ministry! Your idea of what is suitable is likely to be out of date.....The senior pastor is not the expert in youth ministry…and so don’t try to be!!!

#6 – Ask your youth and student ministry staff/leaders lots of questions! BECAUSE, like it or not…what they are doing right now is going to be what the church is doing in the next 10 to 15 years!

#7 – Give them permission to fail…as long as they fail by trying great things then don't be overly concerned about it

To read his full comments visit http://www.perrynoble.com/2010/04/01/hey-pastor-want-a-successful-youth-ministry/

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Lutheran Hymnal Tune Wiki

A new wiki has been created that contains a database of instrumental and vocal music based on Lutheran hymn tunes, chorales and other church songs.
Any of the hymn tunes in official Lutheran hymnals of the USA from the 1941 to present are listed there.
Similar to other wiki's they are looking for contributors.

So if you are looking for a tune, want to listen to one or seeking other information about tunes in Lutheran hymnals visit http://lutheranhymntunemusic.pbworks.com/