The Blank Page

Hello everyone,

One of the funny things about serving in the creative arts ministry of a local church is how fast time goes by. I mean you spend many, many hours preparing for the weekend, making sure everything will go perfectly, and then before you know it, Sunday is here... and then it's over. Time to move on, oh and it never stops. Sunday is now just 6 days away. It is funny though, maybe that's why on Monday I can tell you what we'll be doing three weeks from now, but I can't remember what we did for our offering yesterday?? Well in saying that, it's now Monday, and I'm sure many of you are working through the normal routine of starting once again with the "blank page" and getting ready for the weeks ahead. This is where we at MinistryHub.com hope that we can be a help.

A few weeks ago I sent out an email to the current members of MinistryHub.com and asked what you were going to be doing in the weeks ahead. I then compiled all of the responses and thought I would now share with you the second most requested topics. Once again we would ask that you help out your fellow church workers by logging into the site, joining a public room and then share just two ideas you might have for each topic. I personally have already done this, and would appreciate it if you could take the time to do so as well.

A little while ago I was reminded how even a simple small idea can have a lasting impact on people and their relationship with Christ. A year ago we were brainstorming ideas, trying to come up with something new for our Good Friday service. We already had set in place for our Easter services these three extremely large, but fake, crosses and was trying to find a way to integrate the crosses into the Good Friday service. Well someone suggested the all familiar, putting a nail in the cross to represent sin, except the crosses were props and wouldn't allow us to put nails into them. I then made a suggestion that we ended up going with, that instead of a nail we would hand out black slips of paper and then ask people during the service to write with pencil, something they would like to give up in their life, and then later in the service just lay it at the foot of the cross. Simple right. Well almost a year later I'm programming another service and was searching for salvation testimonies, when this lady shares with me that it was at that moment, the moment she wrote the word "forgiveness" on that simple black sheet of paper, that she was finally able to forgive the many years of hatred she held toward her father and accepted Christ into her life. Because of that one simple idea, God was able to use it and heaven has one more in attendance. Amazing.

The thing is, because it's God, we never know what simple idea he might be able to use to the fullest. So please log in to the site when you can and contribute. As I always say, your one idea may impact someone tomorrow.

So in saying that the Topics we would like you to brainstorm are:
- Evangelism
- Calling
- God's Law

One last thing, we are soon going to be sending out some large marketing pieces and would love to have some quotes from you who use the site. I would love to know what you think about what we're trying to accomplish here at MinistryHub.com. Please send us an email and let us know.

Thank you once again and I hope you have a great fourth of July weekend. Just remember it will go fast! :)

Tim Yates, President
MinistryHub.com