Jessica Miller Kelley
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Article Invitation is Everyone's Job
In a recent article on increasing your worship attendance, I distilled five major tips from a list of fifty great tips by Bob Crossman. Those five things, however, involve…
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Article Increase Worship Attendance
In a recent stewardship article, Bob Crossman's first suggestion for increasing giving is to increase worship attendance, since most people will not give when they do not come…
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Article Helping People Spend Wisely
Christmas is a half-trillion dollar industry in the United States. Gifts, decorations, big meals, travel, cards, shipping. . . all this merriment comes with a hefty price tag, if…
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Blog Meaning the Words We Sing and Say
I grew up Disciples of Christ, a Second Great Awakening denomination that boasts “no creed but Christ.” Any communal recitations besides the Lord’s Prayer were…
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Blog Olympics Sermon Ideas and More
As the number of television stations, websites, and every other diversion increases, it gets harder and harder to find cultural references that most people in your congregation…
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Article Stewardship Options: Why Do I Give?
Any stewardship campaign has to start with the question on everyone's mind, "Why should I give?" There are many ways to answer that question, and it will likely be different for…
About This Author
Jessica Miller Kelley is a managing editor of Ministry Matters and of Circuit Rider magazine. A denominational mutt and pastor's wife, her work equipping and inspiring leaders for ministry is informed by a wide range of church experiences. She also blogs about working motherhood, cute kids and craftiness at The Parsonage Family.
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