Jessica Miller Kelley
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Palm Sunday morning, I led my two daughters to the back of the sanctuary so they could be part of the palm-waving processional to kick off Holy Week. On the way, I spotted a…
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Article Kids Giving Back: Easy Christmas Break Ideas
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Actually, it has been looking that way since early November, most places you go. But with Christmas now less than a week away, it's…
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Article Revitalization Takes Guts
Honesty and courage. These two words may call to mind a virtuous Boy Scout or a knight of King Arthur’s round table, but to Jorge Acevedo, they are the essentials for…
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Article New Year's Visitors
New Year’s resolutions are a celebration of good intentions. Some we stick with, some we don’t, but the goal is always to make changes that we know are good for us…
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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…
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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