by Nadine Compton | Jun 2, 2023 | Featured, News
As we head into the warmer months of the summer season, many congregations will be turning on their air conditioners and electric fans to keep church members cool. While these efforts help us beat the heat, the increased usage of ACs and other cooling systems...
by Nadine Compton | Mar 9, 2023 | Featured, News, Stories
With a population of 168,000, Fort Collins, CO, is by no means a metropolis, yet it struggles with issues that many densely populated areas of the United States and Canada currently face: finding affordable housing and childcare. But by leveraging strong partnerships...
by Nadine Compton | Dec 10, 2021 | Featured, News, Stories
Many churches struggle with adopting new technology. Sometimes it’s due to a lack of employees or volunteers and other times, it’s due to hesitancy from elderly congregants who aren’t yet comfortable with technology that they’re unfamiliar with. That wasn’t the case...
by Nadine Compton | Sep 30, 2021 | Featured, Stories
Pastor Derrick Elliott is a busy man. In addition to being an Air Force chaplain and doctoral candidate, he is the pastor of Desert Heritage Church (DHC), which is an open and affirming congregation of both the United Church of Christ and the Christian Church...
by Nadine Compton | Sep 30, 2021 | Featured, Stories
You may think that a place of worship which is nearly a century and half old might be set in its ways. Not Washington Avenue Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), established in 1881. Right before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, this faith community in Elyria, Ohio, had...