by Greg Atkinson | Nov 7, 2017 | Addiction, Anxiety, Attractional, Audio, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Depression, Devotional, Discipleship, Family, First Impressions, Greg's Favorites, Guest Services, Holidays, Hospitality, Hurt and Pain, Ideas, Innovation, Internet Links, Leadership, Media ministry, Mental Health, Missional, Movies, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Podcasts, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Secret Shopper, Social Justice, Training, Worship Leading, Worship resources
Here’s something fun: Ask your child, wife, staff member, deacon, elder, small group teacher: What did I speak on 3 weeks ago?…2 weeks ago?…this past weekend? Ouch! Maybe that isn’t so fun. Why do their answers sting so much? Because, as communicators,...
by Greg Atkinson | Sep 10, 2017 | Addiction, Attractional, Audio, Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Companies, Conferences, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Devotional, Discipleship, Diversity, Events and Seminars, First Impressions, FREE, Greg's Favorites, Guest Services, HD, Holidays, Hospitality, Hurt and Pain, Ideas, Innovation, internet campus, Internet Links, Intros and Announcements, Leadership, Media ministry, Mental Health, Missional, Movies, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Podcasts, Preaching, Pride, Products, Random Thoughts, Secret Shopper, Social Justice, Social Media, Specials, Spotlight, Tech Blogroll, Training, Travel, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources
Are you a pastor or church leader with a full schedule and only limited hours in the week? If so, are you struggling to find ways to reach more first-time visitors with the limited time you have? Being a pastor isn’t just preparing for Sunday’s message...
by Greg Atkinson | Jan 30, 2017 | Addiction, Anxiety, Attractional, Audio, Blogs, Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Companies, Conferences, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Depression, Devotional, Discipleship, Diversity, Events and Seminars, Family, First Impressions, FREE, Greg's Favorites, Guest Services, Holidays, Hospitality, Hurt and Pain, Ideas, Innovation, internet campus, Internet Links, Intros and Announcements, Leadership, Media ministry, Mental Health, Missional, Movies, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Podcasts, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Secret Shopper, Social Justice, Social Media, Software, Training, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources
I thought I’d take a look back at the most popular blog posts of 2016. Important to note is that there are a few that are targeted to pastors and preaching. There are also a few focused on Easter – which is good for this time of year. There are also a...
by Greg Atkinson | Dec 19, 2016 | Addiction, Anxiety, Attractional, Audio, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Depression, Devotional, Discipleship, Diversity, First Impressions, Greg's Favorites, Guest Services, HD, Holidays, Homosexual issues, Hospitality, Hurt and Pain, Innovation, Internet Links, Leadership, Media ministry, Mental Health, Missional, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Secret Shopper, Social Justice, Social Media, Training, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources
Some close to me know my favorite Christmas song is “Little Drummer Boy.” Something about it resonates deeply with me. I think we all long to see Jesus smile at us and know that he loves us just as we are. Merry Christmas, friends. Little baby Pa rum pum...
by Greg Atkinson | Oct 17, 2016 | Addiction, Anxiety, Attractional, Audio, Books, Church 2.0, church planting, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Depression, Devotional, Discipleship, Family, First Impressions, Greg's Favorites, Guest Services, Homosexual issues, Hospitality, Hurt and Pain, Ideas, Innovation, Leadership, Media ministry, Mental Health, Missional, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Social Justice, Social Media, Worship Leading, Worship resources
Believe the unbelievable. Expectation is the act or state of looking forward or anticipating; an expectant mental attitude. The mindset and posture in which we should approach God are one of expectation. We expect God to show up, move, lead, and guide. If He...
by Greg Atkinson | Aug 3, 2016 | Attractional, Audio, Church 2.0, church planting, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Devotional, Discipleship, Greg's Favorites, Ideas, Innovation, Leadership, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Random Thoughts, Worship Leading, Worship resources
Often I get asked by a pastor or worship leader what I’m listening to and worshiping with. They realize that I travel the United States doing church secret shopper consultations and that I probably experience music and worship in more churches yearly, than just...
