Blogs

'No vitality without reality'

By: Phil Schroeder on 3/10/2010

This column in the Feb. 19 UM Reporter got my attention. Columnist Donald Haynes writes about a church consultant who's philosophy is "There is no vitality without reality."

Who Dat Making Health Kits for Haiti?

By: Phil Schroeder on 2/12/2010
Two congregations, one from Indianapolis and another just outside of New Orleans, harnessed the energy surrounding Super Bowl XLIV with a friendly challenge: Which church can assemble the largest number of health kits for Haiti?

Northside UMC on the M.A.P.

By: Phil Schroeder on 7/24/2009
Northside UMC's Awesome Youth Outreach Project - M.A.P. (Metro Atlanta Project)!
Click here for STATs & info, group picture, and a youtube video of their endeavors.

World Refugee Day

By: Phil Schroeder on 5/13/2009
Here is some information for a June celebration of World Refugee Day, June 20.  Of course you can use any Sunday this summer to celebrate Refugee Sunday.  Included is also a sample sermon based on the day's scripture-I Kings 17:8-15.  Brought to you by Refugee Resettlement and Immigration Services of Atlanta (RRISA)

Sowing Seeds of Discontent

By: Phil Schroeder on 3/27/2009

 What to do when your church is content - but shouldn’t be