And How Carey Nieuwhof Might Be Missing It … Carey Nieuwhof is one of the most prominent and prolific Christian bloggers of our day. Here’s a recent article about what it will take to grow your church in the coming years: https://careynieuwhof.com/7-things-will-drive-future-church-growth/ It’s a great article.  And most of us Mainliners are not ready to […]

The true first step in knowing how to put a worship service together is knowing what’s in your own heart. What do you believe? What do you hope others will believe or understand about God just because they worshipped with you today?   Let’s get at understanding this driving force in worship planning through the […]

Ancient Modern worship is a thing. Many church people like it because, well, if they must do something more contemporary, like music, ancient-modern allows them to at least keep liturgy! No problem … new people often like liturgy too, especially those that are younger, perhaps urban, and maybe might have a church background somewhere along the line. […]

If you’ve missed the first two in this series, head to the Blog page at www.townleycoaching.com    On Valentine’s Day, are people looking for love, actually? For sure … but maybe more. What if what we’re really looking for is … here’s my take on it:     ETERNITY Who on this earth has not […]