Experience Trainings
Experience
The "Take Back Out" Offering Explained
“If anyone is in crisis and is in need of food, clothing, or shelter, when the offering bucket passes by, you have permission to reach in and allow God to meet your need.” It can be surprising when Life.Church pastors encourage those in need to take money out of the offering bucket instead of putti...
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Creating the Best Decorations at Christmas
What's the right balance between big, beautiful decorations and keeping the focus on Jesus at Christmas? Life.Church Campus Pastor Tim shares how he processes the purpose of Christmas decorations and how they can be used to reach more people for Jesus rather than distract at Christmas. If you have...
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Balancing the Modern and Traditional at Christmas
Many churches work hard to be culturally relevant—modern, vibrant, innovative. But during a traditional holiday like Christmas, how do you balance being modern with the tradition people expect. We chatted with a Life.Church Campus Pastor about how he answers that question for worship, clothing, dec...
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Creating a "Welcome Home" Environment at Christmas
Pastor Tome Dawson from the Life.Church South Tulsa campus shares some of his best tips for creating a welcoming environment for attenders during the holiday season. Here, he addresses Christmas, but the concepts apply to Easter or other special services, too....
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Walk-in Song
At Life.Church, we play a secular song live each week before the service as the countdown is going and people are walking to their seats. This song is called the "Walk-in Song" and is a tool we use to make first-time guests and others who don't know Christ feel comfortable at church. In this video,...
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Three Tips for Stage Communication
It can be scary—having only a few minutes to convey all the news, initiatives, and stories that you want to share with your congregation during a service. But if you think of communicating from stage less as making announcements and more as casting vision, you'll be able to craft stronger, more coh...
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YouVersion Events: Your Church Inside the Bible App
Here at Life.Church, we love the YouVersion Bible App. With more than 300,000,000 installations on phones and tablets all over the world, the Bible App is helping people everywhere engage with God's word. With YouVersion's mission to increase Bible engagement and Open Network's heart to serve pasto...
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Host Team: Three Questions That Improve Engagement
At Life.Church, we call it 'Host Team'—at your church, you might call it 'First Impressions,' the 'Welcome Team,' or simply greeters. Whatever you call the volunteers who welcome attenders to your church, it's vitally important to equip them with the heart and vision behind their duty. It's about s...
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The Team Behind the Scenes of an Experience
It takes a lot to execute services each weekend at our campuses. But no matter the size of your church, you will need a mix of skilled technical people and teachable volunteers to run your experience. We have a few skilled contractors on the weekend: a front-of-house (FOH) engineer and light...
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