(Part 1 of 3) How can I know God’s will for my life? It’s the question I get more than any other. It’s rarely said like that, though. It’s usually more specific: Should I take that job? Should I quit this job? Should I go to college? Should I marry this person? Should I buy this [...]
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Limos don’t age well. I drove by an older one a few weeks back. It looked terrible. And not for reasons you might think: It had been maintained well. It was clean and free of dents. It was driven by a professional-looking, kind-faced chap. It wasn’t even that old, actually (it was probably newer than [...]
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We’re always kicking ideas around at the Maryville Vineyard. At the moment, we’re working on how to create more and better digital giving options. We have online giving available via PayPal. People are using it more and more, which is cool. Some folks give from their paychecks with an automatic withdrawal that comes to us [...]
Continue Reading →Time was in short supply. For me, there never seemed to be enough time to do my work and serve my family the way the Bible teaches (the way that I want to). Week after week one or both of those things got shorted. And week after week, the guilt and the stress grew. But [...]
The other day I asked Matt, “What are church bands going to do when it’s not cool to rip-off U2 and Coldplay anymore?” It sounds angsty in print, but it wasn’t. It’s a legit question, ‘cause the day is coming…in fact, it might already be here. It’s been a good run (I’d say a good 10-12 [...]
There’s plenty of debate about whether or not the iPad’s a big deal. But as a pastor, it’s been a pretty big deal for me. Here are 9 ways I use it to do ministry that have made a significant difference: Teaching notes. Sometimes I need nothing more than an index card for sermon notes. [...]
I pity da foo’ that calls her a secretary. She’s not the admin assistant either. She’s the Ministry Coordinator. Titles matter (at least in this instance it does). Teri coordinates ministry. We can do all sorts of ministry stuff, and if it’s not coordinated, it can be haphazard and frantic. She’s the conductor, the mix-master, [...]
Aaron McCarter is the Lead Pastor of Maryville Vineyard Church in East TN.