Sharpen the Saw

photo by romulusnr

I am part of a district of cooperating churches. In our fellowship of churches, we gather together in the Northeastern Ohio district to pray for and to encourage one another.

Our district coordinator, Joe Cosentino, asked us as a group to share what ideas, books, ministry tips we could glean from one another.

After a few moments of reflective silence we came up with the following list:

• Go where the people are--"just show up there among them"


• Feed the Team--provide a meal for a sports team in your school district


• Share a Meal--conduct a recipe exchange like the Kane's in Cambodia do


• Give a Meal--target a community service and give 'em lunch to share God's love


• Read Prayer: Does it make any difference? Philip Yancey


• Read Mark Cahill's books; One Heartbeat Away: your journey into eternity; One Thing You Can't Do In Heaven


• Throw a cookout--send out invitations to neighbors; pick any date


• Leadership development--launch a roundtable where leaders can come and receive equipping from you


• Conduct an Evangelism for Dummies elective (contact itrindade@woostergrace.org for a copy of his materials for this equipping seminar)


• Use non-verbal techiques for sermons or lessons--use an auditory device like a bell going off every minute to reinforce that 160 people die every minute


• Visit http://www.cpyu.org/ to stay up with youth trends and resources


• Subscribe to http://www.shiftworship.com/ For $99 per year you can download worship materials compatible with powerpoint and mediashout.


• Read The Shack William P. Young


• Unforgettable outline from II Samuel 11--email Joe Cosentino for a copy at joe@cantongbc.org