There are the things United Methodist congregations can do right now to become more vital and strengthen the denomination.

Millions of people move from one county to another each year. If you would like to see from where people are coming to your county or where their destinations are if moving away. A map at formes.com shows a visual of those moves. Click on any county to see comings and goings. Thanks to the Lewis Center for Church Leadership for sharing the link.

We had a great event at Reinhardt yesterday focusing on how to leverage Public Relations and Facebook for your congregation.

The Swiss theologian Emil Brunner is credited with having said, “What oxygen is to the lungs, such is hope to the meaning of life.”  Hope is the message of the Church to a doubting and worried world.