Blogs

03/30/2020 - Anticipatory Grief

Given this pandemic, there is much about which I am sad. I miss my dog park friends, as the park was closed when too many younger people were found to be congregating. I ...

03/24/2020 - You’ve Been Innovating!

By: Susan Townsley

Churches are quickly adapting to online and electronic forms of giving, moving pastoral care to phone and Zoom, and making food collections available via drive-through.

11/21/2019 - Seizing the Opportunity to Re-Imagine

By: Susan Townsley

You’ve probably been reading about church decline and the rise of the Nones, Dones and SBNRs (Spiritual But Not Religious) in the news. Here is just one such article: ...

05/22/2019 - Is Your Church Approaching a Financial Cliff?

By: Charles Kuchenbrod Susan Townsley

Is your church approaching a financial cliff? Wondering how to avoid going off the edge? Read on for a primer on how churches wind up on the edge of the cliff, and to ...

05/08/2019 - Many Voices One Mission: Innovate and Create

By: Susan Townsley - Church Growth and Vitality Conference programming Many Voices, One Mission Together, As One

"Churches need to be more innovative. Clearly, the old way of doing things is not working, as demographic studies will show." — Susan Page Townsley

12/05/2018 - Many Voices One Mission: Ministry As Art

By: Susan Townsley - Church Growth and Vitality Conference programming Many Voices, One Mission Together, As One

"A minister needs time to think creatively and playfully." — Susan Page Townsley

08/07/2018 - Innovation is a Perennial Call to the Church

By: Susan Townsley

Only churches of innovation, refreshed tradition, and creative service ministry promise to move us to the future.