Are You Ready to Be a “Bridger”?
February 17, 2009 by Steve
Filed under Breaking News, DifferenceMakers, Methods & Strategies, Non-Profits, Volunteers
Occasionally, I like to highlight folks who have had great success in the marketplace but then move into the non-profit sector to use their skills and abilities to make a more significant impact on people. They are sometimes called Bridgers—individuals whose professional experience comes wholly or primarily from for-profit companies prior to entering the nonprofit [...]
Burma Disaster Relief: Park To Send a 10,000 gallon/day Water Purifier
May 9, 2008 by Steve
Filed under Church, DifferenceMakers, Entrepreneuring, Faith at Work, The Cultural Conversation, Urban Church, Volunteers
As many of you are already aware, last weekend Tropical cyclone Nargis claimed thousands of lives in Myanmar early Saturday morning 2:30am. By daylight, the full effect of the storm was obvious. Homes were destroyed, giant trees crashed through buildings, and were lying uprooted, blocking roads. Blackouts, water shortages and rapidly rising prices were reported [...]
Reminder: We are in the Hope Business
February 25, 2008 by Steve
Filed under Chicago, Church, Culture and Faith, Methods & Strategies, The City, The Cultural Conversation, Urban Church, Volunteers
As we see more and more people step over the line of faith each week at Park Community Church, I was reminded this week in an article by John Ortberg, Senior Pastor of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church that as Christians, we are in the hope business. And as a leader, the one task a leader [...]
Park’s 1st Leader Zone Meeting a Success!
February 18, 2007 by Steve
Filed under Church, Family, Inside Park, Leader Zone, Volunteers
In 2007, we are striving to be more intentional about growing and developing our leadership community at Park Community Church. One of the ways we are going to invest in our leaders is through quarterly meetings, where we will bring the entire leadership community together for a dinner, here about what God is doing through [...]
Volunteers in America
July 5, 2006 by Steve
Filed under Volunteers
JUNE 25 — Last week, a study released by the Corporation for National and Community Service found that between 2003 and 2005, the greatest percentage of volunteers, 34.8 percent, do so primarily through religious organizations. The CNCS study listed Utah as having the highest rate of volunteerism at 48 percent. Nebraska followed next with 42.8 [...]
Importance of Volunteers
June 16, 2006 by Steve
Filed under Volunteers
Just got home from our volunteer appreciation dinner for our top-notch communications team, and I was struck by the investment these folks make in using their talents for the Kingdom. Each is well-regarded in their part of the communications marketplace, yet are willing to invest countless hours to help us at the church take concepts [...]
