Fighting the Fall Into the Rut of Sameness

One of the things I consistently ask God for is creative ways to share His message. It's easy to allow ourselves and our churches to fall into a rut of sameness and traditions that require no thought or active brain cells on our part. If we're not careful we find out too late that we're running on auto pilot. God deserves more, His message means more, and we were meant for more than this. So we pray for God to stir our creative instincts (instinctively ours because we're children of the great Creator). We need to go out on a limb in our preaching, teaching, church services and outreach. How we can present an age-old message in a new and exciting way? How can we take this Gospel to people that are turned off to the traditional church and its oft-times stuffy presentation? For us, the answers are ministries like our Adventure Church, Spreading Smiles, meeting in local coffee shops, The Daily 180 Show, and creative ministry through dramas, skits, humor, and object lessons. For you, the answers might be different. That's the point, though: the need for creative and unique ministry ideas based on the people and communities for which we're reaching. May God bless you with new and creative ideas to do your work for His Kingdom.