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Posts Tagged ‘ministry’

Matt Boswell on What Pastors Don’t Want to Reveal

Tags: blogging, church attendance, clergy, congregants, discouragement, Eeyore, family, frogurt, insurance salesmen, jealousy, Lee Stoebel, ministry, personnel, pitty party, quitting, religious competition, transparency

Your pastor seems like an upbeat, fun-loving fellow who gets to celebrate the Word of God every week. Sounds like a great job. But are there issues that clergy struggle with on a regular basis that they might not want you to know about? Pastor Matt Boswell of Redemption Church in Duvall, WA opens up and talks about his viral blog post “Ten Things Pastors Don’t Want to Reveal.” We go down the list of ten and talk about how he manages these job-related challenges in this interesting discussion on how clergy might view the world.

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Ryan Habig on Music Ministry and “With Us” (a Habig original song)

Tags: Azusa Pacific University, church organization, copyright, country music, Duvall (WA), hymns, ministry, music, music ministry, Oh Come All Ye Faithful, Redemption Church, With Us

Join Research on Religion for a very special live musical recording of “With Us” by Ryan Habig. We also talk about the importance and details of running a music ministry. This is part of a series examining Redemption Church, a congregation of 500 or so folks in the small town of Duvall, WA. Ryan discusses what drew him to music ministry, his background, and his weekly routine that not only includes making music but running anything and everything from the church website to organizing the ushers. We also include a rendition of “Oh Come All Ye Faithful” just in time for the holidays!

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