by Sam Duenckel | Aug 4, 2026 | Ministry Toolbox, News, Virginia News
College students live in transition–new housing each year, new courses each semester, breaks that bring them home or take them to new locations. Your congregation can invest in the lives of college students–those from your congregation and those at local colleges or...
by Sam Duenckel | Aug 3, 2026 | Ministry Toolbox, News, Virginia News
Contributed by Rev. Thomas G. James Is your church growing? Is your ministry preparing for a new hire? Make sure your SPRC or Personnel Committee leaders are up to date on the most recent changes to Virginia Employment Law, which now specifies prohibitions and...
by Sam Duenckel | Jul 27, 2026 | Ministry Toolbox, News, Virginia News
The decorations are down. The volunteers are exhausted. The leftover snacks have been claimed. Vacation Bible School is over, and if your church is like most, everyone involved is ready for a long nap. But before the momentum fades completely, there is one more thing...
by Sam Duenckel | Jul 21, 2026 | Ministry Toolbox, News, Virginia News
Somewhere between the last Vacation Bible School photo and the first “can you promote this” email of fall, most churches skip a step: looking at the whole year at once. It is easy to plan one event at a time. It is harder, and more valuable, to step back...
by Madeline White | Jul 13, 2026 | Ministry Toolbox
If you recently felt whiplash watching Meta roll out an AI image tool, then pull it back almost as fast, you weren’t imagining things. On July 7, Meta launched Muse Image, a feature that lets anyone generate AI images using photos from public Instagram accounts,...
by Madeline White | Jul 7, 2026 | Ministry Toolbox, News, Virginia News
Your church is already connected to your community. For some congregations, that looks like a collection box in the narthex or a youth group service day. For others, it is a full food pantry, a clothing closet, or even a community ministry the church helped bring into...
