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Worship-Shifting
It does NOT mean your church will close or be "killed." Grow+Small Church Consulting is here to make sure it doesn't.

Alice J Stewart
Sep 25, 20203 min read
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Bees, Habitats, and Your Church
I ran across a brilliant business idea the other day: Micro Museums.

Alice J Stewart
Sep 11, 20203 min read
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The Outsourced XP
Change within a context does not operate on a sliding scale. Quite the opposite. Those with less are hit hardest.

Alice J Stewart
Sep 4, 20204 min read
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Finding Gold in Unlikely Places
I’m not telling you, “we’ve got this.” I’m telling you, “we’ve got this if we dig for it.” I’m telling you, “here, let me help you dig.”

Alice J Stewart
Jul 24, 20204 min read
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Emerging Leaders and Our Congregations
Let's look at leadership, for example. When we see a sea change in organizational leadership in society, we can expect it to impact our chur

Alice J Stewart
Jul 17, 20204 min read
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How to Use What We Have: a free revenue idea
I have a habit of coming at things from a different perspective to create win-win solutions. [...] Here’s an example - free for you to try.

Alice J Stewart
Jul 10, 20204 min read
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Fear, Perspectives, and Unsticking Thinking
if we were one of the 80% of congregations that woke up broke tomorrow, what would that be like?

Alice J Stewart
Jun 5, 20204 min read
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Happy Pentecost, 2020
Love. Listen. Share. Rest. Repeat.

Alice J Stewart
May 29, 20203 min read
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Presence, Future
We are learning how to be present with the divine and with each other in different ways right now. This may have theological as well as prac

Alice J Stewart
Apr 16, 20204 min read
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Bringing Easter Home: A Reflection for the Laity
We can worship at home, worship online, worship alone, and with others. Our theology is being stretched to include what is needed while main

Alice J Stewart
Apr 10, 20204 min read
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Forgiveness... at a Distance
Life asks us to distance from each other in some ways, and in others, we find ourselves uncomfortably close to each other.

Alice J Stewart
Apr 3, 20203 min read
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How To Live To Fight Another Day
Today I want to emphasize Return on Investment (or ROI). If you're more relaxed about business terms, you could call it "bang for the buck."

Alice J Stewart
Mar 27, 20204 min read
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Take Five to Thrive
I find I need a lot more sleep during the first six months of living in a new country. I find this is a vital strategy if I'm going to succe

Alice J Stewart
Mar 20, 20202 min read
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Hurricane Party, Snow Days, & Distancing
What we're going through as a planet creates honest-to-God problems, and it also creates opportunities for goodness. I think we are called t

Alice J Stewart
Mar 16, 20203 min read
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An Ode to Communications Workers
Thank you everyone who is helping us stay connected and safe. We love you, and we want to learn.

Alice J Stewart
Mar 13, 20201 min read
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Church in the Time of COVID-19
Most of us have realized, over the last few days, that “things are getting real” with the declaration of a pandemic.

Alice J Stewart
Mar 13, 20202 min read
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Parable of the Farmstead
There’s something about God’s growing things springing forth from the chilly earth.

Alice J Stewart
Feb 10, 20204 min read
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Surviving the Storm, Riding through Change
Main Idea: Unpacking Concepts Our social institutions are changing. They're large, so when these institutions change, they create an...

Alice J Stewart
Dec 23, 20193 min read
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Responses to External Environments
Main Idea: Unpacking Concepts I’m from Texas. I’ve lived all over the world, but I’ll always be from Texas. Down in Texas, we have a...

Alice J Stewart
Dec 5, 20193 min read
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Change & Adaptation
Main Idea: Unpacking Concepts Change happens. I think we can all agree on that. Like death and taxes, it's inevitable. A "system" may...

Alice J Stewart
Nov 26, 20193 min read
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