NEXT Church

Happy "March Forth" to all who celebrate! 👣

When the enormity of life and systems gets you stuck, just remember to take the next right step.

Learn more about NEXT Steps Coaching and how we can accompany you in those next steps. nextchurch.net/next-steps-c...

Join us tomorrow!

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Moving with intention as we begin this season of Lent. 💜

Roundtable Conversations NEXT Church seeks to strengthen the relational fabric of the Church – connecting healthy tissue to healthy tissue.

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Join us next Tuesday!

Have you engaged with the free resource Cultivated Ministry and are currently trying to implement the learnings? Come join other leaders who are doing the same to share learnings and support one another in implementation.

The Agents of Change cohort kicked off their journey this week with a retreat outside of Baltimore, MD. Over the next year, with the support of a coaching team, this committed group of leaders will focus on who they are as preachers and how they are agents of change from the pulpit and beyond.

Roundtable Conversations NEXT Church seeks to strengthen the relational fabric of the Church – connecting healthy tissue to healthy tissue.

Register for the Zoom link --> bit.ly/roundtable-conversations

🚨 New Roundtable Conversation added!

Have you engaged with the free resource Cultivated Ministry and are currently trying to implement the learnings? Come join other leaders who are doing the same to share learnings and support one another in implementation.

It's (well past) time to get clear.

We had a great time connecting with leaders, leading a pre-event workshop, and being challenged and inspired by great speakers at the APCE Annual Event in Pittsburgh this week. It was a good to be in the neighborhood with you. See you in Portland next year!

Get a conversation started with just one a spark.💥

Sparking Conversations is a resource with six ignite-style videos designed to get your people talking about topics that matter for the Church today.

Learn more --> bit.ly/sparking-conversations

We are at the APCE Annual Event this week! Come by, say hello, and grab some stickers. 🤩

We can't wait to be at the APCE Annual Event next week. Who will we see there?

Come say hello at our exhibit hall table, grab some stickers, and enter to win some free resources! 🤩

Get your new year started with a spark.💥

Sparking Conversations is a resource with six ignite-style videos designed to get your people talking about topics that matter for the Church today.

Learn more --> bit.ly/sparking-conversations

We return to our communities, schools, and workplaces changed so that we embody the transformative work that leads to justice and liberation.

The gathered Church is not an escape from the world. We believe it is a place where we practice new ways of being to resist to the ways of the world that lead to oppression and division.

Not a New Year's Resolution, but a commitment for the year ahead. 🧭

We believe in order to change the systems around you, you have to start with yourself. When we begin with our own behaviors and actions to seek personal growth, we enter into the world transformed.

Not all ideas are good ideas. 🤣

What goes into the making of a NEXT Church sticker? A lot of editing, design, starting over, tweaking, and redesign. Which feels pretty on brand for who we are and what we do. Here's the making of the National Gathering sticker in 60 seconds.

#FINALv4 #IYKYK

Donate to Our Organization NEXT Church is funded through generous support of congregations and individuals – people like you!

Help us strong stronger, together, with an end of year contribution --> nextchurch.net/donate/

💕 We’re celebrating our first full year as an independent organization, and what a year it's been! It's been an amazing year and we know this is the start of something bigger – shifting the landscape of Church vitality, together.

Donate to Our Organization NEXT Church is funded through generous support of congregations and individuals – people like you!

Your gift will:
✏️Help us transition from a start up mentality to sustainable, strategic planning.
💡Equip the coaching team.
📈Create the infrastructure needed to scale our impact.
🗓️Build the financial foundation that allows us to plan with confidence for years to come.

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It's been an incredible first year as a non-profit. We couldn't have done it without you. As the year closes, you can help us celebrate our first year by making a donation.

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Wishing you a season filled with joy, and laughter, and resilient light. It's been a privilege to journey with you this year. We can't wait to see what the next year holds for NEXT Church!

❤️,
Your NEXT Church Coaches, Board Members, and Staff

New Resource Alert! 💥

Introducing Sparking Conversations - six ignite-style videos designed to get your people talking about topics that matter for the Church today.

Learn more --> bit.ly/sparking-conversations

Donate to Our Organization NEXT Church is funded through generous support of congregations and individuals – people like you!

If you are looking for a place to make a real impact - where your financial gifts would make a substantial difference for an organization - make a gift to NEXT Church today.

It really is better when we go together....

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For us, it's always been about connecting leaders across the Church for the transformation of ourselves and our communities.

Our scrappy lean non-profit would simply not exist without the generosity of our donors.

Happy Thanksgiving! We're grateful to be on the journey with you. 💛

2025 National Gathering in Grand Rapids, MI In these days, we stand in the already and not yet. You are invited to a gathering this November for leaders committed to transformation.

You can listen to Shani's full sermon here --> nextchurch.net/national-gat...

"The Holy Refrain" by Shani McIlwain 💛

A powerful litany by Shani McIlwain at the National Gathering in Grand Rapids about the theme “already and not yet.”