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Taking the Land

Matt Rothacher — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:11:48 +0000

Basically we saw the land and its exactly like the Lord told us. But… Wait a second, but? but what? Either God is a liar or He’s not! He said that the land was exceedingly good, and it was! Let’s step back and look at this rationally, God told them the land is good, and it was. Therefore we can be assured that God is not lying. Being assured that God is not lying we can therefore trust the rest of what he says which is that He is giving us the land. Which should cause us to draw the conclusion that the land is ours, therefore all we have to do is take it.

Persevere… victory is at hand

Matt Rothacher — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 21:42:51 +0000

As I write this I just finished an hour long nap battle with my two and a half year old. She’s at the age where she needs a nap, or its crabby central, but no longer willingly lays in her bed. So for the past hour I’ve been persevering, and applying the necessary resolve to Continue reading →

Strategy in Staffing Volunteers

Matt Rothacher — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:38:28 +0000

Several years ago I was looking for wisdom on how to restructure our ministry to be prepared to handle ministering to hundreds of teenagers, I took my wife, pastor, and at that time our lone volunteer to Indian Springs Baptist Church in Bryant Arkansas the ministry that Mark Cox now heads up. I learned a Continue reading →

Announcements: Video Style

Matt Rothacher — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:47:28 +0000

“in my opinion the video announcements have been the most effective. Why? Because for some reason we’re trained to watch whats on the screen…”

In 2 hours

Matt Rothacher — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:08:39 +0000

I’m sure you’ve probably seen this video hanging around various posts and blogs. But just in case you hadn’t seen it I wanted to make sure you got a chance. This is a great video to use in your church services, leaders meetings or wherever you desire to bring awareness to the startling statistics that Continue reading →

Plug-In

Matt Rothacher — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:55:42 +0000

This video blog is part of our New Believer DVD that we’re hoping to have finished by this summer. This particular video talks about the importance of being around other Christians at church and in life in general. If you can use it feel free. [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this Continue reading →

Trash Bag Sanctuary for under 50 bucks

Matt Rothacher — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:32:27 +0000

When I first moved to my current church we had no space to meet in on Wednesday nights. AWANA needed our one place that was ours, in fact AWANA pretty much needed the entire facility. Now I will preface this article by telling you that I was the first full-time youth pastor in the church’s Continue reading →

HOW TAYLOR SWIFT TAUGHT ME TO SHARE JESUS

Matt Rothacher — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:23:34 +0000

Three things Taylor Swift taught me about sharing Jesus [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] {repost from February 24, 2010}

5 Things Youth Pastors Should Learn From Shaun White

Matt Rothacher — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:49:21 +0000

5 THINGS YOUTH PASTORS SHOULD LEARN FROM SHAUN WHITE The first in a new series. Video casting. [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.]

Trying to do to much?

Matt Rothacher — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:10:55 +0000

So I went to restroom today at a local restaurant and this was what I was met with. Now I don’t mean to be gross but this is a classic example of trying to do too much with too little. This is also, an unfortunate pit many youth guys/girls fall into while trying to make Continue reading →