fresh & practical ideas for your journey to the summit

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Greg Curtis 12/18/23 Greg Curtis 12/18/23

Christmas Devotional for you (& your team)

Stay connected with Jesus during this intense ministry season, and help your team do the same using this Christmas prayer experience.

Greg Curtis 1/31/22 Greg Curtis 1/31/22

Where I've been & what’s coming: A very personal update

If you don’t follow me on facebook or instagram, you probably feel I went MIA for almost a year now. I feel I owe you a report on what happened to me late 2020 through 2021, what I learned from it, and what comes next.

So here goes.

Greg Curtis 8/13/19 Greg Curtis 8/13/19

5 practical things I learned on a hike help me connect people better at church

Recently, my daughter Carly and I climbed Castle Rock above Big Bear Lake California. As we hiked, bouldered and climbed, 5 discoveries came to me for those who connect people in local churches. Click here to look at our photo journal to see what I learned.

Greg Curtis 5/30/19 Greg Curtis 5/30/19

Discerning where you're really at in your spiritual journey and helping others do the same.

Have you ever wondered where you are in your spiritual journey, or why you went through a difficult time and wondered when it would end? I think that guests who have found their way to our churches are wrestling with those same questions as well. In this conversation with Sharon Hughes, I share an answer to these questions that has served me and the guests we connect with well.

Greg Curtis 4/9/19 Greg Curtis 4/9/19

A caution and a call for your soul this Easter

Last May, many of you know I experienced the trip of a lifetime-taking my wife to one of my favorite places on the planet: Italy. The trip ended in Venice, a location I had not been to yet. What I experienced there has left a mark on me. Literally, a Saint Mark on me. Brace yourself for some cool history. Here we go…

Greg Curtis 1/31/19 Greg Curtis 1/31/19

Help...Our church campuses aren't growing!!

Ideas, tips and encouragement on this reality of multisite ministry is what this latest episode of our All About Multisite podcast is about. This one focuses on lack of growth and what can actually reverse it.

Greg Curtis 12/19/15 Greg Curtis 12/19/15

For you before your Christmas services begin

But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. -Psalm 3:3

I am familiar with this verse and have sung it in church and at camp growing up. I have always thought when it says that God is the "lifter of my head" that it was saying God is the lifter if my mood, or that he lifts me out of discouragement. He certainly does that, but recently I found that King David was probably saying something different.

Greg Curtis 5/28/15 Greg Curtis 5/28/15

What I now believe about guests at our church

I used to believe that I needed to "sell" church to new people.

I believed that I needed to continually speak of the advantages of being part of a church, the benefits of spiritual community, a connection to their ultimate purpose, and more. Though true, I think focusing so much on these advantages distorted my thinking about our guests.

I know believe almost the opposite...

Ready to speed up your progress?

Is it time for you to take building (or rebuilding) your Assimilation System seriously with the CTA Video Course (especially before your next big weekend)?

Do you need one-on-one help with one of our results-driven coaching packages? (we’ll join you in the weeds and do the work with you)

Or are you ready for total staff-wide alignment — the fastest move you can make toward strong walls and open gates? Then Base Camp is for you.

What about a full audit of the walls and gates that you are (or maybe aren’t) presenting to your guests every Sunday with a Secret Sunday Guest Review?