Easter is almost here and I hope you are planning and preparing because it will probably be the largest attended service of the year for your church. In this podcast I give you 10 Easter planning mistakes to avoid PLUS I give you a FREE Easter Planning Checklist.

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Pastor Micah Pelkey serves as the Lead Pastor of Storyside Church in Bellville OH. Over the last decade the church has grown from a few hundred people to several thousand in weekly attendance because Storyside has made the choice to be a grace-first church. In this episode we talk about what that means and how other churches and pastors can lead with grace first.

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Pastor Kevin Wallace serves as the Senior Pastor of Redemption For The Nations in Chattanooga TN. He is known as one of the best preachers in the church and was kind enough to sit down with me and talk about how he prepares his sermons and preaches with purpose. If you like to preach you will love this episode.

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Kevin Lloyd serves at Newbreak Church in San Diego California. At the time of this recording he was serving as the Executive Pastor of Stevens Creek Church in Augusta GA. Kevin and I talked about how to increase giving, lower spending, create a healthy church finance structure, and Pastor with less Financial Pressure.

Church leaders love to learn and grow but we can aslo be pretty stubborn. Usually the greatest opportunity for growth comes when we're learning to take advice we don't want to hear.

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This is Part 2 from an earlier epsiode of the podcast where Jeremy Isaacs and I talk about 10 Reasons Pastors lose thier passion For Ministry .

Listen to Part 1: https://soundcloud.com/cfpe/2-10-reasons-pastors-lose-thier-passion-for-ministry-part-1-with-jeremy-isaacs

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Marty Baker is the founder and lead pastor of Stevens Creek Church in Augusta GA. Over the last 25 years Stevens Creek has grown from a few people in a living room to a congregation of over 2000 but it took much longer than Pastor Marty hoped and believed it would.

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It's a new year! I want to help you set 7 Heathly Goals. I truly believe this can be your best year for your leadership and your church.

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Why Our Small Church Gave $1000 To A Megachurch: http://excellentpastor.com/small-church-gave-megachurch-1000/

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Christmas Services are complete and whether you lead 1 service or 50 services, there are 4 things you need to do in order to maximize the impact of the services.

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Connecting Guests with Free Software: http://excellentpastor.com/connect-visitors-using-planning-center-workflow/

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Pastoring is hard. The good times can make you feel invincible but the bad times cause you to lose your passion for ministry and doubt your calling. Jeremy Isaacs joins me to talk about 10 Reasons Pastors lose thier passion For Ministry .

For more information visit: http://excellentpastor.com/10-reasons-pastors-church-leaders-get-discouraged/

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2018 Preaching Calendar: excellentpastor.com/free-download-2…ching-calendar/

Buy a copy of Toxic Soul visit: http://amzn.to/2ySmI2B