Aspen Group Blog
Knowledge to navigate the intersection of church culture, leadership, ministry, and facilities.
Church Design | Culture | Events | Leadership | Multisite | Managing Facilities
By:
Jenni Catron
August 24, 2016
For anything to grow, it must change. With back-to-school season upon us, all we have to do is scroll through the sentimental posts on Facebook to see the tension of growth and change. With each new year, parents equally mourn and celebrate the change and growth of their “babies.”
By:
Doug Parks
August 11, 2016
If you are like me, burnout and dejection are familiar companions in ministry. In fact, I’ve struggled with both for most of my ministry career.
Discover the impact Millennials' values, allegiances, and assumptions will have on your church.
Church Design | Culture | Events | Leadership | Multisite | Church Construction | Managing Facilities
By:
Marian V. Liautaud
July 28, 2016
It's official! The full agenda for Aspen’s 2016 Alignment Conference has been posted.
Church Design | Culture | Events | Leadership | Multisite | Church Construction | Managing Facilities
By:
Marian V. Liautaud
July 22, 2016
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Culture | Events | Leadership
By:
Marian V. Liautaud
July 08, 2016
Think about the last time you stayed awake until 3 a.m. watching just one more episode on Netflix, or reading that book you couldn't put down. What was it about that show or that book that caused you to postpone sleep to discover how the plot developed?
Church Design | Culture | Events | Millennials | Church Construction
By:
Marian V. Liautaud
June 23, 2016
Where were you at 11:59 p.m. on December 31, 1999? If you were like most of us, you were ringing in not only a new year, but a new millennium. You were celebrating with friends and family and perhaps watching the famous ball drop in New York’s Times Square.
Church Design | Culture | Events | Leadership | Millennials | Multisite | Church Construction | Managing Facilities
By:
Ed Bahler
June 16, 2016
Aspen Group’s mission is to create space for ministry impact. To do so we must know more than how to design great space and build low maintenance facilities. To create impactful ministry space, we need to understand the dynamic intersection of culture, ministry, leadership and facilities.
Church Design | Culture | Events | Leadership | Millennials | Multisite | Managing Facilities
By:
Jamie Shafer
June 09, 2016
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Church Design | Events | Millennials
By:
Marian V. Liautaud
June 02, 2016
In the video series, “Millennial Trends and the Church,” Roxanne Stone, vice president of publishing for Barna Group, discusses the seismic cultural shifts that have occurred during Millennials’ (those born between 1984 and 2002) lifetime. Specifically, in Video 7 of her “Millennial Trends” series, she discusses what it means to live in “digital Babylon.”
Church Design | Culture | Events | Leadership | Millennials | Multisite | Managing Facilities
By:
Marian V. Liautaud
May 11, 2016
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