By Mary C. Frances, Executive Director When I was a teenager, I was always excited to get the latest issue of Glamour magazine. I would pour over...
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Posts by Mary Frances
The Power of Process: Vitality Improvement Program 2.0
By Mary C. Frances, Senior Associate Consultant Process: a set of steps or actions taken to achieve a particular outcome or objective One of the...
The Gift of Adaptability
By Mary C. Frances, Senior Associate Consultant If you are a frequent reader of this blog (and I hope you are!) then you know that the FaithX team...
Finding Direction for Your Ministry: Know Your Neighborhood
By Mary C. Frances, Senior Associate Consultant Recently I had the opportunity to share a Neighborhood Insight Report with a congregation from a...
A Little Help from Our Friends…
By Mary C. Frances, Senior Associate Consultant Over the weekend I tuned into some videos on YouTube to watch portions of the Jimmy Buffet tribute...
What the Church Can Learn from Barbie
Photo from Trailer to Barbie movie Produced by Warner Brothers By Mary C. Frances, Senior Associate Consultant I finally got to see the Barbie...
Back to School Already?
Back to School Already? By Mary C. Frances, Senior Associate Consultant In case you were wondering….I have been having a great summer! My husband...
Is the Glass Half Full?
Some recent survey results suggest that the landscape of the church is still shifting in less than positive ways. New findings from the Public Religion Research Institute shows that 24% of people say they have switched religions in their lifetime – a 50% jump from 2021 when only 16% of people said they make a jump.
