Family Ministry at Campbellsville Bapt.

February 2, 2010 in Uncategorized | Tags: , , | Leave a comment

Dr. Garrison will be making a final presentation to the parents of gradeschool and preschool aged children at Campbellsville Baptist Church on February 7.  After two months of observation and analysis, Garrison formalized a strategy for the church to consider and implement.

This strategy includes:

-  Equipping a children’s ministry lead team to help serve alongside the Children’s Pastor in major ministry elements.
-  Working to equip Christian parents in their role as the primary disciplers of their children.
-  Training all teachers and leaders in how to more effectively teach today’s children.
-  Implementing security procedures in the check-in/check-out process for both preschool and gradeschool.

Garrison is excited to bring this report to the parents and encourage them in their role as spiritual leaders of their children.  He is also thankful to serve his home church and the vital children’s ministry it has in the Campbellsville area.

Parkway BC Messages Online

February 2, 2010 in Uncategorized | Tags: , , | Leave a comment

All five messages by Dr. Shane Garrison at Parkway Baptist Church in Bardstown are available at Vimeo.  Select the link below.

January 31, 2010 – Shane Garrison from Parkway Baptist Church on Vimeo.

Maple Trail Consultants Working Hard

January 13, 2010 in Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , | Leave a comment

Maple Trail Ministry Consultants were working hard in Campbellsville, KY, on Tuesday, January 12.

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Church administration and finance consultant Phillip Brunner spent the day working with Living Grace Church.  The consultation was designed to look at all things financial in the life of their church.  From financial security, to checks & balances, to teaching stewardship, to managing debt reduction and ministry expenses.  Brunner worked with the church staff and key leaders to look different at their church budget and ways to communicate financial matters to their congregation.

Less than a mile away, literally right down the street, Dr. Shane Garrison was working with Campbellsville Baptist Church.  Garrison has been involved in a 3-month consulting process evaluating and visioning the preschool and gradeschool children’s ministry at CBC.  On Tuesday, he presented his final report to the church council for consideration.  The findings will be unveiled to the church staff next week and to the whole church later in the month.

“It is rare for us to be consulting in two different churches, on the same day, in the same city,” Garrison said later. “It is an honor to serve two great Bible-believing, Christ-centered churches in central KY.”

Parkway BC Weeks 1 & 2

January 13, 2010 in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

To listen or watch Dr. Garrison’s messages from Parkway Bapt. Church in Bardstown, KY, go to www.parkwaybaptist.com or click here.

Week 1: Same Old Same Old – Eccl. 1:1-11
Week 2: Capitalist Pig – Eccl. 2:1-11

Returning to Parkway BC

December 27, 2009 in Uncategorized | Tags: , | Leave a comment

Dr. Shane Garrison returns to the pulpit of Parkway Baptist Church in Bardstown, KY, January 3rd through 31st.

Garrison will be preaching a 5-part message series is entitled “Unconventional Wisdom – The Book of Ecclesiastes.”  The series will  look at the honest, but intensely negative, rants of Solomon in this Old Testament book.  What wisdom can be gathered from an old man who thinks everything is meaningless?

Parkway is a 13-year old congregation located just off the Bluegrass Parkway in Nelson Co.  The church has seen tremendous growth in its short history averaging roughly 500 attenders per week.  Services are at 8:15 and 10:45 am.

www.parkwaybaptist.com

Spring 2010 Ministry Opportunities

December 15, 2009 in Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , | Leave a comment

Maple Trail Ministry Consultants is looking forward to an active spring season of ministry around Kentucky.  Several churches have asked Maple Trail to help with their efforts in strategic ministry development and participate in the preaching/teaching ministry of the church.

Spring 2010 Ministry Calendar:

Campbellsville Baptist Church Children’s Ministry (Jan. – March)
Dr. Shane Garrison will continue working with his home church in developing key strategies for their Children’s Ministry area (preschool through 6th grade).  This consulting will continue through March.

Parkway Baptist Church Pulpit Supply (January 3-31)
Garrison has been invited to return to Parkway Baptist Church in Bardstown to preach for 5 consecutive Sundays in January.  This is the second invitation Garrison has received to fill the pulpit during the pastor search process.

Columbia Baptist Church Sunday School Development (Feb. 28 – April 11)
Columbia Baptist Church has invited Maple Trail to consult with their leadership for the fourth time.  Previous work in stewardship, personnel, constitution and by-laws has led the church as to ask Maple Trail to come and work with their adult Sunday school division.  Work will be done to establish a new member class, start two new units, and teacher training.

Blackford/Breckinridge Baptist Association DiscipleNow Weekend (March 5-6)
Another return invitation to Schafer Baptist Camp in Pellville, KY has been extended to Dr. Garrison to preach the two-association youth DiscipleNow weekend.  Additionally, Garrison will be training youth leaders from the two counties in 4 workshops.

CU Holy Land Tour (March 16-25)
While not specifically a Maple Trail event, Dr. Garrison will be joining 32 other travelers for a 10-day tour to the Holy Land as part of the Campbellsville University School of Theology faculty.

We appreciate all the churches and associations who have invited Maple Trail to come.  Please pray God’s work will be done in these churches.

Back to Parkway Bapt.

November 21, 2009 in Uncategorized | Tags: , , | Leave a comment

Dr. Shane Garrison, Maple Trail president, will be returning to Parkway Baptist Church in Bardstown, KY, January 3- 31.  He will be preaching for at least 5 consecutive weeks, possibly more depending on scheduling.

This is Garrison’s second invitation to fill the pulpit at Parkway.  The church is currently seeking a senior pastor and have utilizing the staff and special guests from across KY to cover the preaching responsibilities.

Garrison will be preaching a series of messages from the book of Ecclesiastes.  The series is entitled “Unconventional Wisdom.”

Children’s Ministry at Campbellsville Bapt. Church

November 12, 2009 in Uncategorized | Tags: , | Leave a comment

Maple Trail president Dr. Shane Garrison will begin a four month strategic consulting initiative with Campbellsville Baptist Church in the area of Children’s Ministry.  The initiative is multi-faceted including:  current ministry assessment, strategic future planning, volunteer and parent development, and training and preparing a Children’s Ministry Lead Team.

Campbellsville Baptist Church in the home church of Dr. Garrison and his family.  The consulting is primarly centered on children grades 1-6, but will extend to the entire children’s ministry area.

Financial Consulting at Living Grace

October 31, 2009 in Uncategorized | Tags: , , , | Leave a comment

Maple Trail ministry consultant Phillip Brunner will begin working with Living Grace Church in Campbellsville, KY in November.  Brunner will be analyzing the financial health of the church and prescribing ways to be more financially stable and secure.

JasonLiving Grace Church is a seven year old church start and has experienced tremendous growth during that time.  Under the direction of lead pastor Phillip Kelley (right)  and new associate pastor Jason Fox (left), Living Grace desires to update their existing financial record keep process and better serve their members through biblical stewardship.

This consulting process will aid them in moving the church to the next level in church administration and service to the kingdom of God.

Fuel Student Ministry Event

October 15, 2009 in Uncategorized | Tags: , , , | Leave a comment

n148034873026_2702Starting Sunday (10/18)  through Wednesday (10/21), Maple Trail President Shane Garrison will be speaking to students in Mercer and Boyle counties at the Fuel Student Ministry Event.

Four nights. Over 400 students attended last year. Multiple churches participating in organizing the event which will be held at the Mercer Co. 9th Grade Academy.

Sunday Night (Commissioning Service) – What Are You Afraid Of?
Monday – Is This It?
Tuesday – Do Hard Things.
Wednesday – The Secret Life of the American Teenager.

Think Again Article

October 15, 2009 in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

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Think Again about Small Groups.  Saturday, November 7.  Great workshop for church leaders and those seeking to disciple more people for Christ.

Simpsonville BC Family Mission Trip

September 30, 2009 in Uncategorized | Tags: , , | Leave a comment

family-reaching-upMaple Trail President Dr. Shane Garrison will be the featured speaker during the Simpsonville Baptist Church Family Mission Trip in Cumberland, KY.

Simpsonville BC Children’s Pastor Jared Norris hosts an annual family mission trip as a way to encourage parents and children to serve and grow together through missions.

Garrison will be leading several sessions equipping parents in their role as the primary spiritual leaders of their children and preaching during the Sunday morning commissioning service.

Fuel Student Ministry Event

September 30, 2009 in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Dr. Shane Garrison will be the speaker at the second annual Fuel Student Ministry event in Harrodsburg, KY, October 19-21.

As an attempt reach to high school students in Mercer and Boyle counties with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, 4 churches have come together to host a three-day student ministry event at Mercer County High School.  The 4 churches are Immanuel Baptist Church, Harrodsburg Baptist Church, Southside Church and Harrodsburg Christian Church.

Living Grace Church

September 30, 2009 in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Dr. Garrison will be preaching at Living Grace Church in Campbellsville, KY, October 4.  Garrison was the interim pastor of Living Grace Church from November 2008 to February 2009.

The message is called “The Sheep Herder” taken from Psalm 23.

Think Again about Small Groups

September 14, 2009 in Uncategorized | Tags: , , | Leave a comment

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Dr. Shane Garrison and CU School of Theology will be hosting Think Again about Small Groups, a Saturday morning workshop November 3 from 9:30 to 12:30. Think Again is designed to help church leaders consider their disipleship methodologies and practices.

Think Again 2008 focused on youth ministry paradigms that are working and failing.  This year Think Again will look to small group discipleship and how it can be used to further discipleship within churches with or without a Sunday School structure.

The leaders for Think Again 2009 are Rick Howerton, Small Group Specialist with Serendipity of LifeWay and Dr. Darryl Wilson, KBC Sunday School Department Director.

More information available at http://www.kybaptist.org/thinkagain

Super Saturday Somerset

September 14, 2009 in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Dr. Shane Garrison finished the KBC Super Saturday circuit Saturday at First Baptist Church Somerset.  With 12 deacons from 10 churches, Garrison led the two breakout sessions that he has led in Elizabethtown and Lexington.

Parkway BC Week 2

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Watch or listen to “The 18 Years” from September 6, 2009 – Dr. Shane Garrison from Parkway Baptist Church on Vimeo.

Parkway Bapt. Sermon

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Watch or listen to the message “The 18 Fallen” preached August 30, 2009 – Dr. Shane Garrison from Parkway Baptist Church on Vimeo.

Super Saturday – Elizabethtown

August 29, 2009 in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Super Saturday #2 was packed as many church leaders gathered at Severns Valley Baptist Church in Elizabethtown.  Dr. Garrison again worked with deacons ministry.  Over 70 leaders from nearly 30 different churches attended two sessions.  There was lively discussion and conversation in considering the about the role of Deacons in KY Baptist churches. 

Garrison will be at one more Super Saturday event Sept. 12 at First Baptist Church Somerset.

Parkway Baptist Church

August 24, 2009 in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Maple Trail President Dr. Shane Garrison will be preaching Aug. 30 and Sept. 6 at Parkway Baptist Church in Bardstown, KY.  Garrison will be preaching two messages from Luke 13 in a series called The 18.  Services are at 8:15 and 10:45 am.

Super Saturday – Lexington

August 24, 2009 in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Maple Trail President Dr. Shane Garrison spent time encouraging and equiping over 60 deacons from 30+ churches from Kentucky.  As part of the Lexington KBC Super Saturday event, Garrison taught two sessions during the workshop:  Deacons’ Meetings that R.O.C.K. and Deacons as Peacemakers.

The deacons ranged greatly in their experience and tenure.  Some were in the first year or two of deacon ministry, coming to get basic questions answered and training on what they should be doing.  Others were far more experienced.  The most tenured deacon began in 1950 – 59 years of being a deacon in one church.

Garrison will be presenting the same sessions at the upcoming Elizabethtown (Aug. 29) and Somerset (Sep. 12) Super Saturday meetings.

Maple Trail Fall Events

August 20, 2009 in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

KBC Super Saturdays – Aug. 22, 29 & Sept. 12 – Dr. Shane Garrison will be presenting two sessions for Deacons ministry entitled “Deacons Meetings that R.O.C.K.” and “Deacons as Peacemakers.”

Parkway Baptist Church, Bardstown, KY – Aug. 30 & Sept. 6. – Dr. Garrison will be preaching a 2-part sermon series called The 18 from Luke 13:1-17 – The 18 Fallen & The 18 Years.

Strategic Ministry in an Economic Downturn Seminar hosted by Three Forks Baptist Association (eastern KY) – October 2-3.  Dr. Garrison and Jennifer Garrison will lead two seminars equipping church leaders to respond to the economic recession in their community.   Sessions will prepare attendees with ministry strategies and plans to proactively reach those experience economic hardship and job loss.

Columbia Baptist Church – Continued consulting throughout the fall with CBC in Constitution & Bylaws revision, personnel evaluations, and ministry committee/team development.

Think Again…about Small Groups – Saturday, Nov. 7 @ Campbellsville University.  Dr. Garrison and the CU School of Theology will host their annual discipleship workshop.  This year Rick Howerton and Dr. Darryl Wilson will equip attendees and students in the small group paradigm.

We are pleased to be involved with such great churches and Christ-centered organizations.

Strategic Ministry in an Economic Downturn Seminar

August 14, 2009 in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

33243-recessionMaple Trail is partnering with the Three Forks Baptist Association in Hazard, KY, to train pastors and church leaders how to respond in the economic recession.

On October 2-3, Maple Trail president Dr. Shane Garrison and associate consultant Jennifer Garrison will present two 3-hours sessions called Strategic Ministry in an Economic Downturn.

The economic recession of 2008-09 has devastated many families in Kentucky.  The local church has an amazing opportunity to reach out to individuals and families with care, showing them the love of Christ and the benefits of belonging to a local body of believers.

This 3-hour seminar will offer strategic ministry ideas and insights for pastors and lay leaders in how to serve those most affected by the economic downturn.

The topics include:

  • Biblical Response to an Economic Downturn
  • Understanding Joblessness & Poverty
  • Walking Alongside Hurting People
  • Financial Ministry Outreach Ideas

www.threeforksbaptist.com

KBC Super Saturday 2009

July 10, 2009 in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

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Maple Trail President Dr. Shane Garrison will be leading two sessions at the annual Kentucky Baptist Convention’s Super Saturday.  Garrison will be leading sessions at 3 of the 6 locations: Lexington – Aug. 22, Elizabethtown – Aug. 29, and Somerset – Sept 12.

He will be leading two sessions in Deacon Ministry entitled “Deacons Meetings that Rock” and “Deacons as Peace Makers.”

http://kybaptist.org/kbc/welcome.nsf/pages/supersaturday

Central Assoc. Youth Rally

July 10, 2009 in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Maple Trail President Dr. Shane Garrison will be speaking at the annual Central Baptist Association Youth Rally hosted at Bradfordsville Baptist Church in Lebanon, KY, Saturday, July 25.

Central Bapt. Association represents 19 Southern Baptist churches in Marion and Washington counties in central KY.  Over 100 students and youth leaders are expected to come.

http://www.bradfordsvillebaptistchurch.org

http://www.centralassociation.net

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