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Campbellsville BC Children’s Ministry
After nearly 4 months of observation, analysis, surveys, interviews, and reports, Maple Trail has officially concluded consulting with Campbellsville Baptist Church children’s ministry. The consultation began in November 2009 and lasted until February 2010. Discipleship pastor Brad Lauer and interim … Continue reading
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Columbia BC Find It Here
Maple Trail has been invited back to Columbia Baptist Church in Columbia, KY for the 5-week Find It Here emphasis. This is the fourth occasion for Maple Trail to minister alongside the Adair County church. During this consultation, Maple Trail … Continue reading
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Family Ministry at Campbellsville Bapt.
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 … Continue reading
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Parkway BC Messages Online
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
Maple Trail Ministry Consultants were working hard in Campbellsville, KY, on Tuesday, January 12. 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 … Continue reading
Parkway BC Weeks 1 & 2
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
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Returning to Parkway BC
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 … Continue reading
Spring 2010 Ministry Opportunities
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. … Continue reading
Back to Parkway Bapt.
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 … Continue reading
Children’s Ministry at Campbellsville Bapt. Church
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 … Continue reading
Financial Consulting at Living Grace
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. Living Grace … Continue reading
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Fuel Student Ministry Event
Starting 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 … Continue reading
Think Again Article
Think Again about Small Groups. Saturday, November 7. Great workshop for church leaders and those seeking to disciple more people for Christ.
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Simpsonville BC Family Mission Trip
Maple 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 … Continue reading
Fuel Student Ministry Event
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 … Continue reading
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Living Grace Church
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.
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Think Again about Small Groups
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. … Continue reading
Super Saturday Somerset
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.
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Parkway BC Week 2
Watch or listen to “The 18 Years” from September 6, 2009 – Dr. Shane Garrison from Parkway Baptist Church on Vimeo.
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Parkway Bapt. Sermon
Watch or listen to the message “The 18 Fallen” preached August 30, 2009 – Dr. Shane Garrison from Parkway Baptist Church on Vimeo.
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Super Saturday – Elizabethtown
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 … Continue reading
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Parkway Baptist Church
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 … Continue reading
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Super Saturday – Lexington
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 … Continue reading
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Maple Trail Fall Events
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 & … Continue reading
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Strategic Ministry in an Economic Downturn Seminar
Maple 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 … Continue reading
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