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Sacred & Small Podcast: S2 E14 - Making the Most out of Your Church's Annual Meeting
It’s the end of the church year for the Missouri District Church of the Nazarene, the district where both Jasons pastor. That means it’s annual report season! In this episode, Jason Buckwalter shares his reflections on what has happened this year at Fulton Heartland and how he prepares for the required annual meeting of his congregation. Jason Hill does the same, sharing how he has tried to focus his meetings on the spiritual side of the report - focusing on membership and baptism in addition to board elections and other polity issues.
The annual meeting is necessary. It’s important. Your people want to know what’s going on, how the church is doing, and what God is doing among you. Take the opportunity to share what God has done — practically and spiritually.
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18 Mar 2026
Sacred & Small Podcast: S2 E13 - Annual Review as an Opportunity for Reflection & Realignment
Greetings friends! In this episode, our co-hosts are here to talk about their own churches as the Missouri District Church of the Nazarene nears it’s end of the year. The end of the church year can be a tedious season of reports, counting, and meeting polity obligations. It can also be a season where we take a very intentional step back to consider what God has done amongst and in our people. We call this critical reflection. Regardless of when your annual report comes, it’s a great time to do some prayerful reflection — with God and with others — to better tell the story of God’s work in your church. Sharing that with your people can help your church better engage with what God is doing and wanting to do. Who know annual reports could be a catalyst to spark new and impactful ministry?
This is the first of a two-part cycle on the end of the church year and this episode focuses on what has happened this season in Cape Naz. The second part will focus on Jason Buckwalter and Heartland Nazarene and provide practical tips to make your end of year meetings more fruitful.
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4 Mar 2026
Sacred & Small Podcast: S2 E12 - Dr. Desmond Barrett on Church Revitalization
In this episode of the Sacred & Small podcast, Dr. Desmond Barrett, author of Rising From the Ashes Into Church Renewal, and pastor of Hilltop Church of the Nazarene, joins the Jasons to talk church revitalization.
In the second of two episodes, Desmond details both the spiritual and practical sides of church revitalization. Churches can’t do everything, but Christ does command his church to make disciples of all the nations. That means that a vital church — or a revitalizing church — must focus itself on evangelism. The same command, though, tells us to teach others to obey all that Christ has commanded us. Discipleship and spiritual formation, then, must also be a critical component of the revitalized church.
There are practical concerns as well — raising funds, smells and sights in the church, understanding a church’s language and culture. This far-reaching episode will discuss all of this and more.
If this subject interests you and you would like to learn more about church revitalization, pick up Dr. Barrett’s latest book - Rising From the Ashes Into Church Renewal. (https://www.amazon.com/Rising-Ashes-into-Church-Renewal/dp/B0F41M2212) It’s available through Amazon and other booksellers.
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