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Thoughtful and wise coaching and consulting for clergy and congregations.

Center for Healthy Churches:

A pastoral care DNA that emphasizes diagnosis before prescription
A commitment to process consulting rather than expert consulting
A non-naïve knowledge of congregations, characterized by a deep love for, success with, and actual involvement in, ministry in local churches
A financial model that makes these services affordable and available to all congregations and clergy
An ecumenical, innovative, and entrepreneurial spirit
A focus upon establishing an appropriate balance between the five dimensions of health in churches: Spiritual, Mental/Emotional, Physical, Financial, Structural
The Center for Healthy Churches will make use of a network of consultants and coaches who have a proven track record of excellence and a shared commitment to our distinctive approach to organizational and spiritual health.

10/22/2026

Where Does Your Church Go From Here?

Over the past six weeks, we’ve explored how everyday encounters, genuine welcome, and meaningful relationships shape a congregation’s culture of engagement.

Now comes an important question: What have you started to notice?

Perhaps you're seeing familiar ministries through a different lens. Recognizing missed opportunities for connection. Or discovering that meaningful outreach often begins with the relationships already surrounding your church.

As we conclude The Ripple Effect series, we invite you to move from reflection to conversation. Notice. Welcome. Connect.

Three simple practices that can help transform good intentions into everyday engagement.

Our final conversation and practical
resources offer a starting point for considering your congregation’s next faithful step.

Where might your church begin?

Explore this week's conversation and resources:
https://mailchi.mp/chchurches.org/introducing-the-ripple-effect-creating-cultures-of-engagement-5180993

10/16/2026

Please join us in welcoming the Rev. Holly A. Herring to the Center for Healthy Churches!

With more than 18 years of ordained ministry, Holly brings a wealth of experience in congregational leadership, organizational development, and helping churches navigate seasons of change.

Currently serving as Rector of Saint Anthony on the Desert Episcopal Church in Scottsdale, Arizona, Holly's consulting work focuses on congregational vitality, strategic visioning, pastoral transitions, conflict transformation, and leadership development.

What we especially appreciate is the heart she brings to this work:

"I enjoy helping churches remember who they are and whose they are."

Holly believes that even in seasons of uncertainty, congregations often have more life, courage, and possibility than they realize. Her passion is helping churches recognize those gifts, strengthen relationships, and discern what God is calling them to become.

We're grateful for the wisdom, warmth, and experience Holly brings to our consulting team and look forward to the ways she will help churches take their next faithful steps.

Welcome to CHC, Holly!

Learn more about our consulting team:
https://chchurches.org/about/our-team/

10/13/2026

Sometimes, creating a culture of engagement begins with a simple shift in perspective.

We spend so much time thinking about how to reach more people that we can overlook the people God has already placed in our path.

The neighbor down the street. The family visiting on Sunday. The person who attends regularly but has yet to find a meaningful connection. The weekday preschool family. Kids playing pick up basketball next door.

What if outreach isn't always about going somewhere new, but seeing who's already here?

At the Center for Healthy Churches, The Ripple Effect helps congregations move beyond outreach programs to create cultures of genuine connection, belonging, and engagement.

Because every encounter is an opportunity to make a difference.

Every Encounter. Every Guest. Every Connection. Creates a Ripple Effect.

Explore The Ripple Effect:
https://chchurches.org/the-ripple-effect/

10/13/2026

Celebrating a New Season of Ministry. The Center for Healthy Churches congratulates First Baptist Church of Anderson, South Carolina, on the calling of Rev. Christopher Simonton as their senior pastor!

We are honored to have walked alongside this congregation throughout their pastoral transition and search process—helping them clarify their identity, discern their priorities, and prayerfully seek the leader God was calling to serve with them.

Tim Clardy, Chair of the Pastor Search Team, shared:

“Christopher Simonton has truly been called to serve First Baptist Church of Anderson, SC. His cheerful energy and joy for loving people is both gravitational and infectious.”

We are grateful for the trust First Baptist Anderson placed in CHC and for the faithful guidance of CHC consultant Bill Wilson throughout the journey.

Congratulations to Christopher and the entire First Baptist Anderson family! May this new chapter be filled with meaningful ministry, renewed energy, and opportunities to serve your community together.

Center for Healthy Churches — Wise Guidance for the Next Faithful Step.

https://chchurches.org/

10/08/2026

Sometimes outreach starts closer than we think. The people at the coffee shop down the street. Families on the soccer field. Neighbors walking past the church. Groups who use the building during the week. People we see often—but may not really know.

We don’t always need to find more people.

Sometimes we need to see the people already in front of us.

This week in The Ripple Effect, we’re asking churches to take a closer look at the people already in their orbit—and where proximity might become relationship.

Our free Sphere of Influence worksheet gives your leadership team a simple way to begin that conversation.

Where do you already have connection, opportunity, or presence—and what are you noticing?

Get the worksheet here:
https://chchurches.org/the-ripple-effect/ -of-influence

10/05/2026

Most churches really are friendly.

The harder question is whether someone new can actually feel that friendliness when they arrive.

Do they know where to park?
Where to go?
What happens next?
Who will notice them?
Are they friendly, or do they really care about me?
Will they know how to participate in your worship rhythms?
Will anyone follow up after they leave?

Those questions are about more than hospitality. They reveal something about a church’s culture.

The Ripple Effect helps congregations take a fresh look at the everyday encounters that shape whether people feel seen, welcomed, and connected — and then become more intentional about what they are already doing.

Not another program
Not another event to add to the calendar.
A closer look at the culture you’re already creating.

If your church is asking how to become more intentional about welcome, engagement, and connection, The Ripple Effect may be a helpful next conversation.

Learn more: chchurches.org/the-ripple-effect/

Every encounter. Every guest. Every connection. Creates a Ripple Effect.

10/01/2026

Welcome starts long before anyone says hello.

For someone visiting your church for the first time, the experience begins before they ever walk through the doors.

Can they tell where to park?
Do they know which entrance to use?
Can they find where their children need to go?
Does someone notice when they look unsure?

These may feel like small details to those of us who already know our way around. But to a guest, they can shape whether the experience feels easy, confusing, warm, or overwhelming.

This week in The Ripple Effect, we’re inviting churches to take a fresh look at the guest experience—from the website to the parking lot to what happens after someone leaves.

Our free First Impression Audit is designed to help your leadership team notice what may have become invisible over time and identify simple, practical ways to make it easier for people to belong.
https://chchurches.org/the-ripple-effect/ -impression-audit

09/27/2026

Here’s one question to take to your next leadership conversation:

Think of one ministry your church already offers.

Now ask:

Who is finding connection through this ministry—and who might still be on the edges?

Then consider one small change that could help someone move from simply attending an activity to beginning a relationship.

Creating a culture of engagement doesn’t always start with a new program.

Sometimes it starts with asking a better question about the ministry already in front of us.

Where could a ripple begin in your church?
https://chchurches.org/the-ripple-effect/

09/25/2026

The event isn’t the finish line.

It can be the beginning of a relationship.

Churches spend enormous energy planning events, programs, and ministries—and those things can create meaningful opportunities.

But the deeper question is what happens after people arrive.

Did someone notice them?
Did someone learn their name?
Did a conversation begin?
Is there a natural next connection?

Outreach becomes something more when the goal isn’t simply getting people through the door—but creating the kind of culture where relationships can begin.

The Ripple Effect: Creating Cultures of Engagement
https://chchurches.org/the-ripple-effect/

09/24/2026

What if strengthening your church’s outreach doesn’t begin with starting something new?

It may begin by taking a fresh look at what you’re already doing.

The ministries your church has built matter. They hold stories, volunteers, traditions, and relationships worth keeping.

The question is:

How could what we’re already doing create even more opportunities for people to connect?

This week in The Ripple Effect, we’re exploring what happens when churches begin to reframe outreach—not replace it.

WEEK 3 - Ripple Effect
https://mailchi.mp/chchurches.org/introducing-the-ripple-effect-creating-cultures-of-engagement-5180841

CHC Ripple Effect
https://chchurches.org/the-ripple-effect/

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