CreativePastors Blog & Podcast

New Series by Ed Young - The Fan

From fair weather admirers to die hard fanatics, sports fans can be annoying. However, a true fan doesn't annoy others with their inconsistency or turn away others because of their wild fanaticism. Instead, they champion the good of the team through devotion and loyalty, dedication and support. 

In the series The Fan, Ed Young shows us what it takes to become a real fan of God. Because when we understand what it means to devote ourselves to the things of God, we discover that we are the real champions.

One Year Devotional Prayer book

Written by pastors such as Ed Young and Johnny Hunt, this beautiful leather bound devotional has been designed to allow readers to open their hearts and minds to daily prayer both morning and evening. Each devotion focuses on a specific scripture, drawing readers into God's Word. The new year will be here before you know it - start it off strong with a new commitment to your quiet time.

The devotional offers biblical insight into these critical areas: The Word of God, God's Love, Sanctification, Salvation, Jesus—Son of God, Holy Spirit, Prayer, Faith, Church, Abundant Life, Witnessing, and Servanthood.

Elevate Christmas Lessons - Now Available

Have you downloaded your Elevate Christmas curriculum yet? Two different lessons are available for you to download free of charge: I Celebrate Christmas Because of Jesus and Christmas Reminds Me To Tell Others About Jesus. Even if you're in the middle of another Elevate series, you can simply insert these lessons into your schedule over the Christmas holidays—and then return to your regular Elevate curriculum schedule.

Bil Cornelius Joins the CreativePastors Family

CreativePastors is proud to announce that we will now be offering transcript and MP3 downloads by Bil Cornelius!

Bil Cornelius is the pastor at Bay Area Fellowship in Corpus Christi, Texas. Bil's life calling has been to create a movement that is reaching into the lives of the lost and unchurched through creative and relevant life changing messages and coaching the next generation of exponential church planters. Bil is the husband to Jessica and father to Mason, Cole and Sophie, a role second only to his love and faith in God. Over the past decade, Bay Area Fellowship has grown from it's start in 1997 with less than 10 people to over 7,000 people in weekend attendance between their six campuses.

New Youth Series - La Familia

What does family mean to you? We all have family... some are more complex than others. Most students would even consider their close friends to be family. In this three-part series, Ed Young shows us that no matter who you call your family, one fact still remains... we all have major family issues. And many of you know first-hand that family friction will mess you up!

Family Re-Union

Family is defined as any group of persons closely related by blood. So by definition, we're all part of a family. But what we don't all experience is the success and unity our family should have.

In his latest series, Family Re-Union, Ed Young helps us get back to God's original design for the family. Through these messages, we'll discover just what it takes to restore our families and reunite with the success God wants us to have.

New from Elevate and Elevate Jr. - Upsidedown Town

 

The latest series from Elevate and Elevate Jr. is now available! 

Elevate — Upsidedown Town (K-5)

Come with us to a very strange town, a place where people live their lives upside down. Now that doesn't mean the people there stand on their heads or that you'd climb to the ceiling to get into your bed. It's the wrong choices they make that we call "upside down." And some of their choices are the strangest around!

Some of the people choose not to forgive. Others give up quickly and that's no way to live. 
There's a woman who gives warnings and tries to be nice, but she neglects to follow her own advice.
There's a man named Jack who refuses to go back. There's a worrisome man with panic attacks.
There's a friend who hears advice both good and bad. That story ends up with an entire town mad!
There's a tale of a couple who refuse to help others. But that's not all the stories, I can think of one other.
There's a man with the coolest device anywhere! But though he has many, he refuses to share.

Yes there are many lessons that teach and confound. And we'll learn from the Bible many truths quite profound. When we don't live as God wants, we live life upside down. So travel with us, my friend, to Upsidedown Town!

Elevate Jr.— Upsidedown Town Jr. (3-5 years)

Come one come all,
Whether big or small,
Whether summer or winter or spring or fall.
Join Jennie and Bobby and a host of friends
As they solve the problems to happy ends.
Along the way they learn to live,
The way God wants, like give and forgive.
Keep your spirits up and get ready to get down,
As we all have fun in Upsidedown Town!

Ed's Latest Series & Special Offer!

In today's world of "image is everything," so many people base their fashion – and their lives – on what they think others want to see. At the same time, so many people today are fashion unconscious. Some are stuck in the 80s. Others overly accessorize to the point of being humorous. And still others seemingly don't care at all what their fashion says about them. In this new series, Ed takes a look at some of the crazy fashion statements that people make, both in a physical and spiritual sense. And he helps us to ultimately see that for our fashion to really communicate anything at all, it must be first grounded in the Master Designer.

Fashion Police is available on CD, DVD, as well as downloadable MP3s, transcripts and mindmaps.

Remember, for just a few more days you can get Ed Young’s Pronoun DVD series FREE with the purchase of any of our other message series on DVD. This is a limited time offer, so get your free copy while supplies last. They, you, us, it—find out why these little pronouns matter so much from God’s perspective.

Flavour Magazine - The Latest Edition is Hot Off the Press!

  This quarterly magazine from the Fellowship Church Flavour Ministry highlights articles by everyday women for everyday women. Discover what Flavour is all about in this creatively-designed, full-color magazine of inspirational stories and motivational thoughts for women who change the world. In this special double issue  created especially for the Speak ‘09 Conference, you’ll find how women young and old, single and married are discovering their unique Flavour and making a difference in the church and the world around them. It includes fun and thought-provoking articles from Lisa Young, renowned artist and cancer survivor Olivia Bennett, and many other leading women from Fellowship Church. You’ll want to get several copies of this incredible magazine and share them with your best girlfriends.

Flavour Your Day - Available for Pre-Order!

 Especially created for women of Flavour. this beautifully illustrated, full-color coffee table book, Flavour Your Day, combines inspirational thoughts from Lisa Young with original artwork from Olivia Bennett. This book is a celebration of new and exciting opportunities for women to change the world. Each of you, as women, has something unique to present to the people in your life. That’s what “Flavour” is all about. Your unique Flavour comes directly from God, and He is enabling you today to bring your inner potential to the outside world. Flavour is all about influence; it’s about change. It is the power you have to change the world in positive and life-giving ways. That’s what the Bible is all about. And that’s what your role as a woman who loves and serves the Lord should be about.

As you read and enjoy the inspirational thoughts and art in this book, my prayer is that you will allow Christ to Flavour Your Day with the possibility, peace, purpose, priority, promise, power and passion that can only come from Him. Each day is a day that the Lord has made, and He alone can make today and everyday count. Discover your unique Flavour and use it today to make a difference.  –Lisa Young

Flavour Your Day is available now for pre-order on CreativePastors.com, or you may purchase a copy at the Speak Conference. All online pre-orders will ship the first week in May.