Category: Ministry

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hsm_brasil/5164775234/ 1. Build a personal board of directors who have the character you want to emulate. 2. Take Make time to think by turning off your electronic gadgets for an hour each day. 3. Work where your greatest passions, skills, usefulness intersect 4. Stop trying to be so interesting and start being more interested. 5. … Continue reading 10 Things I Learned From Jim Collins

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23679420@N00/545653437/ 1. What was your most recent encounter with God? 2. What are you most thankful for right now? 3. What is going well in your ministry and what needs work? 4. What's one thing I can do to help you be more successful? 5. How can I be praying for you? What questions are … Continue reading 5 Questions to Ask Your Team

I'm always on the look-out for good training to pass on to other leaders. A few months ago our elementary team put together a great training event for our small group volunteers. Their training covered great topics like how to lead a small group, building community with your kids, leading a child to Christ, and … Continue reading Kids’ Ministry Small Group Freebie

Email is almost dead. I'm not going to go into all of the reasons why email is dying. You can Google Email is Dead to find out why. I say "almost" because it's not dead yet. Like many of you, I use some email almost every day. More and more I am finding myself utilizing social … Continue reading Your Emails are Too Long

http://www.flickr.com/photos/linsey/2314281209/ Job descriptions are essential for all of the leaders in your ministry. The problem is figuring out exactly what you want them to say. Over the years my team and I have put together several job descriptions for current and future volunteers a like in our ministry. Here they are, organized by age group: … Continue reading Kids’ Ministry Job Descriptions

http://www.flickr.com/photos/j9sk9s/4128778346/ A few weeks ago Dan Scott did a great post on objectives in children's ministry. At the end of the post he opened up the floor to the kids ministry blogosphere and asked: "What are some of your ministry objectives?" Here's what I wrote back: Hey Dan, Here are the objectives for our three … Continue reading Setting the Right Objectives in Kids’ Ministry