Jeff McClung

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jayneandd/4450623309/ A few weeks ago Sarah and I had our second-to-last adoption class (you can read more about our adoption journey here). This particular class dealt with how to care for our baby once he/she arrives. It was three hours of swaddling (I'm still not sure what this even is), changing diapers, burping, etc. Sarah … Continue reading Start as You Mean to Go

When I first started leading a staff team I didn’t know how to run our meetings. Up to that point I had only lead volunteer teams. Usually you can’t get all your volunteers together for a 10am meeting every Tuesday because most volunteers work another job. Our meetings (which were about once a month) were … Continue reading How to Lead Great Staff Meetings

I just finished Leading on Empty a few weeks ago and I have to say that I loved it. I picked it up because the title really resonated with me. While I'm not currently in a season of life and ministry where I feel particularly empty I've been there before and picked up this book … Continue reading Leading on Empty

Parent Newsletters have always been an important, but difficult aspect of my ministry to kids. I've done a lot of different things over the years: monthly/quarterly Top 10 lists, flyers, simply referred everyone to our website, weekly letters, etc. For the past three years or so I've landed on theParentLink.com and it has been super … Continue reading Parent Newsletters

Last week I had a blast at Catalyst West. I was only able to stay for half of it but here are my notes from that first day: Andy Stanley Oftentimes a single expression of courage can be the tipping point for something extraordinary. Sometimes we need the courage to stay when it would be … Continue reading Catalyst West 2011 Notes