http://youtu.be/6qVKNvbw9L0 Kids want to feel like they belong, especially at church. But how does that happen on a child's very first weekend? In this podcast I did for our volunteers last week I talk about the biggest principle in helping kids feel welcome and 3 easy tips to live it out in your ministry. Click … Continue reading How to Help New Kids Feel Welcome at Church
The #1 Habit of Growing Children’s Ministries
All of us want to see our Children's Ministries grow. We want the number of kids we have to grow numerically each year. And we want the kids who are coming to grow spiritually. It seems like some churches do this really well and others...well, not so much. So what's the secret? What is it … Continue reading The #1 Habit of Growing Children’s Ministries
How to Create a Podcast for Your Leaders
One of the best things we've done to help our volunteers is a monthly podcast. Our philosophy is to spend less time in meetings talking about ministry and more time actually doing ministry. So instead of having training meetings every month we put together a podcast which covers the content that volunteers can watch on … Continue reading How to Create a Podcast for Your Leaders
17 Principles of Teams That Work
Last week Brent Eldridge, lead pastor over at Lakewood First Baptist, met with our pastors and shared some principles from his new book, Team: Six Essentials for Building a Productive Team. Here's a few of them that caught my ear: Sacrifice is an undeniable part of ministry. Margin is essential. Jesus valued it and so should … Continue reading 17 Principles of Teams That Work
How To Stay On Top of Kid Culture
Staying on top of what kids are in to isn't easy. Things are changing quick for us adults. But in some ways they are changing even quicker for kids. If you have children who are around the same age as the kids you minister to, this isn't as hard. But if your kids are much … Continue reading How To Stay On Top of Kid Culture
Jeff McClung 