Today I had to make a hospital call. This past Sunday one of our volunteers stopped in to tell my Early Childhood Director that she would be stepping down from her volunteer position because she just found out her 18 month old...
Read MoreLast week I read an incredible post from the Access: Elevation blog. It concerned how you communicate available volunteer positions to potential volunteers. Again, it’s one of those “don’t communicate the need,...
Read MoreOver the past couple of weeks, I’ve been hearing some interesting stories from some of the men who serve in the Children’s Ministry here at Gateway Church. One guy told me about how he and his wife responded to a...
Read MoreI’m not exactly sure that “leaky” is a real word. But I think it’s a question we all have to ask ourselves. Actually, there are many questions that have to be established before asking this one. 1. Do I...
Read MoreI went to my first Children’s Ministry conference 5 years ago. It was the Children’s Pastors Conference in Atlanta, GA. I went with two of my staff. Other than them, I didn’t know anyone. Actually, I did know...
Read MoreHa! I really couldn’t think of any title more appropriate! On Thursday I got the call from Gateway Church, a church I’ve been talking to for the past 10 weeks. In just a few weeks, I’ll officially begin my new...
Read MoreOn Tuesday the police sealed off the entrance to our neighborhood. To get home we had to go in the back way (one way). The neighbor who “knows it all” informed us what had happened. The man who lived two houses over...
Read MorePutting together this mission trip was a lot of work, but not nearly as much as it was putting together Venture Quest (our VBS type program) or summer camp. Actually the most frustrating thing was tracking down donations (we had...
Read MoreI give all the credit for this post to my father-in-law as he’s the one to tell me about the show wall. I tried to do a little research on the “show wall” and couldn’t find anything. I’m going to...
Read MoreI thought I’d share some examples. I could talk all about budgeting and how I’ve done it, but let’s face it… you want to see some examples. Most recently I was at a multi-site church. I was responsible...
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