What kind of culture does your ministry have? Did you create that culture on purpose? Did you get there by accident? Did you get there by poor decisions? The Bible talks often of the church being a body. Have you ever considered...
Read MoreIn the summer of 1998, I’d been dating Kenny for nearly a year. He convinced me to work at a kid’s day camp with him in Germantown, Maryland all summer. We had a little drill there that has served me well as a life...
Read MoreLast week my wife wrote a couple of posts. If you missed them, you can catch them here and here. I know I’m biased, but I felt she had some really good things to say. She’s actually worked on my staff as well as...
Read MoreOkay, Sara talked about several great things here. So, I’ve attached images of all the files we used. Feel free to use them to get some ideas: Here is the poster we hung in all the bathrooms: Banners over each of the three...
Read MoreHere is “part two” of the blog post from yesterday. 5. BE ORGANIZED. Think through the details of your event and plan accordingly. We recruited for three ministries at our recent expo. Each ministry was assigned a...
Read MoreOkay, I thought I’d elaborate on something Sara mentioned, but it provided to be a huge success. At the very end of the service, the staff member who oversees live production was doing announcements. She made the...
Read MoreHi Friends! My sweet hubby Kenny invited me to chat with you about a subject I love dearly – volunteer recruiting. My, oh my. Children’s ministry is a hungry beast when it comes to volunteer recruiting huh? Ever feel like...
Read MoreOkay everyone. I need some ideas and suggestions. This year, we are having five Christmas Eve services. Two on the 23rd and 3 on the 24th. In years past, we’ve had some services fill up more than others, but none of them...
Read MoreI was hoping to get a little more feedback from my previous post about how you fill the gaps. If you didn’t read it or didn’t have a chance to post, I’d still like to hear some more ideas. You can post your...
Read MoreI’m really curious about something. One of the most popular subject to discuss in children’s ministry is the recruiting, retention and leading of volunteers. Why? Because we all need ’em. I’ve never met...
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