Seeing the People on Your Path
My 15 year old son, Tyson, runs cross country. I’ve never been a runner and don’t understand the joy he feels when he runs, but I certainly admire his …
Hand to Heart: Keeping Micro-reminders of God’s Word Before Your Eyes.
If writing on your skin with a Sharpie is bad for you, I may be headed in a bad direction. I have developed a habit of writing Scripture references in …
The Team Dream
5 Time-Tested Tips for Building a Powerful Sense of Team in Your Ministry Right now you may not have what you would call a “dream team” (or maybe you …
Prayer for the Empty Chair
As fall arrives, many of our ministries will re-gather, perhaps for the first time in a long time. Maybe you intend to kick things off with a large …
The Goal of Godliness: What is the top priority of your ministry?
A few years ago we had a possum problem at our house. We decided to set a small animal trap so we could capture and then safely release the critter …
Clarify Your Why: 5 Reasons to Revisit Your Mission Statement
Almost every ministry has a mission statement in a frame on their wall or in the first paragraph of their handbook. But mission statements aren’t …
Ready, Reset, Go!
Summer is here, and kids ministry leaders everywhere find themselves re-entering into the joys and challenges of conducting busy summer ministries …
3 EASY WAYS TO FOLLOW UP AFTER VBS
We tend to put a lot of effort into preparing for and running a church Vacation Bible School. But what about following up with the families after VBS? …
5 Leadership Lessons from Gideon
The story of Gideon in Judges 6 and 7 is a familiar one to kids ministry leaders, and it’s one that we might do well to revisit during this …
Assess Your Ministry After a Year of Pivoting
If there’s one word that sums up the experience of the church in 2020 (and now 2021) it may be the word “Pivot.” The foundational assumptions of when, …
Increasing Your Reach: Doing Ministry from Lockdown
It can be difficult to truly appreciate the challenge of James to “count it all joy” as we consider the impact that COVID-19 has had on the state of …
Kids Ministry From Anywhere
For a lot of us ministry has always been connected to spaces and places. A lot of kids ministries — and churches in general — find a lot …
