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 …
10 Attributes of an Unshakeable Kids Ministry
The COVID-19 pandemic has turned ‘normal’ on its head. It has closed businesses, cancelled schools and scattered churches. Many of us feel as though …
Give Thanks for Broken Things
Sometimes God Grows Things by Breaking Them Sometimes God grows things by breaking them. We tend to spend a lot of our time hoping and praying that …
5 Tips for Making Better Laptop Videos
More kids ministry leaders than ever find themselves making simple videos to communicate with kids and families as they quarantine at home during the …
Lifeway Kids at Home
Free Family Bible Study for Churches Postponing Services As the concerns over the COVID-19 coronavirus have increased, many churches have …
6 Ways to Set Expectations for Volunteers
We bring our expectations with us into every situation. The primary factor in feeling successful and satisfied is how well our expectations and our …
Germ-proofing your Kids Ministry
8 Ideas for Reducing the Spread of Germs in Your Kids Ministry. In response to concerns about the spread of COVID-19, many ministries have a …
What About Marketing?
Some people have a hard time reconciling the concepts of ‘ministry’ and ‘marketing.’ At surface level the notion of marketing may bring about thoughts …
