New to Ministry
Melita Thomas, Zac Workun, and Jana Magruder join the podcast to discuss being new to ministry.
A New Approach to Volunteers: 5 Tips for Getting a Y.E.S. in a Culture of N.O.
Many ministries are still reeling from the losses that they experienced in the wake of the COVID pandemic that closed their doors in 2020 and 2021. …
Teacher Preparation 101
Preparing for a session is one of the most important aspects of a teacher’s ministry. In this post, a suggested rhythm of preparing throughout the …
A Solution to Your VBS Volunteer Problem
By Jenny Whitaker Last summer, Vacation Bible Schools (VBS) around the country were mostly either done virtually, in homes and neighborhoods, or not …
Volunteer Recruitment Through Transition
by Lynley Mandrell Confession: I have zero stage presence. In every church, there are those anointed few that God bestowed with a bubbly, magnetic …
4 Questions to Ask New Volunteers
It was the beginning of a new ministry year. I was excited to have new teachers join our team. We followed our churches policies and procedures of …
The New Normal of Training Volunteers
Get a group of kids ministry leaders together and invariably the twin subjects of enlisting and equipping volunteers emerge. The fact that we’re …
Get Teens in Your Church Ready for Serving in Kids Ministry
With many churches back up and running or planning to reopen soon, I imagine that figuring out kids ministry in this new normal will present some new …
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 …
A Trained Volunteer is the BEST Volunteer!
Bill Emeott and Klista Storts chat about how to best train your kids ministry volunteers. This episode is hosted by Bill Emeott, produced by Micheal …
End the Recruiting Woes: Recruit Like Jesus!
The temptation in recruiting leaders is to reduce the ask—to lower the bar—so that we increase the chances of people saying yes. But this can result …
Helpful Tips for Getting Men Engaged in Ministry
I’m a man, and I’ve been involved in teaching kids for over 25 years. While the kid’s ministry profession as a whole has seen an increase of men in …
