New to Ministry
Melita Thomas, Zac Workun, and Jana Magruder join the podcast to discuss being new to ministry.

Melita Thomas, Zac Workun, and Jana Magruder join the podcast to discuss being new to ministry.

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. …

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 …

By Jenny Whitaker Last summer, Vacation Bible Schools (VBS) around the country were mostly either done virtually, in homes and neighborhoods, or not …

by Lynley Mandrell Confession: I have zero stage presence. In every church, there are those anointed few that God bestowed with a bubbly, magnetic …

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 …

Get a group of kids ministry leaders together and invariably the twin subjects of enlisting and equipping volunteers emerge. The fact that we’re …

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 …

Some people have a hard time reconciling the concepts of ‘ministry’ and ‘marketing.’ At surface level the notion of marketing may bring about thoughts …

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 …

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 …

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 …
