The question I get asked most via email and at conferences is always about recruiting volunteers. How do we get more volunteers? How do we keep volunteers? In kids ministry, you need more volunteers than any ministry in the church to know how to recruit volunteers and retain volunteers is essential you will not last […]
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In the past several years the word Gospel has become a common term used in church names, book titles, and curriculums. We use the term Gospel but if we don’t understand what we mean by that term the word Gospel alone can become a catchphrase or a catch-all. One of the reasons a few friends
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Here are 7 things I often tell our uptown volunteers to do to make kids feel welcome in Uptown. If we are not consistently thinking about what we can proactively do to help kids feel welcome, we won’t do it. 7 sure-fire ways to make kids feel welcome in church. 1. Talk to them how
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One of the traps the enemy uses to marginalize leaders is envy. If I only had a bigger building. If I only had more staff. If I only had a bigger budget. The reality is that no matter how we don’t like to admit it none of us are immune from these thoughts. I know
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Many of you may have come with questions What do I need to do to get more volunteers? What are some sure fire tried and true methods for keeping volunteers for the long term How do I get volunteers to come to my training meetings We all start in the wrong place sunday comes
Why you need volunteers, why they need you. CPC 2013 Breakout #2 Read More »
I went CPC last year for the first time it was amazing the conversations that where had the quality of the teaching that was available in each breakout and main session. Most people I talked to said there was “something different” about CPC. Michael Chanley and his team have done an amazing job to create value all year round
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Many of you may have come with questions like: What do I need to do to get more volunteers? What are some sure fire tried and true methods for keeping volunteers for the long term? How do I get volunteers to come to my training meetings? We all start in the wrong place. Sunday comes
Group Kidmin Notes: Inside the mind of your volunteers Read More »
Honored to be a part of Group’s KidMin Conference. Love Chris Jones and her staff. They have such great hearts to help refresh and equip kidmin leaders from all over. Really appreciate what they bring to the conference scene. 1. I get to teach a breakout with my good friend Gina McClain. She’s amazing, such
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This is an article I did for K! magazine a few years ago. K! is a great magazine Ryan Frank and his team do an outstanding job of finding new voices. I also am a huge fan of the layout of the magazine love the artwork. If you are not getting K! magazine and are
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Have you ever asked yourself why no one ever comes to your training meetings? Have you ever bought 200 bagels and 5 boxes of Joe in preparation for 100% attendance by your volunteer teams? Only to have 185 bagels left over. I see that hand and that hand belongs to me. What do we do?
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