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What are most churches looking for in a children’s pastor. 1. Education 2. Experience 3. Passionate about God 4. Passionate about kids 5. Organizational skills 6. Vision 7. Works well with volunteers I think that church should look for: 1. Passion for God 2. Education 3. Passion for kids and families 4. Chemistry with staff

I want to attempt to answer my own question, Why do most young people going into the ministry want to be youth pastors? But first a couple of your responses. From jonathancliff.com He had lots of other great thoughts check out his whole post here. Why most Children’s Pastors wanted to be youth pastors? Because

In my previous post I was talking about the lack of desire from young people to be a children’s pastor. Of all the teens, young adults and especially those in Bible college I have asked what they want to do in the ministry almost all say youth pastor. I don’t say this in a bitter

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I have been thinking about a few things the last week or so. I have been talking to some good friends of mine as wells as pastors I know in the region they are all looking for children’s pastors. It got me thinking, why is there such a lack of quality children’s leaders? I realize

My good friend Gareth posted this video I have to agree as a fellow Apple coolaid drinker who loves everything they do . I love this commercial. If you are wondering 11 days till the new Coldplay record comes out. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3mYc1m3lsM]

All I can say is wow. This is a prime example why Seth Godin is the man. He wrote a great piece on permission emailing with loads of fantastic rules for the sender. My rules are simple if your email is a touching story, selling something, or is some joke i delete them (Dan Buck

My friend and fellow blogger posed this question to me. What is the Holy Spirits role in volunteer recruitment? I thought it was a great question. Here are my thoughts let me hear yours. When I first became a children’s pastor (after everyone quit) I promptly went out and started to make my bulitin plea.

One of our amazing volunteer is Kim Maxwell. She is amazing she is so talented in so many ways. She has a passion for helping first time guests find their way around the building and have a great experience. We are so blessed that she is apart of Uptown. A mother came to our check