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The Single Greatest Recruitment Tool for Kidmin

In UncategorizedTags Kidmin Leadership, Leadership, Prayer, volunteerPublish DateOctober 14, 201626 Views2 Comments samluce

Good now that I have your attention. Of all the ministries in the church, the most volunteer intensive ministry by far is children’s ministry. No matter the size of church you are in if you do kids ministry you never have enough volunteers. If you have done kids ministry for any length of time you will be able to say like Paul “I know what it’s like to be abased and to abound.” These past few months I have lost several volunteers. In …

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New Kids Pastor Toolbox

New Kids Pastor Toolbox

In MinistryTags kidmin, Leadership, Tool, volunteerPublish DateJune 15, 20153 ViewsLeave a comment samluce

One of the reasons I blog here is to be to others what I wish someone was to me when I started. One of the things that would have helped me when I started was knowing …

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Leading Volunteers 101

In Leadership, MinistryTags funny, Gina McClain, time, volunteerPublish DateOctober 8, 20124 Views2 Comments samluce

The Lifeway Kids Ministry Conference is officially underway. Really enjoying meeting lots of new people. This is my first time to come to this conference. Love how each conference has it’s own personality. The opening session …

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Why volunteers don’t attend your meetings.

In LeadershipTags policy, volunteer, volunteersPublish DateApril 23, 201232 Views14 Comments samluce

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 …

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Is Kidmin Ameri-centric?

In UncategorizedTags kids, time, VBS, volunteerPublish DateMarch 7, 201127 Views31 Comments samluce

I got involved in this interesting conversation with a few children’s pastors online the other day and the topic of children’s ministry being Americentric came up. Basically why are there not more voices and resources coming from other …

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Three Signs of a Miserable Job: Irrelevance

In UncategorizedTags group, kids, Three Signs, volunteerPublish DateOctober 29, 201014 Views4 Comments samluce

The next sign of a miserable job I want to takle is irrelevance. Lencioni describes Irrelevance this way: Everyone needs to know that their job matters, to someone, anyone. Without seeing a connection between the work …

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My name is Sam Luce and I have been a pastor at Redeemer Church in Utica NY for the past 24 years. 18 of those years serving as children’s pastor. Currently, I am serving as the Global Pastor to Families. This is my personal blog it is focused on Discipleship, Family Ministry, and Theology.

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4 responses to “Three Signs of a Miserable Job: Irrelevance”

  1. mark schilling Avatar
    mark schilling
    October 29, 2010

    I use to work in insurance. It was hard to motivate myself about selling an invisible commodity to people hoping they would never use it. That's flat uninspiring

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  2. Lindsey Whitney Avatar
    Lindsey Whitney
    October 31, 2010

    Thank you for running this series. I read the book too and saw lots of principles to apply to KidMin, but haven't done so yet. Looking forward to reading more!

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    1. samluce Avatar
      samluce
      November 1, 2010

      Thanks Lindsey, Thanks for the comments. Feel free to add anything I missed.

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