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busyness

How To Help Your Volunteers Fight Busyness

You send out an email reminder to leaders about that meeting you’ve spent months planning only to get this reply, “Hey, would love to join you but...

How To Be A Resource To Parents

As a parent of small children I’m constantly reminded that my wife and I can’t do this on our own. That’s why we are constantly looking for...

Communication

What Do You Want People To Know?

Unfortunately people are not mind readers. If they were volunteers would do want you want them to do. Students and parents would get why you want...

Are You Afraid To Let Down People?

We’ve all experienced a broken promise. They hurt. An expectation is made and when it’s not met you feel let down. In youth ministry there is a...

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How To Do An Overhaul On Religious Ed

You might not want to admit to it, but your religious ed isn’t doing what you want it to do.  You decide the only solution is to overhaul the entire…

4 Steps To Help Volunteers Grow Into Leaders

We spend a lot of time recruiting volunteers, convincing people to get involved. Then you finally get them and it becomes about helping them stay....

How To Step Back In After Being Away

One of the reasons we don’t take time off is the fear of missing something while being away. We picture the inbox filling up and the workload...

How To Roll Out A New Program

To roll out a new program is an exciting and exhausting experience. There are people to prepare, logistics to communicate and resources to gather....

Why Now Is the Perfect Time To Think Fall

It’s hard to think about the fall right after Christmas. After all there is still a whole lot of ministry to go. There are teens to welcome and...

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How To Embrace Constant Change

Change is never easy. Even when we yearn for change it can still be difficult. But, how we handle change is important because it impacts our...

4 Characteristics Of A High-Capacity Leader

Your ministry needs more than just warm bodies to make it run at a high level. Your ministry needs volunteers who are leaders. It needs high-capacity...

Communication

4 Steps To Take Before Purchasing A Resource

If given the option, time, money and support most people would create their own content. The reality is that many of those things are in short...