Communication

How To Help Your Team Serve Confidently

One of the biggest reasons a volunteer will stop serving is due to a lack of direction.  If they don’t know what to do, when to do it or how…

Communication

What To Do When Your Youth Ministry Grows Stale

We all have those seasons in ministry when it feels like no matter how hard we work nothing seems to change. It’s a defeating feeling that leaves you...

Communication

Are Your Emails Being Ignored?

It can be frustrating when someone tells you, “I didn’t get the email.” even though you know very well that they received it. But, is it really their...

Communication

Master How You Communicate To Teenagers

Every youth minister wants to engage the next generation. One of the best ways to do that is through the way you communicate. However, mastering the...

Communication

What You Should Expect From Your Team

Have you ever had a volunteer show up late or unprepared? Maybe you’ve had that time when someone you relied heavily on dropped the ball and it made...

Communication

Do You Need To Brand Your Ministry?

Branding works. When you see golden arches you think about McDonalds. You see a swoosh and it’s Nike. But, when someone thinks about your ministry...

Communication

4 Fool Proof Tips To Improving Your Speaking

A great speaker can change minds and hearts. He can capture the attention of many to create change. Unfortunately, mastering the art of speaking...

Communication

Training Volunteers On The Go

I keep telling myself that I have to make time to meet with my volunteers.  The problem is that life is so busy for me and them.  In the end…

Communication

How To Keep In Touch With Former Students

I love these first couple of weeks of the new year because you run into college students coming back from break. Some of them are excited to see you...

Communication

Why No One Is Showing Up To Your Event

Nothing is more frustrating then spending copious amounts of time planning an event only having no one attend. It’s a moments where we ask, “Is this...

Communication

Why Youth Ministry Is Sales

There are a lot of great ways to advertise for your ministry (Check out my friends at Parishdesigner.com) but that’s only half the battle. While...