Leadership, Communication, Ministry Health, Spiritual Health & YM Systems and Structures
I got an email from a parent I had never met with the title YOUR PROGRAM. I wanted to hide from it, because I assumed, “This is going to be…
Do not ignore parents. You need them to help your ministry grow. The way that will happen is by getting them to buy in and invest in you and your…
As an ENFP I have the ability to talk for hours. It doesn’t mean I’m always interesting, but I like to talk. In order to deliver quality message I...
With summer winding down do you feel like you have enough volunteers? The answer is probably, “No.” The truth is that it never feels like enough. I...
“How could they mess this up?” I had sent my volunteers the link for the game, but none of them came prepared. There I was bailing them out once...
I used to have that awkward encounter where I would run into a teen that had not shown up to our ministry for a while. You know that one that…
I remember asking my grandmother to teach me how to cook. She asked me why and I told her, “I wanted to woo girls.” I truly believed that if I…
“Tone is the hardest part of saying no.” – Jonathan Price, Put That In Writing The word, “NO” holds a lot of power. It’s one that determines whether...
A few months back I had a young woman ask me, “How do I convince my pastor to make my position full time?” I sensed frustration on the end. She…
I was jealous. In my third year of ministry we booked a guest speaker on purity. Everyone was engaged and into it. I couldn’t believe it. I would...
The first year we separated our Confirmation program from the regular high school ministry program numbers plummeted. Teenagers no longer had to...
The days are longer and Spring is trying to bust through. This can only mean one thing…lacrosse season is here. While there is competition to our...
