The Lead Small Strategy

The Lead Small Strategy

The Lead Small Strategy is one of the many gifts that Orange has given to the Church. “Lead Small” is a term coined by Orange to focus on the importance of providing small groups for every kid and every student. It's the idea that life change happens best...
16 Gift Ideas for First-Time Families

16 Gift Ideas for First-Time Families

Did you know that most churches only keep about 10-20% of their first-time families? I don't know about you, but I definitely want to see our church do better. Recently, I've been researching what churches do to help encourage guests to come back. I have enjoyed...
How to Recruit Volunteers for Summer

How to Recruit Volunteers for Summer

Do you have a difficult time when you go to recruit volunteers for summer in children's ministry? Do you want to give your regular volunteers a break so they're refreshed and ready for a new school year? Could you use a yearly on-ramp for potential volunteers...
100 Volunteer Appreciation Ideas

100 Volunteer Appreciation Ideas

If you're like me, you always feel grateful for every volunteer who serves in your ministry. We know we can't do anything we do without them. They don't serve for us and they don't serve for our church. Ultimately, they serve to be a part of God's mission to reach the...
How to Structure for Growth in Ministry

How to Structure for Growth in Ministry

In ministry, it's important to plan for growth in order for growth to be possible. However, the challenges of ministry are so great and so demanding it makes it hard to do anything but focus on managing the present. Maybe you haven't experienced that, but I sure have....
How to Delegate: The Ultimate Guide to Delegation

How to Delegate: The Ultimate Guide to Delegation

How To Delegate In Episode 4 of the Family Ministry Podcast, I talked with Jim Wideman. In the midst of our conversation, Jim referenced the book 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell (my affiliate link). He said you could read the first law (Law of the...
7 Ways to Frustrate the People You Lead

7 Ways to Frustrate the People You Lead

Let's face it. No matter how good of a leader we might be, we all frustrate the people we lead. I sure do. Not on purpose, though. It's the reality of being a flawed human being who tries his best but will always have weaknesses. Like you, I've tried to work on those...