by Nick Blevins | Aug 23, 2016 | Podcast, Lead Small
In this episode, I talk with Gina McClain, Pastor of Children's Ministries at Faith Promise Church. Previously, Gina led children's ministry at Life.Church. We talk about how to implement small groups for kids and what it takes to stick it out long-term in your...
by Nick Blevins | Aug 22, 2016 | Leadership
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....
by Nick Blevins | Aug 16, 2016 | Podcast, High School, Middle School, NextGen, Youthmin
In this episode, I talk with EJ Swanson. For many years, EJ primarily taught students and adults in various settings, speaking to over 150,000 each year. A couple years ago, he transitioned back into the local church leading youth ministry, and now all of NextGen at...
by Nick Blevins | Aug 9, 2016 | Podcast, High School, Middle School, Youthmin
In this episode, I interview Ben Kerns, Student Pastor and writer behind averageyouthministry.com. I talk with Ben about the challenges he's seeing in student ministry and how he's tackling them at his church. Ben Kerns Connect with Ben on Facebook | Twitter |...
by Nick Blevins | Aug 2, 2016 | Podcast, Leadership
In this episode, I interview Rob Cizek, the Executive Pastor of NorthShore Christian Church in Everett, WA. I talk with Rob about how to lead up and how to hire well in ministry. Rob shares practical tips we can use right away to improve in both areas. Rob Cizek...
by Nick Blevins | Jul 26, 2016 | Podcast, Leadership
In this episode, I talk with Matt Guevara, the Executive Director of the International Network of Children's Ministry (INCM). INCM exists to connect, train and resource children's ministry leaders and they are probably known most for the Children's Pastors Conference....
by Nick Blevins | Jul 19, 2016 | Podcast, Family Ministry, Partner with Parents
In this episode, I talk with Kristen Ivy, the Executive Director of Messaging at Orange and the Director of the Phase Project. The Phase Project was created to help equip leaders and parents to best understand and lead kids at each phase of their life. We talk about...
by Nick Blevins | Jul 12, 2016 | Podcast, Leadership, NextGen, Volunteers
In this episode, I talk with Kevin Monahan. Kevin is the NextGen Pastor at 12Stone Church in Atlanta, GA. 12Stone is a large, multisite church averaging 15,000+ in attendance across 9 campuses. In fact, they launched 5 campuses in one day just a couple years ago! We...
by Nick Blevins | Jul 5, 2016 | Elementary, Kidmin, Podcast, Preschool, Volunteers
In this episode, I talk with Amy Fenton. Amy works for Orange, holding 3 roles in 1. She's an Orange Specialist, serving church leaders who use their elementary curriculum. She leads their Orange VBS team and she leads Live to Serve, an event Orange puts on for...
