by Nick Blevins | Jun 12, 2018 | Podcast, High School, Middle School, Youthmin
In this episode, I talk with Youth Pastor, Steve Cullum, about how to come alongside students in your ministry who are struggling with their mental health. He walks through what it looks like to partner with organizations in your community to equip youth, parents, and...
by Nick Blevins | Jun 5, 2018 | Podcast, High School, Middle School, Youthmin
In this episode, I talk with Orange Specialist Charlie Conder who serves and consults with student pastors that utilize XP3 Students. Charlie shares about partnering with schools, and gives us the inside scoop on a partnership she spent ten years building with local...
by Nick Blevins | May 29, 2018 | Podcast, Family Ministry, Preteen
In this episode, I talk with Dan Scott about his new book Caught in Between: Engaging Your Preteens Before They Check Out. This book leans into the undeniable fact that preteens start to check out of elementary ministry in the last couple years, but are also not ready...
by Nick Blevins | May 22, 2018 | Podcast, Leadership
In this episode, I talk with author, communicator, host, and Director of City Strategy at Orange, Sam Collier about his new book, Find Your Voice. Sam clarifies what it looks like to find your voice, barriers to finding your voice, and why we so often overlook or miss...
by Nick Blevins | May 15, 2018 | Podcast, Elementary, Kidmin, Preschool
In this episode, I talk with Kellie Krueger of Beachcities Church. Over 70% of the weekly kids' team at Beachcities is comprised of student volunteers. Kellie walks through the leadership structure, how it works with so many student volunteers, and how the kid and...
by Nick Blevins | May 8, 2018 | Podcast, Family Ministry
In this episode, Tom Bump, David Maddron, Tom Pounder, Steve Cullum, and I recap OC18. We break down our key takeaways, favorite ideas, and practical steps we were encouraged to take back to our ministries as we continue the mission of helping the next generation know...
by Nick Blevins | May 1, 2018 | Podcast, Social Media
In this episode, I talk with Kevin Jennings. Kevin is a marketing strategist who works with Orange and helps people communicate their message through social media and email marketing. He walks through a plan for how you can market well from scratch, highlighting...
by Nick Blevins | Apr 24, 2018 | Podcast, Leadership, Systems
In this episode, I talk with NextGen Pastor, Jim Murphy, about event planning. Jim talks through how his church plans events and the project management system they use. He dives into the weeds, sharing key components of the planning that goes into these events and a...
by Nick Blevins | Apr 17, 2018 | Podcast, Family Ministry
In this episode, I talk with Interim Executive Director of INCM, Michayla White, about some research they have done involving millennial parents. Michayla breaks down some of the stereotypes surrounding this generation of parents and shares the results of a survey...
by Nick Blevins | Apr 10, 2018 | Podcast, High School, Middle School, Youthmin
In this episode, I talk with Shelley Donaldson, Nick Elio, Mark Oestreicher, and Eric Woods – 4 of the 5 contributing authors of 4 Views on Pastoring LGBTQ Teenagers. They each share why they wanted to be a part of this project and why it's important to have an open...
by Nick Blevins | Apr 3, 2018 | Podcast, High School, Middle School, Youthmin
In this episode, I have a conversation with Kurt Johnston of Saddleback Church about how Saddleback does student ministry, the key components of that strategy, what has remained constant, and what has changed over the past ten years. We also dive into the questions...
by Nick Blevins | Mar 27, 2018 | Podcast, Elementary, Kidmin, Preschool
In this episode, I talk with Danielle Bell about her church's discipleship strategy for children's ministry. Danielle walks through the key components of their strategy and shares specific details about how they execute these components. From breaking down Sunday...
by Nick Blevins | Mar 20, 2018 | Podcast, Elementary, Kidmin, Preschool
In this episode, I talk with Amy Fenton from Orange about VBS. Amy shares best practices for planning ahead and how to build a team and process in order to create a remarkable experience for kids. And, she dives into the difference between focusing on evangelism or...
by Nick Blevins | Mar 6, 2018 | Podcast, Leadership, NextGen
In this episode, I talk with my friend, Kevin Monahan, the NextGen Pastor at 12Stone Church in Atlanta, GA. 12Stone does a great job with leadership development and is so intentional about raising up the next generation of ministry leaders through summer internships...
by Nick Blevins | Feb 27, 2018 | Podcast, Leadership
In this episode, I talk with Jim Wideman about the importance of thinking differently. We all have ways of doing ministry that have become routine–typically because we are busy and want to be able to focus on people, as God has called us to do. But, we still need to...
