by Nick Blevins | Feb 20, 2018 | Podcast, High School, Middle School, Multisite, Youthmin
In this episode, I talk with Louie Lovoy. Louie helps lead, coach, and resource the student ministry leaders in North Point's network and strategic partner churches. We have a great conversation about what North Point's student ministry looks like and how that...
by Nick Blevins | Feb 13, 2018 | Podcast, Family Ministry, Leadership
In this episode, I talk with Jana Magruder, author of Nothing Less. Nothing Less is a book based on research with 2000 Protestant parents, that asks the questions: What were the things that influenced your child’s faith the most? and What mattered most in helping them...
by Nick Blevins | Feb 6, 2018 | Podcast, Family Ministry, Partner with Parents
In this episode, I talk with the author of Spiritual Parenting, Dr. Michelle Anthony. We walk through some of the principles in her book, and then break down what family ministry looks like at her church. She shares the groups, events, resources, and other unique...
by Nick Blevins | Jan 30, 2018 | Podcast, Middle School, Youthmin
In this episode, I talk with Ashley Bohinc, Director of Middle School Strategy at Orange. Ashley and I have a great conversation about engaging middle school students in large group and small group settings. She shares practical tools for inviting them into...
by Nick Blevins | Jan 23, 2018 | Podcast, Elementary, Family Ministry, Kidmin, Partner with Parents, Preschool
In this episode, I talk with Director of Kids' Club and Student Ministry, Kim Botto, about what her church has done to serve kids and families that are hurting, have experienced trauma, have difficult backgrounds, or are facing other challenges. She shares about the...
by Nick Blevins | Jan 16, 2018 | Podcast, Elementary, Kidmin, Preschool, Volunteers
In this episode, I talk with Erin English. Erin is the Early Childhood Pastor at Westside Family Church. Erin shares the principles and practical steps that helped grow her volunteer team from 250 to 400 in just two years. We then have a great conversation about goal...
by Nick Blevins | Jan 9, 2018 | Family Ministry, Partner with Parents, Podcast
In this episode, I talk with Family Pastor Chris Sasser, of Port City Community Church. Chris shares how he and his team are partnering with parents in their church through The Parent Network. The Parent Network is a 4-part initiative they started two years ago. Chris...
by Nick Blevins | Dec 26, 2017 | Podcast, Preteen
In this episode, I welcome my friend, Bill Hegedus, back to the podcast. Bill shared with us in Episode 018 about preteen ministry and partnering with parents. This time, we have a great conversation about what he's been up to this past year since stepping into a new...
by Nick Blevins | Dec 19, 2017 | Podcast, Volunteers
In this episode, I talk with Alston Causey, the UpStreet Director at Gwinnett Church, about what his church is doing to create a remarkable volunteer culture. Alston shares the huge role that vision plays in this, and why leading with the “why” is so...
by Nick Blevins | Dec 12, 2017 | Podcast, Kidmin, Preschool
In this episode, I talk with Alison Leamon about preschool ministry. Alison walks through what preschool ministry looks like at her church – from programming, to volunteers and recruiting, to key events they do to partner with parents. She shares the vision and...
by Nick Blevins | Dec 5, 2017 | Podcast, Lead Small
In this episode, I interview Afton Phillips. Afton is the Director of Small Group Strategies at Orange, and we talk about a training plan that they have developed for small group leaders. She breaks this plan down and walks through what you can be doing yearly,...
by Nick Blevins | Nov 28, 2017 | Podcast, Elementary, Kidmin, Preschool
In this episode, I talk with Rachel Walker about starting a ministry from scratch. Rachel is the Kids' Director at a church that launched nine weeks ago, and she walks through what building a team, training volunteers, and creating environments has looked like. We...
by Nick Blevins | Nov 21, 2017 | Podcast, Partner with Parents
In this episode, I talk with Family Ministry leader, Phil Bell. Phil and I walk through his book, Team Up: The Family Ministry Playbook for Partnering With Parents. Phil shares the partnership strategy his church uses–from how they connect parents with one another, to...
by Nick Blevins | Nov 14, 2017 | Podcast, Volunteers
In this episode, I talk with Adam Duckworth about volunteers. Adam has co-authored two books with Sue Miller, Not Normal: Seven Quirks of Incredible Volunteers and Leading Not Normal Volunteers. He shares key principles and practices from these, and what it takes to...
by Nick Blevins | Nov 7, 2017 | Podcast, Elementary, Family Ministry, Partner with Parents
In this episode, I talk with my friend, Dave Truitt, about creating great family experiences for parents and kids, where they can learn and talk about faith together. He breaks down what goes into each experience, how they prepare for it, and why it is key to their...
