How The Orange Conference Helps Our Church

How The Orange Conference Helps Our Church

It's Orange Week, which is a time when a bunch of leaders and bloggers write posts related to The Orange Conference and the Orange Strategy. I'll be at the Orange Conference again this year. If you plan to attend, you'll want to register this week before the price...

My Takeaways From the 2016 Orange Conference

Last week I had my annual trip to the Orange Conference. It's a week I look forward to every year. I posted notes from the first and second main sessions, but here are some general takeaways I had from the conference. It's a random list in random order. A Refocus on...
30 Apps We Use to Lead Family Ministry

30 Apps We Use to Lead Family Ministry

In conversations with other ministry leaders, I usually find myself asking what tools, resources, and apps they use to see if they might be a fit for our ministry. In order to share the apps we use, I created a FREE resource entitled 30 Apps We Use to Lead Family...
7 Things We Do As A Family Ministry

7 Things We Do As A Family Ministry

Recently we had a big training with all of our children and student ministry teams. The primary focus of our time together was to re-cast the vision for the importance of Lead Small (having kids and students in small groups). However, we also wanted to take the time...
What Should a Family Pastor Do?

What Should a Family Pastor Do?

The role of Family Pastor / NextGen Pastor is somewhat new in the church. I'm referring to a staff person who is responsible for leading a staff team of people that oversee children and student ministries, from birth through high school (or college). Because the role...