by Nick Blevins | Jun 29, 2016 | Leadership
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...
by Nick Blevins | Jun 28, 2016 | High School, Middle School, Podcast, Youthmin
In this episode, I talk with Christopher Wesley, the Youth Pastor at Church of the Nativity, a Catholic Church right in the same county I'm in here in Maryland. Church of the Nativity does an amazing job holding to Catholic traditions and practices while pushing the...
by Nick Blevins | Jun 21, 2016 | Family Ministry, NextGen, Podcast
In this episode, I talk with Cindy Fiala, the Family Pastor at Preston Trail Community Church in Frisco, TX. We talk about the role of the Family Pastor and all that entails. Cindy shares some ways she leads her staff team with the goal of having a unified team that...
by Nick Blevins | Jun 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
Our staff leadership team had the privilege of learning from Daniel Floyd, Pastor of Lifepoint Church, a few years ago. One of the things we learned from him is something he picked up from Sam Chand, a great leader, and a great author. I call it The Volunteer...
by Nick Blevins | Jun 14, 2016 | Podcast, Social Media
In this episode, I talk with Kenny Campbell about how to create a digital strategy for your ministry. Most of us are leveraging email and social media to communicate and build community, but sometimes we do it without a strategy in mind. Social media, text, email, can...
by Nick Blevins | Jun 7, 2016 | Leadership, Podcast
In this episode I talk with the great Jim Wideman about an important question everyone asks at one point or another, should I stay (in my current role) or should I go (to a new role)? Jim also talks about the new venture he's part of to help churches and family...
by Nick Blevins | Jun 6, 2016 | Leadership
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...
by Nick Blevins | Jun 1, 2016 | Family Ministry
Think back to when you were in middle school. If you're like me, that's longer ago than you'd like to admit. What was it like when you had a surprise day where the teacher wasn't in and there was a substitute? Free day! Party time! No homework! In my experience, it...
by Nick Blevins | May 31, 2016 | Podcast, Volunteers
In this episode, I talk with Christine Kreisher, Discipleship Pastor at GT Church in Reading, PA. We talk about the book she co-authored, entitled The Volunteer Project: Stop Recruiting, Start Retaining. Christine would suggest we prioritize retainment over church...
