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...
by Nick Blevins | May 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
I have attended church regularly ever since my mom first took me when I was 2 years old. By the time I was a high school student, I was fully involved in our student ministry and I loved my church. There were so many key relationships, experiences, and learnings in my...
by Nick Blevins | May 24, 2016 | Leadership, Podcast, Volunteers
In this episode, I talk with Frank Bealer about how to help volunteers lead like staff. At Elevation Church, volunteers are empowered to lead in big ways in every ministry. We talk about what those roles look like, how to recruit volunteers, what Elevation does to...
by Nick Blevins | May 18, 2016 | Leadership, Strategy
Have you ever been confused by the terms mission, vision, strategy, and values? Join the club. In the first post in this series, I introduced this topic and wrote about Mission. In the second post, I wrote about Vision and the role it plays. In the third post, I wrote...
by Nick Blevins | May 16, 2016 | Strategy
Have you ever been confused by the terms mission, vision, strategy, and values? Join the club. In the first post in this series, I introduced this topic and wrote about Mission. In the second post, I wrote about Vision and the role it plays. In this post, we'll talk...
by Nick Blevins | May 14, 2016 | Lead Small, Partner with Parents, Podcast
In this episode, we talk with Elle Campbell about how to transition to small groups in your ministry and how to partner with parents. While student ministry is the context, everything discussed applies to children's ministry as well. Elle, along with her husband...
by Nick Blevins | May 11, 2016 | Leadership, Strategy
Have you ever been confused by the terms mission, vision, strategy, and values? Join the club. In the first post in this series, I introduced this topic and wrote about Mission. In this post, we'll talk about Vision. Many leaders are understandably confused between...
by Nick Blevins | May 9, 2016 | Leadership, Strategy
Have you ever been confused by the terms mission, vision, strategy, and values? Join the club. I'm certainly no expert on the subject. But, in this series of posts, I'll share my thoughts on each one along with their distinctions and how they can be used in our family...
by Nick Blevins | May 2, 2016 | Family Ministry
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...
