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In-Person & Online with Lisa Molite Episode 250: Discipling Kids in Worship with Yancy Episode 249: Doing Ministry Inside and Outside the Church with Andrae Jones Episode 248: How to Get Volunteers Back with Brittany Nelson Episode 247: 5 Steps to Recruit Volunteers NOW Episode 246: Authentic Leadership the Lasts with Jim Wideman Episode 245: Restoring Your Soul in Hard Seasons with Tom Bump Episode 244: Quantity and Quality Volunteer Growth with Crystal Mazzuca Episode 243: Leading Volunteers with Josh Denhart Episode 242: Growing Student Ministry Beyond 10% with TJ McConohay Episode 241: Volunteer Appreciation & New Beginnings with Heidi Hensley Episode 240: Helping Kids Find Their Place in God's Great Story with Co-Pastors Paul & Jim Episode 239: Kidmin in a Large Church in Pandemic and Beyond with Lindsay Felstow Episode 238: Growing Student Ministry in Pandemic with Steve Cullum Episode 237: A Family Ministry Playbook for Partnering with Parents with Phil Bell Episode 236: Leverage Digital Signage for Ministry with Micheal Byrd Helpful Tips to Start Livestreaming Your Church Service Episode 235: Engage Every Parent Everywhere with Kristen Ivy Episode 234: Helping Kids & Students Feel SEEN with Will Hutcherson Episode 233: Children's Ministry Principles with Trisha Peach Episode 232: A Discussion on Kidmin Large Group Part Two Episode 231: A Discussion on Kidmin Large Group Part One Orange Tour Episode 230: 5 Volunteer Onboarding Hacks with Kenny Conley Episode 229: A Different Volunteer Recruiting Focus Episode 228: Caring for and Restoring Ourselves as Leaders with Tom Bump Episode 227: Helping the NextGen Engage with the Bible with Keith Ferrin Episode 226: Student Ministry in Pandemic with James Sabin The Orange Conference Episode 225: Recruiting Volunteers and Growing the Team 25% with Crystal Mazzuca Episode 224: Family Ministry Model and Kidmin in Pandemic with Amber Baker Episode 223: Frustration with People Leaving and Developing Staff with John Huber Episode 222: 7 Volunteer Ideas with Jim Wideman Church Volunteer Recruitment Episode 221: 7 Volunteer Ideas with Christine Kreisher Episode 220: Re-Imagining Volunteer Teams with Chris Sasser 5 of the Best Church Texting Services Prayer Wall - Idea From My Church Episode 219: Reactivating Volunteers from the Bench with Andrae Jones Episode 218: Shepherding Volunteers Through Challenging Times with Gina McClain Episode 217: Re-Evaluating Your Volunteer Foundation with Kelly Stockdale Episode 216: Recruiting Volunteers In a New Context with Alison Leamon Episode 215: Radical Mentoring with Kevin Harris 81 Tools & Apps for a Digital Church Strategy Episode 214: Student Ministry on Discord with Stephen Law Episode 213: How to Love People Who Are Different from us with Adam Weber Episode 212: Partnering with Parents via Online Strategies with Dana Williams Episode 211: Kidmin In-Person & Online with Andrae Jones Church Marketing - Outsource Your Strategies to a Company Episode 210: From Student Ministry to a Church Planter during COVID-19 with Jamey Dickens Episode 209: 3 Buckets for Volunteers & Staff with Chris Sasser Episode 208: Family Ministry Online and In-Person with Todd Lesher Episode 207: Children's Ministry Online with Mike Clear Episode 206: Kid's Content on YouTube for Families with Mallory Wright Episode 205: Kidmin on Instagram with Clent Wells of James River Church Episode 204: Church of the Highlands Kid's Ministry with Beth Cunningham Church Retention - 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Episode 203: Webinar Replay - Your Ministry Boxed with Ministry Boost Episode 202: A Church Staff COVID-19 Journey and Kidmin Resources w/ Brittany Nelson Episode 201: In-Person Kid's & Student Ministry with Nick Ballard Episode 200: Thinking Digital First with Ally Evans Episode 199: A Greater Story with Sam Collier Church Online Engagement: 26 Ideas to Implement Episode 198: Connecting With Families Online with Andrea Goslee Episode 197: Re-Opening Kidmin with Ally Evans & Will Hutcherson Episode 196: Experiencing Church at Home and ServeHQ with Scott Magdalein Episode 195: Navigating Adversity and Battling Anxiety with Gerald Fadayomi Episode 194: Student Ministry Pivots During COVID-19 with Justin Knowles Episode 193: Children's Ministry at Sandals Church with Jeremy O'Neill Episode 192: Self-Aware Leadership & Youth Ministry Teaching with Terry Linhart Episode 191: New Families and Guest Retention with Jason Young Episode 190: Discipleship and Social Media with Jonathan Malm Episode 189: Connecting Students with Coach Shef Orange Conference 2020 Quotes Orange Conference 2020 Opening Session Episode 188: A COVID-19 Family Ministry Road Map with Gina McClain Episode 187: Preteen Ministry with Sean Sweet Episode 186: A Sneak Peek Into Kidmin Challenges from Large Churches with Dale Hudson Episode 185: Online Kidmin and Recruiting Volunteer Subs with Jarrod Harris Episode 184: Nine Ideas While Churches Aren’t Gathering Episode 183: Kidmin Curriculum with Mike Clear Episode 182: Youth Ministry Evangelism with Greg Stier Episode 181: Gospel-Centered Kids Ministry and Discipline Tools with Jenny Funderburke Smith Episode 180: Ministering to Single Parents with Paula Dannielle How The Orange Conference Helps Our Church Episode 179: Youth Ministry from a Pastor's Perspective with Tony Myles Episode 178: Multisite NextGen and Reaching Outsiders with Alfred Burgess Episode 177: Elevation Church Family Ministry with Jeff Bates Episode 176: Retaining Volunteers Q&A with Christine Kreisher Episode 175: Empowering Volunteers Q&A with Jon Birkmire Episode 174: Training Volunteers Q&A with Dan Scott Episode 173: Encouraging Volunteers Q&A with Paula Dannielle Episode 172: Onboarding Volunteers Q&A with Kenny Conley Episode 171: Recruiting Volunteers Q&A with Nina Schmidgall Episode 170: Youth Ministry + Family Ministry with the Longer Haul Youth Ministry Podcast Episode 169: Youth Ministry Inside and Outside the Church with Robert Purvey Episode 168: Kids Worship with Yancy Episode 167: Divorce and Single Parents with Linda Ranson Jacobs Episode 166: Helping Parents in Growing With Their Teenagers with Kara Powell Episode 165: Kidmin Survey Insights with Tony Kummer Episode 164: Helping Families Navigate the Loss of a Child with David Maddron Episode 163: Know What You Are FOR with Jeff Henderson Episode 162: Ministry Do Over with Will Hutcherson Episode 161: Student Ministry Leadership with Doug Franklin of LeaderTreks Episode 160: It's Personal with Kristen Ivy Episode 159: Student Ministry Leadership & Culture with Reed Moore Episode 158: Launching a Preteen Ministry with Lisa Molite Episode 157: Developing Staff and Volunteers in a Healthy Culture with Ally Evans Episode 156: Reaching Unchurched Students in Youth Ministry with Sydney Lester Church Events: 15 Best Practices for Planning, Leading, and Promoting Events at Your Church Episode 155: Student Ministry Programming - Behind the Scenes with Kyle Price Episode 154: Life.Church Kids Ministry with Justin Edge Episode 153: Student Ministry from 40 to 300 with Jordan Geist Episode 152: Preschool Ministry With Brittany Compton Episode 151: Life.Church Student Ministry with Vince Parker Episode 150: Volunteer Directors & Coaches with Jon Birkmire Episode 149: Gen Z in Middle School Ministry with Matt Heer Episode 148: Kidmin - Trends, Maximizing Summer, and Productivity Episode 147: Justin Herman on Transitioning Churches & Keys to Junior High Ministry Episode 146: Learning, Networking & Social Media with Todd Hixenbaugh Episode 145: Dan Doerksen on Structuring Your Team for Maximum Impact Episode 144: Engaging New Kids with Special Sundays, Camps & VBS with Michelle Suarez Episode 143: The Family Framework & Partnering with Parents with Kurt Brodbeck Episode 142: Building Faith in Babies with Amber Lappin Episode 141: Bringing Hope to Students in Your Community With Will Hutcherson Episode 140: Beth Guckenberger on Helping Kids and Students Have a Heart for the Nations Episode 139: Shane Sanchez on Student Ministry and the Junior/Senior Gap Episode 138: Partnering With Schools With Becky Rydman Episode 137: Building a Preteen Ministry with Zach Matchett Statistics on Youth Leaving the Church and Why Episode 136: 7 Steps to Being Creative in Ministry with Jason Tilley Rethink Leadership - Why Every Executive Leader Should Attend Episode 135: How to Recruit & Retain Volunteers with Steven Knight Episode 134: 6 Milestones and Transitions to Celebrate with Parents with Matt Morgan Episode 133: 5-Part Strategy for Partnering with Parents Episode 132: Christina Teevan on Serving Special Needs Families The Lead Small Strategy Episode 131: Keith Ferrin on "The Expert Interviews - All About Family Ministry" Episode 130: Special Needs Ministry for Students with Jess Berryhill Episode 129: Craig Cable on Church Security Episode 128: Creating a Church Family for Kids & Students Episode 127: When Your Church Building is FOR the Community With Corey Ray Jones Episode 126: Deciding to Stay or Go in Ministry Episode 125: Student Ministry Leader Tribe Conversation Episode 124: Elementary Ministry Leader Tribe Conversation Episode 123: Preschool Ministry Leader Tribe Conversation Episode 122: Multi-Ethnic Ministry With Lisette Fraser Episode 121: Ratios, Benchmarks for Budget, Staffing and Volunteers with Annette Safstrom Episode 120: 10 Key Agreements for Your Team With Kevin Monahan Episode 119: Gina McClain on Building a Lead Small Culture Episode 118: NextGen Ministry in a Small Church with Kelly Stockdale Episode 117: Redefining Preschool Ministry with Erin English Episode 116: Eric Bryant - Helping Kids & Students Belong Before They Believe Episode 115: Ministry Boost + Mission Trip Strategy with Calla Parker Episode 114: Preparing High School Seniors for College With Gerald Fadayomi Episode 113: Resourcing Parents With Lindsey Whitney Episode 112: Nick Salyers on Equipping Parents and Students for College Episode 111: Small Church, Big Church, and Multi-Site Church with Tom Bump 31 Volunteer Job Descriptions for Family Ministry (FREE) Episode 110: Ministry Hacks with Kenny Conley Episode 109: The 3 Pillars of Junior High Ministry With Justin Herman Episode 108: Mile Markers for Parents, Calendar, Trip Planning and Facilities with Britt Kitchen Episode 107: Steve Cullum on Helping Students Struggling With Mental Health Episode 106: Charlie Conder on Partnering With Schools and Women in Student Ministry Episode 105: Dan Scott on "Caught in Between: Engaging Your Preteens Before They Check Out" Episode 104: Sam Collier on Finding Your Voice Episode 103: Leading a Team That is 70% Student Volunteers with Kellie Krueger Episode 102: Orange Conference 2018 Highlights and Key Takeaways Episode 101: Creating a Social Media Strategy for Your Ministry With Kevin Jennings Episode 100: How to Plan Your Event With Jim Murphy Episode 099: Reaching Millenial Parents with Michayla White Episode 098: 4 Views on Pastoring LGBTQ Teenagers Episode 097: Kurt Johnston on Student Ministry Strategy Episode 096: A Discipleship Strategy for Kids With Danielle Bell Episode 095: Amy Fenton on VBS Planning and the Difference Between Evangelism and Discipleship Episode 094: Internships, Residencies, and Leadership Development With Kevin Monahan Episode 093: Jim Wideman on Making Time to Rethink Your Ministry Episode 092: How North Point Does Student Ministry With Louie Lovoy Episode 091: The Top 5 Things That Influence the Faith of the Next Generation With Jana Magruder Episode 090: Equipping Parents to Lead Their Families in Faith With Dr. Michelle Anthony Episode 089: Engaging Middle Schoolers in Large Group and Small Group With Ashley Bohinc Episode 088: Serving Families Well Through Trauma and Other Challenges With Kim Botto Episode 087: Erin English on Growing Your Volunteer Team and Setting Goals in the New Year Episode 086: Chris Sasser on The Parent Network Episode 085: Serving Preteens and Their Families With Bill Hegedus Episode 084: Alston Causey on Creating a Remarkable Volunteer Culture Episode 083: A Deep Dive Into Preschool Ministry With Alison Leamon Episode 082: Training and Equipping Small Group Leaders With Afton Phillips Episode 081: Rachel Walker – Starting a Ministry From Scratch Episode 080: A Strategic Plan for Partnering With Parents With Phil Bell Episode 079: Coaching and Leading Not Normal Volunteers With Adam Duckworth Episode 078: Creating Great Family Experiences for Kids and Parents With Dave Truitt Episode 077: "Don't Quit" with Gina McClain and Jessica Bealer Episode 076: 4 Key Things to Remember as a Leader With Kathie Phillips Episode 075: What a 1:500 Staff-Kid Ratio Looks Like With Andrae Jones Episode 074: How to Onboard and Train Volunteers With Scott Magdalein Episode 073: Helping New Families Stick With Greg Curtis and Joe Schmaltz Episode 072: Creating Irresistible Environments with Lisa Molite Episode 071: Structuring Age Groups Within NextGen With JC Thompson Episode 070: Hard Conversations and Tribes for Parents With Cindy Fiala Episode 069: How to Lead When You're Not in Charge With Clay Scroggins Episode 068: Rich Birch on Breaking 1000 in Family Ministry Episode 067: Kenny Conley - 5 Keys to a Good Start Episode 066: Jessica Bealer on Multisite Children's Ministry 16 Gift Ideas for First-Time Families Episode 065: The Unstuck Church With Tony Morgan Episode 064: Top 10 Mistakes Children's Ministry Leaders Make With Ricardo Miller Episode 063: Strategy for Partnering with Parents With Sherry Surratt Episode 062: Serving as a Student With Micah Fletcher & John Cahill Episode 061: Empowering Students to Serve With Alex Beaverson Episode 060: Your Team's Wiring and Women in Ministry With Amber Baker Episode 059: Serving Disability Families With Ellen Stumbo Episode 058: Summer Programming in Youth Ministry With Joe Crabb Episode 057: The Myth of Balance With Frank Bealer Episode 056: Creating Irresistible Environments With Gabe Boucher Episode 055: Youth Ministry Trips, Volunteer Culture, and Programming with Tomy Cummins Episode 054: Partnering With Parents With Will Hutcherson Episode 053: Q & A With Your Questions From the Year How to Be Productive: The Ultimate Guide [100+ Tips] Episode 052: Jeff Henderson on Helping Dads Invest in Their Sons Episode 051: Ministry in a Small Church With Jared Massey Episode 050: "Growing Young" With Brad Griffin 10 (of about 1,343) Things I'm Looking Forward to at Orange Conference 2017 Episode 049: Understanding Middle Schoolers and Pointing Them to Jesus With Katie Edwards Episode 048: Small Group Leader Best Practices With Shannon Pijanowski Episode 047: Creativity in Youth Ministry With Justin Knowles Episode 046: Leading Yourself and Aligning a NextGen Team With Aaron Bauer Episode 045: Engaging Kids in Worship With Corinne Noble Episode 044: Core Values for Family Ministry Leadership With John Huber Episode 043: Empowering Leaders and Giving Up Control With Lenny Moore Episode 042: Leadership Pipelines With Todd Adkins Episode 041: Leadership Development at Life.Church With Allyson Evans How to Recruit Volunteers for Summer Episode 040: Delegating and Focusing on Your Strengths With Tom Bump Episode 039: Apps, Technology and Curriculum With Michael Covington 100 Volunteer Appreciation Ideas Episode 038: Melissa MacDonald on Discipling Kids Episode 037: Tom Pounder on Youth Ministry, Social Media, and Online Services Episode 036: The LCBC Team on Multi-Site Family Ministry Episode 035: Sam Luce on the Tension Between Entertainment and Discipleship Episode 034: Andy Needham on Training and Equipping Volunteers Episode 033: Corey Ray Jones on Productivity and Effective Planning Episode 032: Jeff Cochran on Leadership Development Episode 031: The Power of Story with Dan Scott Episode 030: "If Disney Ran Your Children's Ministry" With Dale Hudson Episode 029: Discipling Kids and the Gospel Project with Jeff Reed Episode 028: Staff, Volunteer & Budget Benchmarks for Children's & Youth Ministry With Anthony Prince Are Your Children & Youth Ministry Staff/Volunteer Ratios Healthy? Episode 027: Tom Shefchunas on Volunteer Coaches and Metrics in Ministry Episode 026: Heidi Hensley on Tough Topics for Leaders Episode 025: Kenny Conley on NextGen and Family Ministry Episode 024: Terrace Crawford on Empowering Students to Serve Episode 023: Carey Nieuwhof on Conversations That Will Help Grow Your Church Episode 022: Brian Dollar on Equipping Parents for Tough Conversations Episode 021: Ryan Frank on Recruiting Volunteers Episode 020: Nina Schmidgall on Women in Church Leadership Episode 019: Josh Griffin on Teaching and Resourcing in Youth Ministry Episode 018: Bill Hegedus on Preteen Ministry and Partnering With Parents Episode 017: Matt McKee on the Technology Talk Episode 016: Jeremy Lee on Parent Ministry and Partnership Episode 015: Gina McClain on Small Groups and Sticking With Your Church How to Structure for Growth in Ministry Episode 014: EJ Swanson on Teaching Students and Leading NextGen Episode 013: Ben Kerns on Youth Ministry Challenges Episode 012: Rob Cizek on How to Lead Up Episode 011: Matt Guevera on Prioritizing Your Relationship With God Episode 010: Kristen Ivy on Just a Phase Episode 009: Kevin Monahan on Volunteer and Staff Development Episode 008: Amy Fenton on Recruiting Volunteers and Orange VBS How to Delegate: The Ultimate Guide to Delegation Episode 007: Chris Wesley on Youth Ministry With a Strategy Episode 006: Cindy Fiala on the Family Ministry Model and Women in Leadership Church Volunteerism and How Church Volunteers Reach More People Episode 005: Kenny Campbell on Creating a Digital Strategy for Your Ministry Episode 004: Jim Wideman on Staffing, Hiring, and Deciding If You Should Stay or Go 7 Ways to Frustrate the People You Lead How to Be One Family Ministry Team Without a Team Leader Episode 003: Volunteers: Stop Recruiting, Start Retaining With Christine Kreisher 5 Steps Toward Helping Students Serve in Your Church Episode 002: Frank Bealer on Volunteers Who Lead Like Staff Mission | Vision | Strategy | Values - Values Create Culture Mission | Vision | Strategy | Values - The Strategy Factor Episode 001: Elle Campbell on Small Groups and Partnering With Parents Mission | Vision | Strategy | Values - How is Vision unique? Mission | Vision | Strategy | Values - What's the Difference? My Takeaways From the 2016 Orange Conference How to Test Your Ministry Vision With the 5 Whys The Secret to Getting Great Attendance at Volunteer Trainings Can A Small Church Do Student Ministry Well? What Our Weekly Family Ministry Meetings Looks Like 30 Apps We Use to Lead Family Ministry 5 Ways to Partner With Parents as a Small Group Leader How To Grow As A Leader Without Adding More To Your Schedule How Disney's 4 Keys Can Improve Your Volunteer Job Descriptions The Secret to Leading a Growing Family Ministry Five Ways To Train Volunteers and Which One Is Best 7 Things We Do As A Family Ministry What Should a Family Pastor Do? 6 Reasons We Should Pay Children & Student Ministry Staff More Developing Volunteer Coaches & Creating Coach Values 8 Measures of a Healthy Family Ministry A 5-Part Strategy for Partnering With Parents What is your Ministry communicating? How a Volunteer Leadership Pipeline Can Grow Your Team & Church 7 Steps To Launching a Ministry Network My Thoughts on Volunteer Ratios for Kids & Students 5 Reasons I Love Our Children's Ministry Network A Church StratOp For Your Church How to Reach More People Through Social Media Ads A Simple Social Media Strategy for Churches 9 Ways Orange Curriculum Helps Beyond Sunday The Teenage Brain & Why Lead Small is Important How To Improve Family Ministry Quality & Consistency 5 Things I Learned From Visiting Lifepoint Church On a Sunday Children's Ministry Space: Planning for what you need 5 Things I Learned from Visiting @ConnexusBarrie 5 Things I Learned While Working with Browncroft Community Church 6 Church Email Communication Tips A Strategy for Training Church Leaders and Volunteers Church Event Promo: 15 Ways to Promote Your Church Event for a Better Turnout Why We Changed Our Children's Ministry Names Church Staff Development | How to Develop Your Team 6 Church Communication Tips 6 Steps to Implementing 252 Kids Curriculum and Strategy 6 Benefits of the Family Ministry Model Family Ministry Transitions & Milestone Events 5 Steps to Implementing Children's Ministry Small Groups Creating a Healthy Church Culture What is Family Ministry? 20 Faith Principles I've Learned from Andy Stanley The Children's Ministry and Student Ministry Curriculum We Use and Why Church Growth Barriers With a Family Ministry Perspective Orange Strategy: 5 Essentials & How it Helps Parents Leadership Development Ideas For Church Staff and Volunteers The Importance of Fathers in Church and Their Children's Faith Church Programming: 7 Questions to Evaluate Your Programming The Best Children's Ministry Curriculum and Why We Use It North Point Worship Service Planning Process - Drive Conference Changing Churches - Why Some People Should
