Leader Resources Read in 7 mins 7 Difficult Situations That Require Difficult Conversations Wouldn’t it be great if everyone just got along? It’s not a perfect world and sometimes you need to say hard things to people—even in ministry. Here are tips for… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 6 mins 4 Ways to Build an Unstoppable Volunteer Team Do-it-yourself strategies on building an unstoppable volunteer team—straight from the Carpenter. Have you ever wondered what ministry would be like with a dedicated and faithful volunteer team—a team filled with… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 8 mins 5 Volunteers You May (Wish You Didn’t) Know and How to Handle Them Maybe you haven’t yet decided whether your volunteers are the greatest…or the most splintery, rough-hewn part of your ministry. (For the record, I think they’re great. It might just take… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins 7 Things to Do When Short on Children’s Ministry Volunteers With these seven things to do when short on children’s ministry volunteers, you’ll solve a volunteer crisis quickly. If you’re staring at empty rooms and you can hear the impending… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 5 mins 10-Minute Volunteer Devotion: Investing in a Future Harvest Use this devotion at a meeting of all your volunteer teachers and helpers, including the “behind-the-scenes” heroes, to show just how much God appreciates everything your volunteers do for the… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 7 mins Walk the Talk: Helping Grown-Ups Actually Care About Kids The nationwide study Grading Grown-Ups shows that adults care about kids, but they aren’t doing what they know is important. You can help them. Why is volunteer recruitment the #1… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 7 mins When Volunteers Quit, Flake Out, or Can’t Get Along Here are some practical tips on how to deal with when our volunteers quit, flake out, or just can’t get along. Confession time: Fantasy football is one of my guilty… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 1 min 5 Suggestions on Handling Master Manipulators Here are five suggestions on ministering to master manipulators. Nearly every church has one—an individual whose primary purpose at church is to manipulate situations in his or her favor. While… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 5 mins How Ministry Core Values Will Make Your Team Run Smoothly Ministry core values make a successful children’s ministry click. They make it run smoothly and effortlessly. Ministry core values can even get you deeper commitment from your volunteers. If you’ve… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 4 mins 6 Steps to Confront an Uncooperative Teacher in Your Ministry Uncooperative teacher or volunteer? Here’s how to know when it’s time to confront — and how to do it. What do you do, as a children’s minister, when one of… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 4 mins Children’s Ministry Volunteers: Part-Time vs. Full-Time Teachers There’s a big volunteer debate in children’s ministry. Should you require full-time teachers or recruit an arsenal of part-time teachers? Here are two perspectives. Full-Time Position Desired Gung-ho gifted children’s… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 6 mins Is Your Ministry a Mess? Try Restructuring Your Volunteers. Is your ministry a revolving door with volunteers coming and going? One church found success in increasing consistency by restructuring its volunteers. Several years ago, my team and I arrived… Read More
