Mentoring Moments are audio conversations dealing with uniquely church-related issues and leadership challenges. Browse different topics to find ways to enhance your ministry where you need it most.
Ideas for creatively providing opportunities for the people in your congregation to see the people around them and recognize their needs.
Ideas for keeping staff relationships healthy and building a strong team.
Cultivating Healthy Families: Helping parents when kids choose to leave the church.
How and why did preteens come to be separated out from the children's ministry?
This conversation outlines specific steps to follow that will help you create a pool of trained volunteers ready to move to the next level of responsibility.
A Leadership Pipeline is a way to involve everyone in your congregation, help them find an area to serve, and keep them growing!
A look into how one church helps pastors and missionaries to heal
Guest: John Richardson.
There are conflicts in every church, but most pastors are not trained in conflict resolution. You may be surprised—conflict can be very healthy for a church!
Guest: John Richardson
Stress in marriage is normal - tips for handling it well.
Why use Instagram? And how?
Guest: Ryan Frank
Cultivating Healthy Families: Helping children be themselves
Cultivating Healthy Families: Helping parents navigate busy lives.
Why use Facebook? And how?
Cultivating Healthy Families: Helping parents talk to kids about money
Cultivating Healthy Families: Helping to address screen time
A recent study aims to help us understand why young people are choosing to disaffiliate from the organized church.
Guest: John Vitek
This conversation is centered around implications for churches from a recent study on disaffiliation.
Why use social media? And how?
Hear from a young-adult Christian regarding her experience and what worked at her church.
Guest: Lee Besel
Insights into amazing skill for productivity
Think about goals in a new way
There are different kinds of depression, but they are definitely more than “having a down day.” They need to be recognized and helped.
Guest: Tim Wesemann
Does your congregation need a confidence boost or a shot of energy? Get ideas for re-establishing the role God has for your church and community.Guest: Matthew Schultz
There are many volunteer opportunities that are quietly filled by those who see the need that it's easy to miss the true number of volunteers. Recognizing your volunteers and using these ideas to find new ones can help you overcome this challenge
Guest: Trevor Sutton
Guests will remember how you made them feel, even if they don't remember who they met. Explore a 3-Step process for creating a consistently warm, welcoming feeling for guests.
Caregiving can be lonely and isolating. How can your church step in with easy, intentional ways to encourage your caregiving members? Guest: Rev. Tim Wesemann
Give the people in your congregation and community the chance to serve in a one-day servant event and make a big difference! Here's how one church did it.
While pastors aren't trained counselors, they are able to discuss a variety of life issues from a scriptural perspective. However, there are practical aspects to consider in advance. Listen for what you need and how to get it.
Far from another "program," Community Engagement is a way to bring Christ's Church into the conversation at the intersection of the community's needs and your congregation's passion.Guest: Matthew Schultz
A look at how setting up a program can be crucial for its success and longevity. A 3-step process is shared for starting up (or re-tooling) your programs and launching them for success!
Care Ministry programs can be a natural way to serve both members and the community. Understanding your capacity and goals can help you decide how to advertise each program and set them all up for success!
One of the most difficult things to understand is the motivation people have to do what they're doing. A small, but deceptively powerful, question can unlock the answer nearly every time.
Guest: Matthew Schultz
Investing more resources seems like a reasonable solution to turn around a declining situation, but is it? Sometimes the church has entered into a new season and needs to reassess strengths to refocus ministry efforts. Practical examples lead you through this thought-provoking topic.
Few things stop someone in their tracks as does a terminal diagnosis. Get practical advice for how to care for those facing the end of this earthly life, helping them both spiritually and with the everyday details.
Your volunteers have said "yes." Aren't you done? People need to feel supported, encouraged, and appreciated. Specific ideas and examples for empowering your volunteers to lead.Guest: Rev. Trevor Sutton
Practical guidelines for visits, equipping volunteers, and the broader opportunity of reaching others.Guest: Rev. Tim Wesemann
Reflecting together with volunteers on how their service is making a difference and talking about how they've grown, helps put those volunteers on a discipleship path for growing and serving.Guest: Matthew Schultz
The top 4 ways churches unintentionally make guests feel unwelcome, with several examples provided. Ideas for how to evaluate the impression your church is making are included.
A look at common pitfalls and a new "recipe" for identifying potential volunteers well ahead of when they are needed! Don't get caught short again.Guest: Rev. Trevor Sutton
