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.
When Churchworkers Need More Income
A thoughtful conversation about when your paycheck just isn't enough.
Churchworkers and Money
Learn how to give generously, save wisely, and live appropriately.
Equipping Christians for Outreach
Guest: Adam Bowers.
This conversation presents a thoughtful progression to grow the people in your congregation in the area of outreach.
Ideas for building relationships and reaching out to the preteens in your community.
What Is the New Outreach?
Outreach practices have changed significantly. Here are some practical tips and suggestions.
Energizing the Preteens in the Church
Talk about ways to spark interest and enthusiasm in your preteens (grades 4-6).
Increasing Congregational Engagement
Ideas for creatively providing opportunities for the people in your congregation to see the people around them and recognize their needs.
Healthy Staff, Powerful Team
Ideas for keeping staff relationships healthy and building a strong team.
Disillusioned with the Church
Cultivating Healthy Families: Helping parents when kids choose to leave the church.
What's the Buzz Over Preteens?
How and why did preteens come to be separated out from the children's ministry?
Training Leaders
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.
Building a Leadership Pipeline
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.
Conflict in the Church
What to do when there is conflict in your church - a conversation with a reconciler.
Guest: John Richardson
The Normal Stressed Marriage
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
This conversation is centered around implications for churches from a recent study on disaffiliation.
Guest: John Vitek
A recent study aims to help us understand why young people are choosing to disaffiliate from the organized church.
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.
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
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.
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.
