When someone is unemployed, that person's family suffers, too. Learn about their experience and get ideas for how the church can support those families.
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.
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
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.
How can your church step in with easy, intentional ways to encourage your caregiving members? Ideas for both the pastor and groups within the church to provide support.
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.
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.
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.
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
Using Instagram in Your Ministry