I was thinking today about the reasons people fail in ministry. I don’t just mean full-time pulpit ministry either. What is it that causes people to not be doing what God has for them? Here are the first three things you need to do to stay in ministry.
Business 101 asks three questions: 1. Who are my customers? 2. What do they want? 3. How can I get it to them? Volunteers are the lifeblood of any KidMin program. I can survive without money, but I cannot survive without volunteers. We need ask the question, “What do […]
Common sense tells us that when your child is vomiting, has a fever, or is blowing lots of thick green guk out his nose, you stay home with him until he is well. Your work would not be happy with you if you brought that child with you into the office and held him on […]
Has there been a time in your life where things were really difficult? Have you ever felt like God was far away? Had the feeling like you were wandering around a desert with no map? Sometimes God can feel like He is far away from us. One thing I sometimes forget is kids can feel […]
Can I ask you a few questions? Do you want your kids to have a daily devotional time with God? Would you like to see an excitement and enthusiasm for God’s Word in your kids? Is it important for our kids to have a heart for the lost? I imagine your answer to all three […]
When children walk into your ministry area, you should be the most exciting, most encouraging, most “want-to-be-around” person they encounter! Here are a few things you can do to make a child’s day in your KidMin: Smile at them and let your eyes light up when you see them Look them in the eyes when […]
I still remember the day I changed my strategy for recruiting and training volunteers. It was a cold winter morning in 1987 and I had just accepted a new position as a kidmin pastor at a church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I was frustrated because yet another volunteer had informed me they were stepping down. […]
One of the questions I get asked often is “What Bible should I buy my kids?” It’s a great question because when I was a kid, there was the KJV and The Picture Bible that was pretty much it. Now there are more Bible versions and types of Bibles than there are flavors at Baskin […]
As a leader, we need to have vision for the future, while not forgetting who helped us yesterday. One of the best ways is to send a “Thank You” the old-fashioned way – an actual note card from you. It makes a huge impact on the receiver because of how much we are in-undated […]
“Two People are better than one, for they can help each other succeed.” – Ecclesiastes 4:9 Friendships determine the quality and direction of our lives. Healthy friendships help us succeed in life. Toxic friendships will bring great heartache. “He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will suffer harm.” – Proverbs […]