Leadership thoughts for whenever you need them
One of the main roles of any leader whether in ministry setting or business is to be the chief communicator. Without communication you can have all the ideas that you want but no one will be able to run with them or implement them resulting in you being the sole person that can outwork your [...]
Every week in my Children’s Ministry we give everyone the opportunity to invite Jesus into their lives and choose to follow him. This, in my opinion is the most important part of the service, however the constant challenge is to teach it in fresh ways so that the kids that come weekly don’t switch off [...]
Every week in my children’s ministry we have our key team, that is our service oversights and key leaders, fill in ‘Service Evaluations’ with their team where they sit down as a team and write out what went well and what needs to improve as well as which kids and leaders were awesome that day!!! [...]
LEADING A KEY TEAM I don’t know about you but early on in my time as a Children’s Pastor I began to feel like I couldn’t do it all. I can’t be claritin generic expected to run a program for every service and event that happens in the life of the church, be responsible for [...]
The biggest driver in many leaders lives is a passion for people. However somewhere in the business of life people can so easily just become another thing on the to do list. If that is you then don’t fear because at some point we will all be faced with the scenario I call ‘Walk claritin [...]
This week I have the honour of living out one of my all time dreams, coming to America, the land of sports and food! I am assisting Dave Wakerley at the Napkin Conference hosted by Pastor Justyn Smith (He is a brilliant host by the way!). Obviously I am having loads of fun meeting new [...]
One of the biggest challenges to the success of a small group study within Children’s Ministry is the behavior of the group, particularly with boys. Most new leaders when they first start leading a small group want all the children to like them and thus struggle to set clear boundaries for the group. Leaders don’t [...]
Winning people to the vision. In order to mobilize people you must first capture them. Casting Vision – Part 1 spoke of what to include in vision casting but this section will build on that and establish areas of a persons life that we need to speak to in order to win them to the [...]
Oh my goodness gracious me!!! (I sound like a grandma, I know!) I just came out of the most amazing staff meeting ever and I just have to share what was said by Garry Clarke and how it applies to Children’s Ministry. clarinex generic If you are at all involved in leadership you NEED to [...]
I am a man who loves quotes! I once heard Andy Stanley say that “Memorable is portable” and that is exactly what I love, the fact that a few simple words can describe a complex issue and share such wisdom for the one who grabs hold of it. A quote can inspire you when you [...]
