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Pastor Gift Guide for Christmas: What To Get Your Pastor
It’s Christmastime and that means many things…Advent services, meals, volunteering, and gift giving. In your planning for gifts, you’ll be considering plenty of people, but don’t forget your pastor. Christmas is a great time to show your pastor your love and appreciation for him and...
6 Reasons Why Ministry Leaders Fail To Communicate Effectively
Let’s face it, most ministry leaders are terrible at communicating with volunteers, parents, and students. We may be great at preaching, teaching, and coming up with compelling ways to share the gospel, but most of us are lousy communicators when not on a platform. I’m talking to myself here, too. What I’ve come to learn…
How I Discerned The Call To Plant A New Church
I always knew that I would plant a church. It was not a matter of if, it was a matter of when. Everytime I thought about it, I figured it would probably be ten years away. All that began to change at the end of 2018. Earlier in the year, I felt the Lord leading…
13 Ideas for Connecting with the Parents in Your Children’s or Youth Ministry
You’re a children’s or youth pastor, but half your ministry is to the parents of those kiddos. You’re that unique type of ministry leader that has to be good at communicating and relating to kids of multiple ages and, at the same time, also be able to connect with parents in a meaningful way. It’s…
20 Painful Reasons People Stop Volunteering in Your Ministry
Train your ministry volunteers with TrainedUp. Use our pre-made volunteer training videos or record your own. Build your volunteer training program with online training that fits their schedule. Try TrainedUp by ServeHQ today. I’ve never spoken to a ministry leader who didn’t want to do an amazing job. Everyone I’ve ever met that works in…
4 Things To Do Before A High Attendance Sunday At Church
There are a few days a year that cause immense stress and incredible joy for pastors. Those days are the big holidays that coincide with the largest attendance days of the year: Easter, Christmas, and Mother’s Day. Each of these days can bring incredible highs and incredible lows for pastors. Today we’re going to give…
Ministry Commmunication is Broken: Here’s How We’re Going to Fix It
One of my all-time favorite sketches on Saturday Night Live is with Kenan Thompson from 2008. In the sketch, he’s an analyst talking about the financial crisis that happened that year. via GIPHY The news anchor asks him how he’d solve the crisis. His response was, “Identify the problem, fix it. Identify another problem, fix…
3 Massive, Unnecessary Risks Ministry Leaders Take That Could End Your Ministry
Ministry is not like other jobs. In other jobs, you can mess up and still keep your job. A doctor doesn’t get fired because he had an affair. A baker doesn’t have to close up shop because she didn’t background check an employee. An electrician can be a drunk and still keep his job (but…
Introducing The TrainedUp + Planning Center Integration, Plus A New Menu
We’ve had a busy few months here at ServeHQ. In February, we announced our open API, new courses, and an updated permission manager. Then, two weeks ago we announced our new company name (ServeHQ) and that we are working on a new product called HuddleUp. Today, we’re excited to announce two new aspects of TrainedUp…
Effective Kids Ministry Communication: Keeping Volunteers in the Loop
Leading a children’s ministry is a unique experience. One might say that you live in three totally different worlds. In one space, you’re communicating timeless truths to children who have limited life experience. For example, how do you explain sin in real terms without scaring, scarring, or shaming young hearts. In the second space, you’re…
