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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...
How To Create A Culture Of Personal Development In Your Church
to the podcast here or read the transcript below. Kevin Fontenot: Hey there, I’m Kevin Fontenot and I’m here with Scott Magdalein. We’re your hosts of the Thriving Ministry Team’s podcast where we talk about all things really to church leadership, discipleship, and training. On today’s episode we’re talking about how to create a culture…
8 Ways to Make Portable Church Easier and Less Stressful
First, I want to acknowledge that not all portable churches are young church plants. Many portable churches are established and they’ve chosen to go portable for any of a variety of reasons. Whether you’re leading a portable campus of a larger church, a portable location after outgrowing your previous permanent location, or you’re a scrappy…
How To Create A Childrens Ministry Training Program
Struggling with trying to figure out how to create a children’s ministry training program for your church? You’re not alone. Everyday we talk with pastors from across the globe that are all experiencing the same problem — training. In this guide, we’ll walk you through a systematic approach to creating and implementing a volunteer training…
How to Do Fall Ministry Planning
While Summer is usually quiet and Winter is taken up with holidays, Spring and Fall are full of local activity. Kids are in school and families tend to travel less during these seasons. That means they’re attending church and serving more consistently. Fewer distractions means more opportunity for you to bring your crew together. Smart…
How To Build Community In Your Church Volunteer Teams
listen to the full podcast here or keep reading. Kevin Fontenot: Hey there, I’m Kevin Fontenot and I’m here with Scott Magdalein. We’re your hosts of the Thriving Ministry Team’s podcast where we talk about all things related to church leadership, discipleship, and training. On today’s episode, we’re talking about how to build community in…
Introducing Tracks: Automate Course Enrollment With TrainedUp
Training new team members has always been a labor intensive process. From brainstorming training ideas, to getting people to engage in training, to follow up, it’s a lot of work. Over the last three years, we’ve helped thousands of ministry leaders find a better way to train their team members. Today, we’re making that training…
How To Fire A Volunteer
Why Firing A Volunteer Is So Hard Every leader is a little different, but I’ve never met a leader that said firing a volunteer was easy. Your volunteers sacrifice with little reward, so firing them usually feels bad. We don’t want to hurt their feelings or cause them emotional pain. What’s more, we may worry…
How To Have One-On-One's With Your Church Staff
here or keep reading. Kevin Fontenot: Hey there, I’m Kevin Fontenot and I’m here with Scott Magdalein. We’re your hosts of the Thriving Ministry Teams podcast, where we talk about all things related to church leadership, discipleship, and training. On today’s episode we’re talking about how to effective one-on-ones with your team. We recently did one-on-ones…
11 Reasons You Should Give Online Training A Chance
You’re probably like them. You’ve considered online training, but are wondering if it’s just a gimmick. That’s fair. But, before you tune out and click away, I want to share 11 reasons why you should give online training a chance for your church. People Aren’t Showing Up To Your Meetings One of the most common…
