20 ways to wow your volunteers

One thing that I love about my ministry story is that I served as a high capacity volunteer for years before I went into ministry. Not long after I came on as a paid staff member, I was at a meeting with all the people that served in our Family Ministry. The meeting...

5 things you need to know about online church

My name is TK, and I’m obsessed with Apple products. If you know me personally, you know I have basically purchased every product that Apple has ever sold or endorsed. Some might even say I love them to a fault because I will defend their products to the death. Every...

4 ways to show love to the kids in your ministry

Love is the antidote for anger. In ministry it’s really easy to be consumed, as a children’s ministry leader or even a small group leader, by what you have to do, and forget that children need love. Instead we find ourselves consumed by tasks. tasks task...

what to do with weirdos

In case you haven’t seen it under the title of this post, my name is kind of complicated. It’s Stacia. (Pronounced ‘Stay-sha’) I once interacted with a volunteer who was very sweet and wanted to be helpful, but was a little “weird”. Someone introduced me...