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Planning VBS: 5 Things to Know

VBS is typically an action-packed, week-long experience where kids encounter the love of God through stories, worship, games, crafts, and activities. Maybe you’re starting your own church VBS for the first time, or you’re looking to refresh the experience after many years of learning. As…

5 Points to Ponder when Your Soul is Overwhelmed

Ministry can be challenging work. There is always a lot to manage. Despite our best intentions, we can find ourselves tired, depleted, and overwhelmed. If you’re in this spot, we want this article to be an encouragement to you. When we don’t find the right rhythms, keep…

What to Do When You’re New to Children’s Ministry

If you’re new to children’s ministry you might be wondering: What do I do first? You’ve either received training or been handed a ministry handbook and are now left to put on a ministry to kids, whether you have done it before or not. And…

Ministry Collaboration for Greater Impact

If you’re like me, you’ve worked in environments where your ministry is in a silo. Each one is working for the mission but has little to do with the other’s plans, goals, or dreams. However, the best churches, the communities that value every person -…

Finding and Maintaining Life-Leadership Balance

There is something about ministry that can leave us feeling like there are fewer hours from one week to the next: events, midweeks, meetings, discipleship, programs, curriculum, and Sundays. And just when you think you’ve got a rhythm figured out, you find your week upended…

Creating a Solid Relationship Foundation with Parents

Relationships, connection, and community are some of the biggest needs with our families today. Creating a solid relationship foundation with the parents in our ministries is key in setting families up for success when it comes to Spiritual Formation. How do you plan on building a…

INCM Leadership Coaching Benefits Leaders

Coaching is a newer practice in the social sciences and has taken off in the business sector as well as for personal growth. Its focus is on the future results or outcomes that a person wants to achieve. So many leaders feel stuck, and uncertain…

Cycles of Growth: The Key to Stability in Ministry

Every leader wants two things for their ministry: growth and stability. They want the ministries they lead to increase their impact and remain stable amid adversity. Understanding what brings these goals about is both easy and elusive. It’s easy because we know that the stability…

CPC Learning: How to Implement New Ideas

I love Orlando in January! It’s the time of year that I get to go to the Children’s Pastors Conference (CPC). From the moment the confetti falls at the end of CPC, my heart longs for the next time I can reunite with friends who…