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What to Do When Someone on Your Team Falters

This post was written by Mercedes Hayes, a member of the INCM Blog team. One of the beauties of ministry to children is the tapestry it creates from the loving people around them – grandparents, parents, foster parents, aunts, uncles, children, friends, and volunteers. From…

3 Things You Need to Stay in Ministry Even When It’s Hard

This post was written by Marta Cortez, a member of the INCM Blog team. Many of us went into ministry with the idea that a job serving Jesus on a church staff would be the ultimate utopia. We dreamed of ministering with people we could…

How to Get Buy-in From Church Leadership

This post was written by Jeremy O’Neill, a member of the INCM Blog team. Last month I had the opportunity to teach a breakout at CPC called Stepping Into A Turnaround Situation. When we got to the topic of getting buy-in, I could tell that…

8 Steps for Effective Delegation

This post was written by Angie Hooie, a member of the INCM Blog team. Are there any other Type A personalities out there like me who want all the control? I didn’t think so… (Eyeroll.) I think I can do all the things and that…

A Reflection with Confetti

This blog was written by Crystal Mazzuca as part of the CPC22 Undivided Series. Our hope through these reflections by ministry leaders is that they would prepare your hearts to hear from God while you’re at CPC in person or CPC+ online. It’s hard to imagine the conference center…

God is With Us in the Fire

This blog was written by Cera Talamantes as part of the CPC22 Undivided Series. Our hope through these reflections by ministry leaders is that they would prepare your hearts to hear from God while you’re at CPC in person or CPC+ online. I was in…

Remember the Faithfulness of God

This blog was written by Melissa Hendrickson as part of the CPC22 Undivided Series. Our hope through these reflections by ministry leaders is that they would prepare your hearts to hear from God while you’re at CPC in person or CPC+ online. You can listen to the whole CPC22 playlist…

The Best News at Christmas

The cold, snowy Chicago wind was blowing so hard it almost knocked me into my friend as we got off the church shuttle. A small group of youth and a few of our youth leaders were spending time leading up to Christmas at Pacific Garden Mission…

Healing Comes as We Praise Him

This blog was written as part of the CPC22 Undivided Series. Our hope through these reflections by ministry leaders is that they would prepare your hearts to hear from God while you’re at CPC in person or CPC+ online. You can listen to the whole…