Nwmn Fusion Cm Podcast - Audio

Workshop from Fusion Children's Leader Conference 2017. We all need more workers and when we finally get them, we've got a small window of time to solidify them onto our team. At this session, we will give you simple tips to recruit, train, and unleash your volunteers.

Workshop from Fusion Children's Leader Conference 2017. A practical look at skills to help you prepare, draft, and preach a sermon to kids in today's world. Using the acronymn S.A.Y., we'll talk about 3 big keys to help you formulate ways to best teach the gospel.

Workshop from Fusion Children's Leader Conference 2017. We say we believe in the power and importance of prayer, but is that reflected in our churches? In this workshop we will discuss ways to create a culture of prayer within your kids ministry.

Workshop from Fusion Children's Leader Conference 2017. Are you teaching to early childhood in a way they can engage and learn accordingly to their developmental stages? This workshop will be taking a closer look at how to use key stages to better equip you to teach the little ones successfully.

Workshop from Fusion Children's Leadership Conference 2017. When your agenda is your leader's aganda. Building trust that opens the door to reponsibility.

Workshop from Fusion Children's Leader Conference 2017. Early Childhood Ministry is more than just babysitting. We have a great opportunity to teach young kids God's Word. This is not only fun, but will make a big difference in kids' lives and impact their families. Who knows what God will do through the kids in your care.

Workshop from Fusion Children's Leader Conference 2017. Chances are you have team members serving in a smaller capacity who are ready to take on a larger role. Let's talk about identifying them, making the ask, and placing these team members!

Workshop from Fusion Children's Leader Conference 2017. A load-bearing wall is one that bears the weight of the house. A load-bearing wall must be made of sound materials and well-constructed in order to ensure the longevity of the entire structure. You and I have load-bearing walls in our lives, as well; sound practices that we must put in place to ensure our spiritual, physical, emotional, and mental longevity. We will explore these critical load-bearing walls in our lives.

With over 19 years of full time ministry experience, Justin has been given a variety of opportunities including preaching, worship, youth ministries, extensive traveling, hosting guests, savoring good food from coast to coast, and most importantly, real-life, in-the-trenches experience. Justin appreciates, and candidly shares with listeners, that leadership is a moment-to-moment choice and not about title, background, or position. What a joy it has been for him to take the stories of work and life and use them to entertain, motivate, and connect with audiences across the country. Justin is the Student Development Director at James River College. He has served at a high capacity on the Pastoral Leadership Team at James River Church for the past seven years. Justin has been happily married over 20 years to Tami. They are the proud parents of two children: Tyler, a freshman at James River and Madi, a sophomore in high school.

Brent, Ashlee, and Stephen discuss how to keep the momentum going in your children's ministry, during the summer dip. What creative, summer activities do you incorporate in your ministry? Give us your feedback!

Brent and Stephen discuss hiring people. Do you feel prepared to hire someone, after your training or interning leading up to ministry? What are your qualifications for hiring? They discuss the value of analyzing the person's potential for the future and overall culture of the church or company. Give us your thoughts!

Brent and Stephen discuss how to say "no." It is vital in your ministry to learn how to prioritize and turn down opportunities, when needed. What's your experience with this? Give us your feedback!

Brent and Stephen ask the question, "Where do good ideas come from?" How do you come up with themes for events? What technologies do you use creatively in your children's ministry? Can you take ideas from current culture and use them in your ministry?

Brent and Stephen discuss the learning styles of children. What are the basic learning styles? How do you understand the learning styles of others, without being biased towards your own learning style? Let us know what methods you use!

On this bonus episode, Stephen and Ashlee (Brent's assistant) discuss whether or not kids should eat in Children's Ministry. Give us your feedback!

Brent and Stephen discuss how to define your target audience in children's ministry. Who are you reaching? Who are you building your ministry for? Give us your thoughts and feedback!

How do you create a brand around your ministry? Brent and Stephen discuss the importance of branding in children's ministry. How do you make your "brand" compatible with the mission and brand of the church, without making the children's ministry a separate entity?

Brent and Stephen discuss how to reach kids, whose parents don't go to church. How do you strategically reach out to "non-church" kids? Do you change your check-in/check-out system? How do you compel kids to want to come to church, even if their parents aren't there? Give us your thoughts and feedback!

Brent and Stephen discuss how to fire volunteers. How do you determine whether a volunteer is healthy for your ministry or not? Do you meet with volunteers personally or do you delegate hiring volunteers out to other people? They discuss the benefits of being up front with volunteers from the beginning and talking about what happens if it doesn't work out. Watch, subscribe, and give us your feedback!

Brent and Stephen further discuss how to preach to kids. Do you use a curriculum or write your own material? What types of sermon series do you use? Do you use story-telling with drama/skits?