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- 1. 3 Questions I Ask When Hiring Staff
- As a ministry leader, there may reach a point where you need to add a staff member to your team. This seems easy enough. Yet I've found that it's not as easy as it may appear. The mix of personalities ...
- Created on 30 October 2015
- 2. 3 Creative Ways to Kill Creativity and How to Get It Back
- Leading teams of volunteers and staff can be an exercise in mental yoga. It stretches me so much further than I think I'm capable. Rarely do I walk away from a conversation or meeting feeling anything ...
- Created on 20 October 2015
- 3. 5 Things That Improve My Leadership
- I think one of the easiest things to do in life is to coast. In fact, there are many days in my life when coasting is my preference. I confess that I can be inherently lazy. Yet, the competitive spirit ...
- Created on 14 October 2015
- 4. How to Talk to Children About Baptism
- Like many other ministry leaders, baptism for elementary age kids is something we evaluate often. Most of the time we're asking ourselves, "How can we make this better?" There are 3 key aspects to the ...
- Created on 22 June 2015
- 5. How to Measure Success in Children's Ministry
- Last month at the Orange Conference I had the opportunity to teach a breakout session called Measuring Success in Children's Ministry. You can imagine the interest around trying to measure what we do and ...
- Created on 27 May 2015
- 6. A Leadership Snare: Discernment versus Skepticism
- ... . skepticism takes over and my leadership is hindered. What about you? How does skepticism creep into your leadership? Gina McClain is a speaker, writer and children's ministry director at Faith Promise Church ...
- Created on 19 May 2015
- 7. Why You Need a Volunteer Organizational Chart in Children's Ministry
- ... Volunteers Lead Better" Gina McClain is a speaker, writer and children's ministry director at Faith Promise Church in Knoxville, Tennessee. For the original article, visit ginamcclain.com. ...
- Created on 05 May 2015
- 8. How to Empower Student Volunteers
- ... ? How do you empower student volunteers to serve in kids’ ministry? What on-ramps have you created to bring students onto your team? Gina McClain is a speaker, writer and children’s ministry director ...
- Created on 24 February 2014
- 9. Multisite Children’s Ministry: Launching a First Campus
- ... launch, I highly recommend exploring them with your leadership to help you form a sustainable plan.? —Gina McClain ...
- Created on 07 January 2014
- 10. Gina McClain: The Value of a Response
- I have to admit, one of my biggest leadership challenges is simply responding to people. I have great intentions of doing so. And if I’m totally honest, I do respond 100 percent of the time—in my head. ...
- Created on 23 December 2013
- 11. Volunteers and Safety Procedures: What Works?
- ... to volunteers when they need them? Gina McClain is a speaker, writer and children’s ministry director at Faith Promise Church in Knoxville, Tenn. For the original article, visit ginamcclain.com. ...
- Created on 17 December 2013
- 12. How Do You Use Student Volunteers?
- ... it’s your turn to weigh in. What do you do? What guidelines do you have for middle school and high school students to serve? Do you let them lead their own small group? Gina McClain is a speaker, writer ...
- Created on 10 December 2013
- 13. What Makes Student Volunteers Stick
- ... volunteers. What consistencies do you see in your best student volunteers? Gina McClain is a speaker, writer and children’s ministry director at Faith Promise Church in Knoxville, Tenn. ...
- Created on 05 December 2013
- 14. What to Do When Your Team Makes a U-Turn
- ... outcomes in a situation like ours? Gina McClain is a speaker, writer and children’s ministry director at Faith Promise Church in Knoxville, Tenn. For the original article, visit ginamcclain.com. ...
- Created on 21 November 2013
- 15. Multisite Kidmin: Launching Your First Campus
- ... discuss building your volunteer launch team and prioritizing your programming. Gina McClain is a speaker, writer and children’s ministry director at Faith Promise Church in Knoxville, Tenn. For the original ...
- Created on 23 October 2013
- 16. Youth Ministry: Making Wise Choices
- It was another average weekday. Shortly after arriving home from work, I’m routinely rifling through the pile of papers pulled from my second-grader’s backpack. Amid the assortment of math worksheets, ...
- Created on 02 October 2013
- 17. How to Mobilize Youth to Serve
- ... own leadership. Our goal is to design environment where they not only sense God, but they experience what God wants to do through them. Gina McClain is a speaker, writer and children’s ministry director ...
- Created on 30 August 2013
- 18. 3 Worship-Leading Skills for Kids’ Ministry
- ... up and mentor leaders, clearly defined victories like this will make the worship element of our kids’ ministry experiences something worth talking about. Gina McClain is a speaker, writer and children’s ...
- Created on 06 August 2013
- 19. How Perspective Can Be a Leader’s Best Friend
- ... in wisdom. Gina McClain is a speaker, writer and children’s ministry director at Faith Promise Church in Knoxville, Tenn. For the original article, visit ginamcclain.com. ...
- Created on 19 July 2013
- 20. 3 Tricks to Juggling in Your Ministry
- Juggling is an art. And it’s fascinating to watch. My role in ministry is a constant juggle. There are always projects, special events, team building, volunteer recruiting, personnel conversations, refining ...
- Created on 12 July 2013
