Cultiv8ing Ministry

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we continue our series around creating cultures in ministry. This week we wrap up this series discussing the last of our core values at the Cultiv8 Group - Constructive Disruption. Constructive disruption can be a helpful culture to create in ministry as it helps avoid being caught in a rut, as you are thinking beyond the norm. What is construc...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we continue our series around creating cultures in ministry. Integrity seems like it should be a given when it comes to leadership in ministry. However, that's not always the case as it takes some intentionality to create a culture of integrity in ministry. This week we talk about why integrity in leading in ministry is important and as alw...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we continue our series around creating cultures in ministry. We take a look at creating a culture of creativity on this week's episode. As has become tradition, in this series we talk about why a culture of creativity is important in the life of a ministry and offer some tips of the trade for leaders to work to create such a culture in the...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we continue our series around creating cultures in ministry. This week we discuss the importance of creating a culture of fun. We kick off the pod discussing why it is important to include fun in the ministry you lead. We also talk at length about how to implement fun into the culture of your ministry. As always we wrap up the episode with a li...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we continue our series around creating cultures in ministry. Our focus this week is creating a culture of collaboration in the ministry you lead. We discuss the emphasis on collaboration in today's ministry leadership culture. Why has it become such a buzz word in ministry leadership circles? What needs to change in your mindset as a leader...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we continue our series around creating cultures in ministry. This week's episode encourages you as a ministry leader to create an environment of empowerment. What is empowerment? Why is empowerment important to include in our ministry cultures? How do you include empowerment in the culture of your ministry. We cover these questions and more...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we continue our series around creating cultures in ministry. This week we turn our attention to creating a culture of abundance in our ministries. We kick off the pod discussing the difference in an abundance mindset and a scarcity mindset. The rest of the episode we share tips and advice for ministry leaders to consider in order to move away f...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we continue our series around creating cultures in ministry. This week we turn our attention to creating a culture of community in our ministries. Community is a natural follow up and next step once a ministry has created a culture of belonging which we discussed last week. What is community? How do you create it? We dive into these questions b...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we start a new series around creating cultures in ministry. We kick it off by discussing the importance and how we can create a ministry of belonging in ministry. Belonging has jumped to the forefront of what helps people connect in ministry. We talk about why that is and offer some tips to help you create a ministry of belonging in the ministr...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. It's that time of the year. Many of us as we check our mailboxes in the coming weeks will be receiving graduation announcements from friends and family that are navigating the transition from high school to post high school. The church often becomes a part of this milestone in the lives of young people. This week on the podcast we share some effectiv...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. Is "marketing" appropriate in ministry? That is a question that is asked often. Some folks are 100 percent comfortable "marketing" their church or ministry while others feel like it is more geared toward business. This week on the pod we discuss why ministries sometimes avoid marketing, and then talk about how it can be done through e...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. We live in an extremely fast-paced world. Seemingly everyone is in a hurry to get wherever they are going. As ministry leaders we oftentimes find ourselves matching the pace of the world around us. What if keeping that pace is preventing us from encountering God on a regular basis? This week on the pod we talk about the epidemic of hurry and how we as mi...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. Holy Week is here. For many in ministry leadership that means long hours and extra services or activities. When we find ourselves in those extra busy seasons, whether from Holy Week or ministry events, it is critical to for self care that we recover well. This week on the podcast, we offer some tips and tricks to help you do just that. We also discuss wh...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. For many years now there has been an ongoing debate about what to do with summer schedules? Whether you are thinking of worship schedules or ministry programming schedules, what to do with your schedule in the summer has caused strife for leaders. This week we dive into a conversation around the pros and cons of changing your summer schedule and offer so...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. In a world that offers more distractions than EVER before, as leaders we often find our attention pulled in many directions, sometimes even all at the same time. Just being fully present has become a difficult challenge for leaders for this reason. In today's episode we talk about some of the things that cause us not to be present, how to recognize w...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. As a leader we often get caught up in the everyday duties we have as a leader. That sometimes means that we overlook one of our greatest opportunities; elevating others. How do you elevate others? What are some pitfalls to avoid? What is elevating others important? We tackle these questions and discuss how as leaders we can identify potential in others....

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. Unfortunately, when you are in leadership, you won't always see eye to eye with everyone you lead. Sometimes we encounter persons that can seem difficult to manage as a leader. This week we offer 3 tips from an article from the Lewis Center of Leadership that offer some insight into how to effectively deal with difficult people. We wrap up the episod...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. Many times in ministry we fall into the trap of avoiding change because of the perception that people don't like change. On this week's episode of the podcast we take a look at change and offer some tips on how to navigate change as a leader in ministry. What to look out for? How to alleviate anxiety when instigating change? We cover those questi...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week on the podcast we offer some insight into the importance of consistency in leadership, based on an article and podcast by Craig Groeschel. Why is consistency important in leadership? How can we become more consistent as a leader? We tackle these questions and more before sharing a random fact of the week about a false alarm of epic proportions....

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week on the podcast we share our wisdom around Collaboration. We at Cultiv8 Group truly believe that we are better together. So much so, that Collaboration is one of our core values. So hear how we believe collaborating can have a great impact on the ministry you are leading. We wrap up with a random fact of the week about eggs that you don't wa...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week on the podcast we wrap up a two part series taking a deep dive into the realities around generations in our culture. What can we learn about each generation? How can those learnings impact our effectiveness in leading in ministry? We have a lot of fun as we look at Millenials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha. We wrap up as always with a random fact of the...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week on the podcast we begin a two part series taking a deep dive into the realities around generations in our culture. What can we learn about each generation? How can those learnings impact our effectiveness in leading in ministry? We have a lot of fun as we look at the silent generation, baby boomers and Gen X. We wrap up with a geometry based ra...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week on the pod, we talk about an article from Carey Nieuwhof entitled 7 Qualities That Christian Leaders Need . We walk through each of the 7 and share our insights as to why they are important and share how they have shaped our leadership journey. We end the show with a random fact of the week around fears that we are born with. And why RICE is pr...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. Weeeee'rrrrreeee Baaackkkkk! After a month or so recharging our batteries and spending the holidays with family and friends, the gang is back to help you think about how to capitalize on a new start in the new year as a catalyst for success as a leader. We share a few tips to help you make the most of the clean slate and of course wrap up with a rand...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. It's Thanksgiving Week and some of our team couldn't be more excited. We devote this week's entire episode to Thanksgiving and gratitude. We whare some of our favorite turkey day traditions and even talk about the importance of gratitude and how it can impact the life of a leader for the good. We share several random facts about this week&#39...