Cultiv8ing Ministry

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. Ministry experts talk a lot nowadays about creating culture. It sounds great, but too often ministry leaders have not clue what it even means, and certainly are stumped as to how to create a culture conducive to spiritual growth. Creating culture is one of the needs that we noticed as we started the Cutliv8 Group a number of years ago. It isn't easy...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. Nobody that we have ever met got into ministry so they could make policies. As a matter of fact "policy", to many, is a word to be avoided. That being, said policies are important to create a culture that is conducive to effective ministry. This week on the pod we share a few cautions to consider when it comes to making policies, based on an ar...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week, we flip the script a bit and rather than directly addressing a specific topic about leadership in ministry, we focus on an aspect of the heart of ministry by discussing what it looks like to lead in the realization that God is near. How does this fact impact our leadership? What does leadership look like when we are near to God? And what are t...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. Individuality is one of the greatest gifts we have as human beings. When it comes to leadership, though, we often don't give much thought to how individual leadership styles might impact the effectiveness of how a team functions. This week we discuss leadership styles, why are they important, and how can a leader learn the styles of other leaders, th...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. It has been said that we live in the most connected time in our culture, yet still have so many folks that feel alone. In this week's podcast we talk about what church leaders can do to foster real connection within the ministries they serve. How did we get here? and How do we proceed? We discuss these questions for the pod and as always wrap up with...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. There are plenty of examples in our world of persons being wounded by the church. It seems like everywhere you turn you can find someone making that claim. This week on the pod we talk about why that seems to be the case and offer some tips for those leaders in the church to avoid wounding those you are in ministry with. We wrap up as always with a rando...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. We live in a faith culture that often views the idea of being "spirit-led" as something that is "whackadoodle" (to quote one of our Cultiv8 team members). However, this idea of being led by the spirit is clearly found throughout scripture. This week, we talk about why that is the case, then share some of our own experiences of being l...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. Let's face it...as a leader there are times when we really wish we could clone ourselves as the demands of leading in ministry require more time, energy, and effort than we can muster. Obviously, cloning yourself isn't possible, but it is possible to multiply your leadership by investing into other people and equipping and empowering them to lead...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. As we walk through the season of Lent, many of us have given up things for this season. Often we give up things like chocolate or soft drinks or even sweet tea as we enter into these days of reflection. We decided to offer habits that we as leaders could give up during this lenten season that would help us be more effective leaders. These habits were sha...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. As we walk through the season of Lent, many of us are have given up things for this season. Often we give up things like chocolate or soft drinks or even sweet tea as we enter into these days of reflection. We decided to offer habits that we as leaders could give up during this lenten season that would help us be more effective leaders. These habits were...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. It's Ash Wednesday as this podcast releases, which marks the beginning of Lent. As we think about Lent, many of us are thinking about what we can give up for this season in preparation for Lent. Often we give up things like chocolate or soft drinks or even sweet tea as we enter into these days of reflection. We decided to offer habits that we as lead...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we wrap up our series around making moments that are powerful and often times unforgettable. This week we take a deep dive into the final of 4 keys to making powerful moments: moments of connection. These moments are not so much about the moment but rather the connection that occurs between participants in that moment. How can we create these t...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week continue our series around making moments that are powerful and often times unforgettable. This week we take a deep dive into the third of 4 keys to making powerful moments: moments of pride. Moments of pride are those moments that make you or those around you swell with pride. It is all about creating and sharing moments that make a big deal a...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week continue our series around making moments that are powerful and often times unforgettable. This week we take a deep dive into the second of 4 keys to making powerful moments: insight. Memorable moments often provide deep insight into one's life which leads an individual to take an introspective look into themselves. These moment often becom...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week continue our series around making moments that are powerful and often times unforgettable. This week we take a deep dive into one of 4 keys to making powerful moments: elevation. Elevating moments is simply creating moments that rise above the normal to help people feel something special. We share some tips to creating those moments as well as...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week begins a series around making moments that are powerful and often times unforgettable. This week we share the framework from Chip and Dan Heath's book THE POWER OF MOMENTS and over the course of the next several weeks, we will be taking a deep dive into the principles they share in the book and how they might impact you and the ministry you...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week's pod has the group taking a deep dive into leading small groups effectively. Small groups have become a one of the prime mean of spiritual and relational growth for many churches. This week we talk about why they are effective and offer some tips we have discovered around how to lead a small group effectively. The random fact of the week s...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. Many of the ministries and churches we lead find themselves in a community full of people who are not like those who sit in our pews each week. From diversity in race, socio-economics, age or a vast array of other factors, the truth is we often don't feel "comfortable" with those outside of our four walls. In this episode we discuss this phenomenon and o...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. We are back!! Happy New Year! After a 3 week break, we are back and energized for another season of the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. We kick off 2025 by flipping the script and instead of talking about what you are adding to your plate this year, we discuss the importance of letting things go. Taking some things off the proverial plate is critical in ord...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. As we near the end of 2024, for our last episode of the year (before we take a few weeks off), this week we share some tips to transition from one year to the next. The whole crew is here and we each share some of our practices for leaving one year as well as how we like to start on the right foot for the next. We have a VERY SPECIAL guest join us at the...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. Have you ever been a part of a planning process and made some great goals for the futre only to get a year or more down the road and realize that NOTHING has come about as a result of those plans? Chances are one of the reasons that didn't happen was because there was not action plan created as a part of the process. In this week's episode we talk about...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone from the Cultiv8 Group. As we celebrate Turkey Day this week, we share some of our family traditions around the holiday and beyond. Then we shift our attention to why traditions can help create a great culture in ministry and how to start healthy traditions for your ministry to that end. As always we chase a couple of rabbi...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. In this week's episode the gang discusses several facets of being in ministry in the community, beyond the four walls of the church. Why is that important? How have we seen it work in our experience? And how do you start ministry in the community. We discuss each of these questions and of course we discuss this week's random fact of the week about mice i...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. If you hae listened to this podcast for any amount of time, chances are you have heard us laughing. Fun is a core value at Cultiv8 Group and his week, we discuss the role of laughter in leadership. Leadership can sometimes become stuffy, so laughter gets left off the agenda. We share some of the benefits of laughter and share some of our favorite things...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. As a leader, the holiday season can often leave you feeling less joy, and more exhaustion. The hustle and bustle of the holiday season, if leaders aren't careful, can lead to a season filled more with stress than joy. This week we discuss what is at the root of this phenomenon as well as talking about warning signs to help you identify when you might be...