Cultiv8ing Ministry

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we wrap up our series of podcasts around managing volunteers as we talk about celbrating volunteers. One of the aspects of managing volunteers that often gets overlooked is celebrating and appreciating those that volunteer in ministry. We talk about why it is important to show appreciation and celebrate your volunteers and offer some practical...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we continue our series of podcasts around managing volunteers taking a dive into the topic of equipping volunteers. There are a number of different approaches to equipping volunteers. We share a vast array of them. Take a listen and commit to the method that fits your context best. But do something now to equip your volunteers. We get into a di...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we begin a series of podcasts around managing volunteers taking a look at tips and tricks for recruiting volunteers for ministry. It is no secret that recruiting volunteers is a difficult, but necassary part of running a successful ministry. We also share some methods to avoid when it comes to volunteer recruitment. We think you will find it he...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. Do you have individuals in your ministry that might be feeling nudged by God to answer a call into ministry? If so, then this week's episode is made just for you. We spend some time talking about our own calls into ministry then share some tips from our experience around how to identify that in those individuals and to help foster that call within th...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. Thie week we welcome a special guest, Rev. Maggie Cantey who is the leader of United Youth in the upstate of SC. United Youth is a collaborative youth ministry effort among 7 area churches with divierse backgrounds. As ministry funding for full time youth ministry staffing dwindles, and churches shrink, we believe this model has potential to be a new app...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. Everyone sing along... WE ARE FAMILY... you are now humming that classic song. We spend some time in this episode discussing family ministry. We talk about what family ministry is, how it has been done well and not so well, and offer some practical tips for you to use. We end up with the random fact of the week which is about a really odd E-bay offering...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. It's time to CELEBRATE. The Culti8ing Ministry Podcast is offically one year old. Listen in as we celebrate the fact that we have now reached the one year milestone of the podcast. Some thought it couldn't be done (event some of us), but we made it and we spend some time on this episode reflecting back on some of our favorite moments as well as o...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. Evaluation is often a forgotten practice in ministry. Which is a shame, because it has the potential to be one of the best practices in order to move ministry from good to great. This week we take a deep dive into the importance of evaluating ministry and evaluating staff with some practical helps along the way. Our friends at Apple may wish we didn'...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. Have you ever wished you could go back in time and start again, knowing what you have learned from your experience? Well in this episode of the podcast, we do just that. Our team spends some time reflecting on our experience in ministry and sharing several thoughts around what we wish we had known when we first got our starts in ministry. Learn from our...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we communicate about communication. Communication has become increasingly difficult in the information age. On one hand, there are plenty of ways to communicate information. On the other hand, it can be difficult to be effective with so many options out there. We share some tips and feedback from an article by David Carroll from Ministry Archit...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we wrap up our two part series discussing Craig Groeschel's list of 8 Habits of Great Leaders. Listen along as we talk about the first four of the habits. We agree with some, disagree in part to others. We share the habits from the list that we follow well and even share some of our struggles in particular areas. Our team also offers some a...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we offer the first of a two part series discussing Craig Groeschel's list of 8 Habits of Great Leaders. Listen along as we talk about the first four of the habits. We agree with some, disagree in part to others. We share the habits from the list that we follow well and even share some of our struggles in particular areas. Our team also offe...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week the conversation revolves aroung finding God in the ordinary. As leaders in the midst of doing ministry, it can be difficult to see God in the seemingly mundane tasks of ministry. Clearly, that doesn't mean that God isn't present in those ordinary tasks, it just takes some intentionality on our part to engage the spirit in our midst. We...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we do something a little different and a couple of us invited our now adult children to join us on the pod to share what it was like (from their perspective) growing up as a kid in ministry. They share from the heart and share a few funny moments from their childhood. If you find yourself leading in ministry while raising a family, this episode...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. The Cultiv8 Group had the pleasure of spending a few days at Youth 2023 (a once every four years gathering of UMC Youth from across the country) connecting with and coaching youth workers at the event. But it wasn't all work. We found some time to sit down with a couple of our friends and podcast listeners to recap the week and have some fun along th...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. We recently ran across an article in Relevant Magazine that outlines a continued decline among institutions, including the church in recent times. We decided it would be great fodder for the podcast, so this week we talk about what may have contributed to this decline in trust as well as what the church might do in our communities to begin to regain that...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. In what may be one of the zaniest episodes yet, our crew spends this episode reviewing the latest in Gen Z slang terms. Play along as we take our best guess at what the latest slang terms mean. Some are obvioius, some are tough, and some are just plain bizarre. We also share our thoughts on why it is important for those in ministry to have some idea of t...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week's episode of the Cultiv8ing Minsitry Podcast is all about coaching. Coaching specifically for ministry leaders is the main focus here at the Cutliv8 Group as we have a passion for coming alongside leaders to help them experience the best version of themselves for ministry. We dive into the difference between coaching and consulting, then sh...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week's episode of the Cultiv8ing Minsitry Podcast revolves around the practive of celebrating the "wins" in ministry. In a world where the church world is inundated with the negative narratives and a overly positive portrayal of the "glory days", it is more important than ever that leaders in ministry celebrate the great thin...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. It's a big week this week as the we celebrate our 40th episode of the podcast. We have some fun talking about how our podcast is moving into adulthood and remembering Mike Gundy's "I'm a man, I'm 40" rant (see the link below). Then we jump into a conversation ,leading up to our celebrating Independence Day here in the U.S., abou...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. Whether you are a minsitry veteran or a newbie, you have most likely experienced dealing with a difficult person in minstry. When not handled well it can be frustrating at best and detrimental to ministry at worst. In this week's episode we offer some tips from our experience on how to deal with difficult people well including some possible underlyin...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week's episode we follow up on last week's episode about dreams by offering some pointers on effectively moving an idea inot a reality. Where do you begin? What characteristics are important to possess as a leader that looking to implement a new idea? And what should you avoid to get the most out of the idea? Those are just a few of the ques...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week's episode is all about dreams. We kick off the show saring some of our most memorable and recurring dreams which offers some... let's just say...interesting insight into our team. We shift the conversation to the role of dreams in ministry dealing with questions like why are we often dream averse in minstry? And what role does the Spirt...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. There has been much conversation over the past few years about the potential benefit and harm that may be ther result of short term mission trips. In this week's episode, the Cultiv8 crew has a lively discussion about what can be great about short term mission trips and when does it become unhealthy and even harmful. You will also hear some of our mo...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast.  Being in ministry and balancing family life is not and easy task. We, at the Cultiv8 Group have all walked through or are walking through the challenge of learning to be effective in ministry all while learning to give our families all that they deserve and more. In this episode, we share, from a variety of different perspectives what we have learned wh...