Cultiv8ing Ministry

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast.  Summer is upon us and the summer season creates unique opportunities for ministry reagardless of the age level you find yourself leading. In this week's episode of the Culitv8ing Ministry Podcast, we talk about how leaders can make the most of the longer days and laid back schedule that the summer provides. Our team shares tried and true, practical...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast.  Moving from children's to youth ministry, or Jr. High to High School Ministry, or even from High School to College creates unique challenges and opportunities both for the persons who are transitioning to new ministries and for the leaders and persons already involved in their ministries. On this week's episode we spend some quality time offerin...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast.  In this week's episode of the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast, the topic is staff transitions. It can be a tricky experience when you as a staff person leave one position for another in the church. As challenging is when a new staff person comes aboard as a part of your ministry team. If you find yourself in that postition, or if you just want to be rea...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast.  In this week's episode of the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast, we talk about one of the aspects of ministry and leadership that the vast majority of people dread - THE MEETING! Most people in leadership feel like they spend an inordinate amount of time in meetings and generally speaking we dislike most of the meetings we find ourselves in. In this episo...

NOTE: We had some technical issues with the recording...THANKS WIFI!!! Due to those issues there are some segments of the recording where the audio is not as clear as we would like. We apologize and hope that you can still get some helpful information from the content. Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast.  In this week's episode of the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast, Chris and Laura wrapu...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast.  In this week's episode of the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast, Chris and Kaye continue our 3-part series considering the leadership traits of Jesus based on an article entitled 10 Traits of Jesus as a Transformational Leader.  We take a look at a few more of the traits shared in the article and discuss what implications they may have for us as we seek t...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast.  In this week's episode of the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast, Chris and Kaye kickoff a 3-part series considering the leadership traits of Jesus based on an article entitled 10 Traits of Jesus as a Transformational Leader.  We take a look at the first three of the traits shared in the article and discuss what implications they may have for us as we seek...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast.  In this week's episode of the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast, the gang launches into a conversation about the well-being of leaders in ministry in response to new survey results from The Youth Cartel.  We give our insights into the results of the study breaking down what could have led to the results of the survey along the 6 apsects of well-bein...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast.  In this week's episode of the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast, we welcome back Tim Beck to the pod to discuss how we measure success in ministry.  Measuring success in ministry can be difficult and often means that we turn to a default of measuring attendance and giving in the church.  This week we share some creative options to measuring suc...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast.  In this week's episode of the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast, we welcome a special guest, Tim Beck, to the pod to discuss the role of parents in ministry to youth and children.  Tim is a veteran youth worker for Ohio who, along with our usual crew, shares great practical tips for those in youth and children's ministry to involve parents in minist...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Minsitry Podcast.  In this week's episode of the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast, we jump into a conversation about planning events.  Whether you plan large events or local church events, there are some "do's" and "don'ts" that will help you create a memorable experience for participants.  We hand out some of our best advice based on years of experience in plan...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Minsitry Podcast.  In this week's episode of the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast, we discuss Intergeneratoinal Ministry at length.  The pod kicks off with us reminiscing abou tour childhood memories with our own grandparents.  Then, we discuss the benefitst that intergenerational ministry can have in a local congregation and hand out some great tips and practic...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Minsitry Podcast.  In this week's episode of the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast, we share our thoughts on an article by Carey Nieuwhof about his predictions of 8 Church Trends for 2023.  This week we touch on burnout, the role of the weekly sermon, and the volunteer crucnch in the church as we cover the final 4 of 8 trends that Nieuwhof predicts for 2023.  Onl...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Minsitry Podcast.  In this week's episode of the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast, we share our thoughts on an article by Carey Nieuwhof about his predictions of 8 Church Trends for 2023.  From discussions about boomers and their role in the church, to the importance of online ministry, we cover the first 4 of 8 trends that Nieuwhof predicts for 2023.  Only time...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Minsitry Podcast.  In this week's episode of the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast, we have an indepth discussion about social media in ministry with a few of our usual characters and a special guest.  Kaye's daughter, Anna, who is a digital media major in college joins us to help several Gen Xers get a better grasp on the imprortance of social media and websites when...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Minsitry Podcast.  In this week's episode of the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast, we wrap up our 2023 kick off series focusing on creating healthy habits in ministry with a conversation about conflict.  We each share a story (or two) of the silliest arguments we have been involved in.  Then we talk a lot about how conflict impacts ministry, and how when co...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Minsitry Podcast.  In this week's episode of the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast, we continue our kick off of 2023 with a series focusing on creating healthy habits in ministry with a conversation about accountability.  We spend time discussing what accountability is, what it takes to create effective accountability, and how you encourage accountability in mini...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Minsitry Podcast.  In this week's episode of the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast, we continue our kick off of 2023 with a series focusing on creating healthy habits in ministry with a conversation about how the culture that leaders create in their staff or teams is critical to effectiveness in ministry.  We offer some pointers to help you as a leader to develop...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Minsitry Podcast.  In this week's episode of the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast, we kick off 2023 with a new series focusing on creating healthy habits in ministry with a conversation about the importance of setting healthy minstry/life boundaries.  Why is it important?  How do you do it? We tackle these and other questions as we share our from our own ex...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Minsitry Podcast.  In this week's episode of the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast, we turn the corner from Christmas and begin to look at 2023.  There is so much going on right now about te new year and new starts and of course, new year's resolutions.  We all weigh in on the debate to make resolutions or not.  You might be surprised to find out what we thi...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Minsitry Podcast.  In this week's episode of the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast, we continue our Advent series as we chat about the ironies wrapped up in the idea of the fact that the night of Jesus' birth is portrayed as a "silent night".  We share some insights into Christmas dinners, christmas music and other holiday highlights before turning out attention to th...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Minsitry Podcast.  In this week's episode of the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast, we continue our Advent series as we chat about something that most of us tend to get really triggered by - watiing.  Highlights of our conversation include talking about why it is difficult for many of us to wait, how waiting is not necassarily a passive time, and how waiting can be a...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Minsitry Podcast.  As we enter the month of December we decided to spend a few episodes of our podcast reflecting on some of the aspects of the Advent season and how those aspects impact us as ministry leaders.  In this week's episode we consider the aspect of "preparation".  Not only do we talk about what it means to prepare our hearts for the arrival of t...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Minsitry Podcast.  A narrative has arisen in youth ministry circles that suggests that youth minsitry as a whole needs to make signigicant changes in order to remain effective.  As a part of that narrative there are a number of books, articles, and the like that have in recent months discussed at length all that is "wrong" with youth ministry in today's world. &...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Minsitry Podcast.  We kick off the pod this week taking a deep dive into side dishes at Thanksgiving, including a surprising favorite from one member of our team.  Then we turn our attention to the topic of gratitude and how it impacts leaders in minstry.  We thought it was a meaningful conversation and think you will too.  Happy Thanksgiving to all of...