It has been one month since I last posted and in that post, entitled COVID-19 and the Small Church, I addressed things that small churches should consider as this pandemic began to sweep across the United States. After that post, things began to spiral downward quickly and churches began to scramble as gatherings of 10 … [Read more…]
Turn on the television, radio, computer, or any means of hearing the news, or gossip, and you will be bombarded with information about SARS-CoV-2 and the disease it causes which has been named coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19. The first thing to do is to have an illness policy and re-enforce that during this time. … [Read more…]
Are you in any children’s ministry Facebook groups? I am in several of them and I have noticed that frequently on Sunday mornings those leading children’s ministry lament their volunteers who may call out leaving them short staffed. There are times that I will question how they view their volunteers which often leads to them … [Read more…]
As I write this post, I can already hear the responses being formulated, mainly quoting 1 Timothy 5:18, ” For the Scripture says: Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain, and “The worker is worthy of his wages.”” (CSB) I am in no way saying that children’s ministry leaders should … [Read more…]
As I wrote in a previous post, I was able to attend the Children’s Pastors Conference (CPC) in Orlando. I was a coach during the coaching sessions on the first day, and on Wednesday, I participated as part of a panel to talk about children’s ministry in a small church to encourage those in attendance. … [Read more…]
