Can you believe it? We just closed the books on March and we are one quarter through the year. How are those New Year resolutions? Getting everything done that you had hoped? God willing, I’ll …

One day, it will happen. People will get sick. Others will move away. And you’ll be left covering way too many services by running the soundboard, changing worship lyric slides, or checking in children. Be …

In the last post, we examined how ministries can lead the way in creativity through predictability, by the application of repeatable processes and the recruitment of tactical volunteers. This approach can make your ministry scalable …

I have recently been reading a number of posts regarding churches and their lack of creativity. Many say that the church should be leading the way in how we do technology, marketing , and events. …

As a church ministry, time and resources are sometimes scarce. Now that you’ve established your ministry’s contracts and SLAs, new things are going to come up. People will, once again, be tugging at you to …

It can be hard to give up control. For some, the belief is that no one could possibly do ministry the way you do it. You have your style, your process, your culture. But on …

There is a term in the computer industry called SLA, or Service Level Agreement. It basically dictates what guarantees of service a vendor will provide to their customers, possibly on a per-customer basis. For services …

I’ve heard many times from both staff and lay leaders, “If I only had more time to get this done, we’d really make an impact in our community.” When I ask what they think they …

Anthony Coppedge has a great 3 part series on dealing with burnout in the “tech arts.” Anthony is a full time staff member responsible for media and communications and he captures some great lessons on …

Inevitably, the time will come when a volunteer decides to move on. This may be because of a job relocation, an interest in another ministry, or moving to another church. Handling this situation is important, …