Kids Ministry Collective

Kids Ministry Collective #266 How To Handle ”Blue” Monday!

Ever had a Monday where you were ready to throw in the towel? Woke up feeling down but not out, yet? 
This episode addresses what many in Children's Ministry Leadership encounter, the dreaded, "blue" Monday!

Host and Ministry Coach Tom Bump will share some personal stories and wisdom about how to respond and not react to the Monday blues!! 

If you need someone to talk to, please reach out! tom@restoringleaders.org

KMCCoach.net is where you can learn how having a personal coach will help you build a solid plan against the blues! 

Kids Ministry Collective 265 Wrapping Up and Setting Up, Questions You Should Ask

Every leader at this time of year should spend some quality time reflecting, evaluating and resetting for the coming year. Are you ready? Do you have a process to evaluate your children's ministry? Join Host and Leadership Coach, Tom Bump as he shares some powerful questions you should be asking.

• Principle 1: Self-Reflection
• • • Prompting question: "Have I authentically led by example this year and how has this impacted the ministry and my team?" 
    • *How has my pace been?
    • *What’s it like being on the other side of me?

• Principle 2: The Team 
  • • Prompting question: "How has my team grown this year? What challenges did we face and how did we overcome them?" 
    • Have I given my team a way to give me honest feedback?
    • Does anyone on my team need a break?

• Principle 3: Program Evaluation
  • Prompting question: "What worked in our programming and what didn't? What could be improved for the following year?"
  • What do we need to stop doing?
  • What could we do?

• • Question 1: Goals for the Ministry 
    
    • Prompting question: "What are the crucial milestones we desire to reach as a ministry this coming year?
    • How specifically will we help children take next steps of faith?
    • How will we connect with our community?
    • What will we do for fun?

• Question 2: Team Objectives 
  • • Prompting question: "What skills or improvements are we aiming to develop in our team members?"
    • What can I do to help my leaders disciple others more effectively?
    • What do we need to keep leaders encouraged?

• Question 3: Personal Leadership Betterment 
  • Prompting question: "What areas of my leadership do I need to strengthen in the coming year?"
  • Who should I add to my circle of influence- Who can speak into my life and leadership?

 

Kids Ministry Collective 264 The Waiting Season Corrine Noble

Children's ministry leaders experience many different seasons in ministry. When a waiting season appears, it can be discouraging or it can be a powerful time of growth. Join Tom Bump and guest Corinne Noble as they have a great discussion about the waiting seasons. 

If you find yourself in a waiting season but feel stuck, RestoringLeaders.org is a place you can find help navigating that season or any other hard season.

If you need help growing your leadership to the next level KMCCoach.net is the place to learn about how a coaching journey can be custom-built to help you grow children's ministries, teams, and the leader. 

Kids Ministry Collective #263 The Kidmin Grab Bag

Have you ever wondered about planning fall events, engaging with parents and how to prepare your systems for growth? Well in this episode host Tom Bump and David Reneau hit all these and more!!

This is a little longer than normal episode but we decided it was worth sharing!

Here are some resources mentioned on the podcast:

Need some Coaching? Check out KMCCoach.net

5 Steps to Building Your Volunteer Structure for Growth

https://www.davidreneau.org/blog/2022/09/5-steps-to-building-your-volunteer.html

How to Create a Volunteer Job Description

https://www.davidreneau.org/blog/2022/10/how-to-create-volunteer-job-description.html

4 Ways to Not Do Registration at your Fall Festival and One Good One

https://www.davidreneau.org/blog/2022/10/4-ways-to-not-do-registration-at-your.html 

4 Next Level Ideas for Your Fall Festival

https://www.davidreneau.org/blog/4-next-level-ideas-for-your-fall-festival

Blog posts about Events

https://www.davidreneau.org/blog?category=Events 

Blog posts about Service Planning

https://www.davidreneau.org/blog?category=Service%20Planning 

 

Kids Ministry Collective 262 The Multiply Mindset

Do you as a Children's Ministry Leader have an addition mindset or a multiply mindset? Do you know the difference?

Join host Tom Bump and his guest, David Reneau as they have a conversation about what it looks like to have a multiply mindset and the impact it can have on your leadership influence and ministry. 

Resources Mention:

How to Create Volunteer Job Description

https://www.davidreneau.org/blog/2022/10/how-to-create-volunteer-job-description.html

5 Steps to building your volunteer structure for growth

https://www.davidreneau.org/blog/2022/09/5-steps-to-building-your-volunteer.html 

5 Volunteer Statements for your Ministry

https://www.davidreneau.org/blog/2023/07/5-volunteer-statements-for-your-ministry.html

Chaos to Calm Guide

Need some Coaching on this? Check out KMCCOACHING

Kids Ministry Collective 261 Lead Yourself Well- with David Reneau

Children's ministry leaders have so many things to consider while leading. Oftentimes times we get so focused on leading others that we don't lead ourselves well.  Join host Tom Bump and his guest David Reneau as they share some important tips to help any leader get a strategy for leading themselves in a healthy way. 

 

Resources mentioned:

Chaos to Calm Guide on Kidsministrycollective.com

 

https://davidreneau.org//blog/2023/08/5-sources-for-finding-ideas-for-your.html

 

 

Kids Ministry Collective 260 Kids Ministry Basics- 5Things

Children's Ministry can be challenging every single weekend. Join host Tom Bump and his guest David Reneau, as they dive into their Top 5 Things a Kidmin Leader should know and think through.

David recommended these posts:

Fifth: How do I choose a Curriculum and decide the end goals for discipleship?

https://www.davidreneau.org/blog/2022/09/4-questions-to-find-your-perfect.html .

https://www.davidreneau.org/blog/2021/01/the-3-groups-every-next-gen-leader-leads.html 

If you'd like to check out KMC Coaching and see if it will help you grow yourself and your ministry you can schedule a free 30min. Clarity Call. 

Kids Ministry Collective 259 Time To Update Brittany Nelson

Do you have a digital strategy for your children's ministry? Join host Tom Bump and his guest Brittany Nelson in discussing her new book: Time To Update, 7 Areas to Integrate Digital Discipleship into Your Children's Ministry. 

Check out Brittany's website https://deeperkidmin.com/

If you need help with your children's ministry check out the Kids Ministry Collective Website

Kids Ministry Collective 258 Building Healthy Volunteer Culture and Teams Part 2

This is the continuing Conversation about Building Healthy Volunteer Cultures and Teams with host Tom Bump and his guest David Reneau.

This conversation brings in some powerful principles that Childrens Ministry Leaders should pay attention to while building their volunteer organizations. 

Here are those links to blog posts written by David that were mentioned as well as some others that would be helpful.

https://www.davidreneau.org/blog/2022/09/5-steps-to-building-your-volunteer.html 

https://www.davidreneau.org/blog/2022/02/4-pools-to-recruit-volunteers.html

Other Helpful Posts

https://www.davidreneau.org/blog/2022/11/4-simple-ways-to-appreciate-your.html 

https://www.davidreneau.org/blog/2020/02/the-department-is-not-your-enemy.html 

If you need help with your volunteer culture you should consider a KMC Coaching Journey. You can schedule a free 30 min clarity call to learn how you can grow yourself to lead your team to a healthy place. 

Kids Ministry Collective 257 Building A Healthy Volunteer Organization Part 1

Ever wonder what it takes to build a solid and healthy volunteer team and culture? Join Host Tom Bump and his guest David Reneau as they discuss some important ideas every Childrens Ministry Leader should think through when building a healthy volunteer culture and team.  This is part 1 of a two-part podcast. 

Here's some of the links mentioned in the episode and some other helpful links.

https://www.davidreneau.org/blog/2022/09/5-steps-to-building-your-volunteer.html 

https://www.davidreneau.org/blog/2022/02/4-pools-to-recruit-volunteers.html

 

Other Helpful Posts

https://www.davidreneau.org/blog/2022/11/4-simple-ways-to-appreciate-your.html 

https://www.davidreneau.org/blog/2020/02/the-department-is-not-your-enemy.html 

If you would like to talk about your volunteer coaching and learn about how KMCCoach.net can help you build a healthy team, you can schedule free 30 min clarity call on the website.

Be sure to check out the Kids Ministry Collective Webpage too!

Kids Ministry Collective 256 Stressed Out, What You Can Do About It

Leadership stress is at an all-time high. Children's Ministry leaders are always discussing how badly stressed out they are. What can we do about it? Join Host and Coach, Tom Bump as he shares some ideas about managing our stress levels and how we can leverage Good Stress, Yes, I said it, Good Stress! 

Segment 1: Understanding Stress in Leadership

According to Barna/Awana research, 68% of leaders always feel understaffed. This stat identifies a source of stress for so many leaders. 

Segment 2: Impact of Unmanaged Stress: 

 Leaders with high-stress levels and burnout had teams with lower satisfaction rates and higher turnover.

Segment 3: Strategies for Effective Stress Management:

*Self Care- Hobbies, Rest, Boundaries, Priorities, Utilizing Tech Tools 

Segment 4: Positive Stress and How to Leverage it:

Eustress is positive stress that is short-term, focused, and energized. it always has a purpose.

Remember, healthy leaders lead to healthy ministries. So, take care of yourselves and keep shining your light brightly. God bless you all, and see you in the next episode!"

If you need help here are two resources:

KMCCoach.net

Restoring Leaders.org

 

Kids Ministry Collective 255 Setbacks And Mindsets: Getting back on track when things don’t go as planned.

Every Children's Ministry Leader can have a setback. Most of us that are seasoned leaders have had more than we can count.  But, what makes the difference when a BIG setback happens?  Your Mindset will determine your bounce back.  Take a listen to this week's episode and learn some powerful questions you should ask yourself to make a setback a bounce-forward moment. 

Here are the 5 Questions to help you get back on track:

1. How do I currently view setbacks? Do I see them as failures or as opportunities for growth?
2. How do my beliefs about setbacks impact my ability to bounce back and continue moving forward?
3. What steps can I take to cultivate a more resilient and growth-oriented mindset?
4. How can I reframe negative thoughts and see setbacks as learning experiences?
5. What can I learn from past setbacks that can help me navigate future challenges?

If you need help head over to the brand-new: Kids Ministry Collective Website!!

If you need coaching, want to read a blog, or catch up on podcasts, this website has all that and MORE!!

Kids Ministry Collective 254 What Do I Do When I’m In A Hard Season?

Every leader will be in a hard or highly challenging season. "A Valley Season."  When you get into those seasons, if you know how to respond they can make you stronger as a leader. If you don't know how to respond, they can break you.  Join host Tom Bump, who's also the lead guide at RestoringLeaders.org a mission that serves hurting, overwhelmed, or burned-out leaders.  

There are 3 prayers based on Ephesians 3 that can be powerful in guiding you through your season. 

 

If you find yourself in a season where you feel alone, isolated, wounded, or worn out, you should schedule a free clarity call.  

Need a Retreat? some time to rest, refocus, renew or restore? Check out what is offered at RestoringLeaders.org 

Kids Ministry Collective 253 Creating Volunteer Consistency, Creativity and Ownership for

Children's ministry leaders need to build healthy teams, and there are some vital things we must do as leaders to create a healthy team that is more consistent, creative, and that owns what they do. 

How does one do this? Take a listen as host and coach Tom Bump, shares some simple keys: if you do them consistently, you'll see generational impact in your ministry. 

Kids Ministry Collective 252 What Label Are You Wearing and Why it Matters!

What label are you wearing? Who gave it to you? Why do you believe you have to own it? Join Host Tom Bump as he shares a personal challenge as part of a new series on Healthy Leaders. 

If you are struggling with your leadership identity and need help, check out  a coaching journey with KMCcoach.net  You can set up a free 30 min clarity call. 

 

Or if you have been wounded or overwhelmed by the labels you are carrying, please reach out. Restoringleaders.org  is here to serve you through the hard seasons. 

Kids Ministry Collective 251 Retreat To Advance?

Many leaders, only know one thing to do when things get challenging. "Keep Pushing Through!"  Many leaders are leading at an unsustainable pace and vacations and conferences don't help them reset it.  So what do we do??

You must learn to RETREAT so you can ADVANCE! This week's Episode is a special Restoring Leaders edition and Tom Bump shares about an upcoming Restoration Retreat open to ministry leaders and their spouses.  (This is a dated episode.)

 

To learn more about the September 2023 Restoration Retreat or future retreat dates and locations head over to https://restoringleaders.org

Kids Ministry Collective 250 Evaluating For The Next Time

Ever wonder about the power of evaluations?  When we are doing events, programming etc. we must learn to ask then right questions to help us grow for impact. Evaluation also helps us decide about the future of events or programming. Join Host Tom Bump as he shares some powerful, pre, during and post event questions you should be asking.

If you need help with evaluation, or feel stuck or overwhelmed with all the tasks, check out KMCCoach.net for to find the help you are looking for. 

Kids Ministry Collective 249 Stay Or Go with David Reneau

One of the hard decisions is when is a season done for a leader? Sometimes the circumstances aren't clear and one must come to a place to see things clearly. Join Host Tom Bump and his guest, David Reneau as they have a crucial conversation for all ministry leaders.

Check out David's Blog at https://davidreneau.blogspot.com/

If you are wondering how to figure things out, RestoringLeaders.org is a place to get confidential care and support. We are here to help you navigate hard decisions and challenging seasons. 

Kids Ministry Collective 248 Summer Prep For Fall Success

Are you thinking about your fall plans?  It's hard to do in the middle of the Summer and all its events, vacations, and more. BUT, every leader knows they must start doing some things to get ready so that fall doesn't hit them when they are worn out from the summer.  Save yourself some exhaustion later by doing a few things now. Join Tom Bump, Leadership coach, and hear some doable actions to set yourself up to win this fall. 

Check out kmccoach.net if you find yourself stuck!

Kids Ministry Collective 247 5 Ways To Create Healthy Team Culture

Every team leader knows culture matters. What is your current team culture is it a healthy one? In this weeks episode, Host and Leadership Coach Tom Bump share 5 practical and important principles to help you build and maintain a healthy volunteer culture. 

If you are stuck and need some guidance, check out our new hybrid coaching/mentoring program. www.kmccoach.net  to schedule a free 30 minute clarity call.