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KMC is about Children’s Ministry, Leadership, Parenting, and other various ministry ideas
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Sunday Sep 22, 2019
Sunday Sep 22, 2019
Join host Tom Bump and his guest, Mike Johnson (www.iseeitproductions.com)
Have you ever thought you when you enter the ministry to bring your casket with you? You should! When we enter ministry we often will encounter challenges and if you approach your calling as a life-calling, not just a job, it can see you through many things. But, When God tells you it's time to move on, what do you do? How do you leave a ministry? Mike has some sage advice for us in this fantastic episode. It's a little long, as I couldn't bring myself to stop recording.
You can check out Mike's Blog: www.mikejohnsonsblog.com
Sunday Sep 15, 2019
Sunday Sep 15, 2019
Join Tom Bump and his guest Bill Gunter www.smallchurchkidmin.com as they discuss the challenges of doing ministry with a smaller church budget.
We don't focus on what we don't have, we focus on what we do and we maximize it.
Learn some great ideas about how you can do impactful ministry with little.
Sunday Sep 08, 2019
Sunday Sep 08, 2019
Join host Tom Bump and his guest Lynne Howard lynnehoward.com as they discuss a great blog post she wrote "what I would tell my non-parent self as a Children's Pastor.
Some great tips to remember when we think about how to better minister to today's parents.
Sunday Sep 01, 2019
Sunday Sep 01, 2019
Join host Tom Bump and his amazing guest Yancy! as they discuss the heart of worship for children's ministry today.
If you have not heard of Heartbeat Curriculum that was designed by Yancy, I highly recommend you go check it out!
Here are some links to Yancy's music and the Hearbeat Curriculum.
If you'd like to have Yancy come to your church for a family concert: YancyMinistries.com/events
Monday Aug 19, 2019
Monday Aug 19, 2019
Join host Tom Bump as he shares some leadership hacks to develop your own leadership team. Every leader needs help and no one should ever lead alone! So how does someone find and develop other leaders? Tom shares some tested and true principles that you can implement today to begin building your leadership team!
If you are looking for 1:1 coaching use this form https://forms.gle/qjYAvxvodyhXAKjv7
If you are looking for Small Church Group coaching: https://forms.gle/u7ZbEQ8C4UGzn8oMA
If you are looking for Group Coaching: https://forms.gle/8PYD6y3cZ26z5paX8
If you'd like to know more check out www.kmccoach.net
Monday Aug 05, 2019
Monday Aug 05, 2019
Join Tom Bump and his guests, Jason Tilley & John Tillman of Ministry Accelerator as they discuss how every leader should have an intentional gospel journey planned for their kids ministry.
Based on the 4 part blog posts: https://ministryaccelerator.org/a-childs-gospel-journey-part-1-the-big-presentation-992a515d378d
If you are interested in a group coaching where Jason and Tom are forming then head over to www.kmccoach.net and fill out the interest form at the bottom of the page and indicate: "the gospel journey" You will receive info regarding an upcoming coaching group.
Monday Jul 29, 2019
Monday Jul 29, 2019
One of the books that have greatly influenced my life and ministry is by my friend Craig Jutila. He and his wife Mary wrote this book many years ago. Craig passed away in 2018 and is greatly missed but I'm thankful for the conversations I had with him and for this book.
If you struggle with balance in life and ministry I strongly recommend this book!!!! I share some of the topics covered in this episode.
If you are looking for 1:1 coaching use this form https://forms.gle/qjYAvxvodyhXAKjv7
If you are looking for Small Church Group coaching: https://forms.gle/u7ZbEQ8C4UGzn8oMA
If you are looking for Group Coaching: https://forms.gle/8PYD6y3cZ26z5paX8
If you'd like to know more check out www.kmccoach.net
Sunday Jul 21, 2019
Sunday Jul 21, 2019
Join Host Tom Bump and guest Bill Gunter www.smallchurchkidmin.com as they discuss a recent blog post about dealing with discouragement.
For many leaders, especially smaller church leaders dealing with low numbers, small volunteer teams and unmet expectations can really bring discouragement.
Learn in this episodes some things you can do to help prevent discouragement from taking over.
Small Church Coaching Groups- Beginning in Early August! 2 Groups (4 people max) will be meeting once a month for up to 1 1/2hrs and helping bring clarity and focus to their own leadership and ministry. Practical and specific help will be given to each leader and you can get 4 months of coaching for $25 a month. There will one group meeting in the afternoons and one early evening. Space is limited! In order to be considered you need to email tom at wbman99(at) gmail.com or go to www.kmccoach.net and go to the coaching section and fill out the info box at the bottom of the page. indicate you'd like to participate in the small church coaching group.
Monday Jul 08, 2019
Monday Jul 08, 2019
Join Tom Bump as he shares from experience how to survive the Summer Children's Ministry season.
It can be so hard for so many leaders and sometimes even tempting to walk away from it all. BUT, there are some things one can do to help survive the season and even thrive in it.
Hope you enjoy this episode.
For Coaching Info Check out www.KMCCoach.net
Monday Jul 01, 2019
Monday Jul 01, 2019
This is an amazing episode with host Tom Bump, and Jesse Stone who serves with https://onehope.net/ They are reaching over 1 BILLION children with the Good News!
In this episode Jesse shares why every Kidmin leader and Parent should be intentionally engaging children with Scripture and break out of the false assumptions that children cannot understand deeper things.
You will be challenged to re-examine your approach to handling Scripture with children.
Please share this episode and we'd love it if you'd subscribe and leave a review where you listen to this podcast!
Sunday Jun 23, 2019
Sunday Jun 23, 2019
The First Edition of the KMC Small Church Edition- Join Host Tom Bump and his guest as they begin a monthly series called The Kids Ministry Collective Small Church Edition.
These special episodes will feature topics and guests that are smaller church leaders! We are super excited to share these with you
Check out www.smallchurchkidmin.com for more things Small Church!
Sunday Jun 16, 2019
Sunday Jun 16, 2019
Join Tom Bump and his guest Jessica Bealer as they discuss why every Children's ministry needs to develop a Coaching structure vs a training culture.
For many leaders in Children’s ministry the thought of building a coaching structure seems like the impossible dream. Or that establishing people to coach their ministry could feel unnecessary
My guest today shared some amazing information at Orange Conference along with her husband Frank. Jessica Bealer welcome back to the KMC!
Tell our listeners about what you’ve been up to lately and your work with Generis.
Ok, so I was in this breakout and was so struck by the importance of changing our thinking about what it means to have a coaching structure: I heard it said in a different breakout but it fit with what you and Frank were going to share: We recruit all year long and most of us only do 1 or 2 trainings a year, so what does that mean for those we recruit in between? I started to wonder if this isn’t why we have leaders who quit so quickly, because they just haven't been equipped well enough from start to finish.
Q1-What did you mean by we develop an effective coaching structure?
*teaching them how and why we do what we do? Coaching is on going- individual who is assigned and focused to develop leaders.
Coaches are to serve the leaders.
Q2-So most of us have a training mentality why do you believe a Coaching mentality/structure is the way to go?
- Training events doesn’t connect with all your team, and coaching reaches all the team.
- Its personal.
- How can we put individuals in place that are “experts” to better lead the team?
- So the training happens every week.
Create an onboarding coaching
Create an existing volunteer coaching.
Q3- So how does one go about setting up a Coaching Structure? What are the initial steps?
- You need to realize that you are pulling some of your Leaders away from the small group room. And ask them to step into a higher leader. (they need to be your best) Don’t duplicate 2nd best. - They need to be good, but they need to be able to lead adults.
*The goal is to take them off the roster and into a coach- (Huge hurdle)-
* Help them realize what there Job is and what it isn’t.
*Don’t let them do both.
B.- Cast the vision to these new Coaches and what this model looks like.
*Establish leadership and then coaches-
Q5- You gave a caution when it comes to the huddles a lot of us do pre-service: and shared that we often undermine the coaching strategy we focus on logistics: what else should we be aware of?
*You can define wins here.
Q6- So how would a small church leader implement this coaching model?
What would be the most important steps to take?
- You still need someone to help you. - There will be a time where you can’t do it all anymore.
- When you get to 10 or more volunteers, you need a coach.-
- Looking for 2, a Coordinator and a Coach
- 70% rule- If they can do it of what I can do, hand it over.
- You are not looking for you, you want them to start with 70% of what you can do they won’t stay there for long they will go better.
- You have to replace you.
We have to inspect what we expect!
When you hand something off. - go into your calendar and set up a recurring followup with them.
How can leaders learn more about this model? You have a coaching program opening up soon tell us about.
If you'd like to see the presentation notes from Orange conference Generis.com/orange-jess-Bealer-coaching
Sunday Jun 09, 2019
Sunday Jun 09, 2019
Join Tom Bump and his guest, Jason Tilley (www.ministryaccelerator.org)
as they discuss how any leader can unlock creativity to solve any challenge they face in ministry.
Q1 So why is it that leaders can struggle with Creativity?
Q2: What can a leader do to get that Creativity back or stir it up inside of them?
Believe you are creative.
- We are made in the image of a creative God and are therefore creative in our own right.
- Believing a lie that you are not creative is a surefire way to keep it locked up.
Q3: So we work on our belief system to embrace the God-given creativity: where does one start?
Define the Problem
- Make observations
- Ask questions- Why does this happen?
*Get to the root.-
Q4: Sometimes it can feel overwhelming our outside our comfort zones to lead creatively, what do I need to do to make sure I’m moving forward?
*God-sized problems take God-sized solutions.
Assemble a team- doesn’t have to be staff-
- Dreamers
- Designers
- Developers
- Doers
Q5: So I’ve looked at a problem and have a good grasp on it, I’ve started defining the challenge I have and start observing some causes and maybe even solutions. I’ve started gathering some others who have gifts to help, what next?
Find Your Solution
- A process by which the group finds a solution they want to try
- Constraints and Context
Q6- this can seem very overwhelming to leaders especially if they struggle with having any help, what encouragement can you give?
Start Small
- Prototype and iterate until you are happy with your solution
Make a Choice
- Pivot or persevere.
- Do I want to keep trying or is it time to look for a new solution?
Sunday Jun 02, 2019
Sunday Jun 02, 2019
Join Tom Bump and his guest Kent Currie as they discuss how any church can offer Day Camps. Kent has been doing these for years and offers some great advice and wisdom about how and why Day Camps can be a powerful ministry for churches to offer.
Sunday May 26, 2019
Sunday May 26, 2019
Join Tom and Steve Cullum, Host of The Student Ministry Podcast as they discuss what they and 7,000+ people learned at Orange Conference 2019!
They share many of the highlights from this years You Lead Day as well as from the Breakouts and General Sessions.
This year's theme was "It's Personal" and it was an amazing conference!
If you know of a Student Ministry leader, be sure to share The Student Ministry Podcast with them
Steve Cullum is a great leader and he shares some great wisdom on each episode!
ENJOY!
If you're interested in Ministry Coaching check out KMC Coaching at www.tombump.com click the Coaching Tab!
Tuesday May 07, 2019
Tuesday May 07, 2019
How to I win this Summer? How to have the most impactful summer?
We all win this summer by reaching more children and their families in our churches so how do we set our selves up to win?
Here are some things I’ve learned over the years and If I were sitting in a coaching appointment question I’d ask you.
1) What is does the best summer ever look like for your ministry? Describe it for me. What would you have accomplished by the end?
What events would you do?
2) What are the things (goals) you’d like to reach by summers end?
So ultimately what is your End Goal for the summer? Specifically, name your measurable wins.
Then, Ask Why are those my wins? Do you have a why?
Take your list and re-write them by the highest priority first.
3)What would have to be eliminated to accomplish those?
4) What would have to be added?
5)Who could help me accomplish these Goals?
6)What could be some challenges that stand in our way
*Leadership, $$$, volunteers?
7) What steps do I need to take by what date to accomplish 1 of these (highest priorities) Who would lead? Who could assist?
8) When do I start? when do I finish?
AS you look through each of these steps you place on your calendar and set up reminders to help you along the way
Build your summer with intentionality and when you get to the end you will find yourself having a greater impact because you were fully prepared and focused.
If you need help, I have a few openings in the KMC Coaching. If you go to tombump.com and click on the coaching tab, you can enter your information there and put KMC Podcast. I will give you a free 1 hr session where we can dig into something you’re struggling with. This is a special offer just for KMC Podcast listeners! So jump on and let's have a conversation.
Tuesday Apr 23, 2019
Tuesday Apr 23, 2019
This episode its just me, Tom Bump sharing from my heart about why every leader should consider some coaching. I am also excited to share that I'm launching KMC Coaching a ministry where myself and hopefully in the future others will be offering affordable coaching to those who desire to grow, develop and last as leaders.
For more info check out www.tombump.com and click on the tab that says coaching.
YOU ARE WORTH INVESTING IN!
Monday Apr 08, 2019
Monday Apr 08, 2019
Dr. Ron Hunter- Why WE can’t cant get family Discipleship wrong.
*The church is here to make the family wonderful
*Our goal should be to help parents, help their children share God’s image.
The church leader mindset:
The parent mindset:
1/168= 1 hour in a week, is not enough
What can a leader do to help parents?
*Keep them informed about what’s going on every Sunday.
*Teach parents to teach their children to pray and how to pray with them.
*Teach
*Create teachable moments
*Help them with Value Shaping
How do we start?
*Find a champion
*Equip them to partner with parents
*Communicate often
Resource Mentioned
Saturday Mar 30, 2019
Saturday Mar 30, 2019
Show Notes for Building Healthy Teams with Heidi Hensley
@heidimhensley www.heidimhensley.com
Building healthy teams is so vital to the success of our children’s ministries that it can often become a daunting task for leaders. Heidi is an amazing leader who has built great leadership teams that lead healthy teams of volunteers so this episode discusses how she builds into her teams so they can build into the volunteers a healthy culture.
How do You recruit your leaders?
*Know the holes you have and what specific gifts, talents, personality you want in that place.
*Don’t fall into “warm body syndrome”
*Don’t focus just on ratios.
Then when it comes to recruitment, be specific and intentional.
You do 5 things on a regular basis with your leadership that flows over to volunteer teams:
- Prayer- Healthy prayer times lead to unity, seals out sinful divisions.
*Start every huddle with prayer for each other
*it connects you heart to heart.
*It’s the glue that keeps teams together.
- Show Interest- because what we do is work of the heart we need to know each other.
*How well do you know your leaders hearts?
*”Stalk your team” (In Jesus’ name) LOL! Pay attention to what’s going on in their lives
*Makes larger churches smaller
*They are your congregation- you shepherd them, they shepherd their teams.
*Everyone needs a real person to do life with.
- Handle Business- Keep short lists
*No excuse not to follow Matthew 18 with each other.
*Don’t allow conflict to boil over or remain.
*Just do it! Don’t put talking about off.
- Ownership- Don’t be a control freak.
*Cheer your team on
*Let Go or they can’t lead.
*Let them learn to love kidmin like you love it.
*Let them place their fingerprints on things.
- Have Fun- Laugh a lot!
*Prompt laughter and not just at work.
*When you laugh together you bond.
*Create intentional times to enjoy each other
*Playing together bonds
*Don’t forget what Joy looks lke.
*Take a trip to IKEA an have some random object fun. Its better than any personality tests.
Sunday Mar 24, 2019
Sunday Mar 24, 2019
Sarah Muchie- More than “just” a Children’s Pastor
For many in our KMC community, you serve in multiple roles, especially if you serve in a smaller church. You know, you have the job description that has one big asterisk that says, and other duties as required. Which means anything and everything the Senior leader doesn’t want to do? LOL!
Today’s guest understands the challenges of wearing multiple hats in a church setting. It’s been a while but welcome back to the podcast, Sarah Murchie, aka formerly known as Sarah Bundy!
Quotes from the Show-
Ministry is about managing the interruptions.
Leaders wearing multiple hats must learn to manage others time and their own.
Learn to leverage others time so you can do the things you do best.
How do you leverage others time?
*Don’t ask for open ended commitments.
*Let them do what they are good at.
*Give the license to say no.
*Give them a solid why to bring clarity to the ask.
How do you set up Boundaries so you don’t burn out?
-Don’t make your day off a foreign thing.
-Leave work, at work.
-If they can do 75-80% let them do it all.
Stay connected to the church body- get into service, be visible.
Get in a small group
BEST LESSON-
*Be flexible
@SarahMurchie
