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I just saw this in one of my ministry FB groups and it hit my heart. To all of the wonderful Children’s Ministry leaders: I’m praying for you as you go to sleep tonight probably full of excitement and a little (or a lot) of anxiety. May God give you energy, and clear words to communicate the resurrection story to excited kids tomorrow.

And even if all of your plans fail, remember that Christ is still risen! He has overcome death and that message is greater and more powerful and irresistible than any craft, activity or object lesson.

🙏

- Lauren

People like to win.

Sports. Arguments. Grants. Awards. Promotions.

It's built into who we are. We like to be right. We want to win.

And a healthy apatite for competition or the longing to strive to be better is a good thing - it keeps us hungry and driven... BUT

What happens when we start competing in the church? What happens when churches start trying to outdo other churches? Is that healthy?

In today's video, we talk about how easy it is to slip into competition with other churches and how that can lead to you losing your focus and God's wider church not thriving the way it could.

Check it out!

Are You Competing With Other Churches? How to Tell and What To Do. Do you feel like your church just can't compete with other churches? Maybe a church down the road or in your town has a better sound system or a cooler pasto...

When's the last time you went out of your way in a staff meeting or elders meeting to intentionally build up your team?

Every ministry leader is feeling the pinch right now. Two years of constant change, adjustments, budget cuts, or hours reduction made many staff teams feel discouraged or unmotivated.

If you're leading your church as a pastor or elder, never underestimate the small kindnesses that help your teams get through the day.

Take some time this week - in the halls, in a meeting, over the phone, text email - whatever. Take some time to encourage those leaders around you. For you, it might take five minutes, but for them, it's likely to make their week.

Hopefully, you've started to think about Easter Sunday and what you could be doing to reach someone new with the message of Jesus.

Every pastor looks forward to putting together a great Easter message, and many churches take advantage of choirs or drama to add something unique and memorable.

All those extra service elements are great - but if you genuinely want to reach someone new with the message of Jesus, don't forget to do one of the most important things well.

Make Everything Understandable.

Remember that if you want someone new to feel welcome, pick up on the message, and want to come back, they need to be able to follow along.

You don't need to water down the message of Christ to make it reachable for those who aren't used to church; you need to remember who you're trying to reach!

During yesterday's interview, Matt referenced a bunch of resources that Chemistry Staffing provides absolutely for free. This includes playbooks on hiring, resume screening and the two free books he talked about called "Before You Go" and "When To Leave."

Check out all those resources here!

Free Resources for Your Church! [FREE DOWNLOADS] Here are just a few of the resources that we’ve developed for you and your church staff team.

One of the biggest hurdles that churches face is the revolving door regarding staffing. Statistics show that ministry leaders and pastors are switching jobs or leaving ministry altogether in large numbers.

Matt Steen of Chemistry Staffing works daily with churches and potential staff members to help churches have a healthy staff culture and ensure their next hire is excellent. In this episode, Matt talks about the parts of the process you cannot skip when hiring, how to treat people well even when they aren't your choice, and why slowing down your process might be the best decision you make.

As always, let us know what you think!

Your Next Hire at Church with Matt Steen

Interview with Matt Steen FInal One of the biggest hurdles that churches face is the revolving door regarding staffing. Statistics show that ministry leaders and pastors are switching jobs ...

Leading music on a Sunday morning is way less about jean jackets than you might think.

Seriously though, behind the guitars, the music and the microphones, there's a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes.

Today we're going to dive deeper into what it takes to be a worship leader in a church by looking at some of the parts of the job that everyone might not know about.

I\f you're a church staff member or an elder, and you'd like to share a more common language between your groups so you can work well together as a team, then make sure you watch this video!

Three Things About Worship Leaders You Should Know Today on the Church Helper Podcast, we're going to dive deeper into what it takes to be a worship leader in a church by looking at some of the parts of the j...

Church Administrators are:

Underrated
Misunderstood
Superheroes

While people can make assumptions about Sr. Leaders or Children's Ministry Leaders based on their exposure, rarely is the average congregation member, or elder, regularly exposed to the church's office administrator. So today, we're going to talk about three things your elders need to know about church administrators that will help you all work better together.

Three Things About Office Administrators You Should Know While people can make assumptions about Sr. Leaders or Children's Ministry Leaders based on their exposure, rarely is the average congregation member, or eld...

We LOVE this quote!

"When you are short a staff member, either someone else carries those additional responsibilities, or the job doesn’t get done. That is pressure. Time passes, someone becomes overloaded, balls are dropped and fractures start to show themselves in your ministry. The pressure increases. Soon, if a candidate says they love Jesus and likes coffee, they start to look pretty good"

Read this and four more Mistakes Churches Make when hiring right here.

5 Common Church Hiring Mistakes There is often an unintentional tendency to conduct what seems more like a beauty pageant than a process to hire the best candidate. The position doesn’t matte...

What does a Children's Ministry Leader Really Do?

One of the BIG KEYS to hiring well is understanding what someone's job really is.

At Church Helper, one of the things we've discovered through personal conversation, research, and surveys is that sometimes what someone's job looks like on the outside isn't what someone's job is in the day-to-day.

So this week, we'll be giving you behind the scenes look into a few things you should know about every staff position that you might be hiring for at your church.

Is there someone we missed, or you'd like to add? Let us know in the comments!

Three Things About Children's Ministry Leaders You Should Know Working at a church is a unique mix of worldview, employment and lifestyle that is hard to describe unless you've done it. And because we at Church Helper...

It's Hiring Week!

This week, we're going to spend some time talking about the hiring process within the church. We'll be looking into topics like:

- the proper process from vacancy to hire (in any role)
- overall staff training and resourcing
- job descriptions and interviews
- knowing how someone is the right fit.

On Thursday, we'll be releasing our interview with Matt Steen from Chemistry Staffing. Mike and Matt talk all about good hiring practices, processes, and the parts that everyone misses.

Let's have a great week!

Overcome These Types of Conflict In Your Church When leading a team, sooner or later, you're going to run into conflict. Whether it's something someone said or did, eventually, there will be a moment when ...

When leading a team, sooner or later, you're going to run into conflict. Whether it's something someone said or did, eventually, there will be a moment when your team isn't on the same page. And the type of leader you are, combined with your personality, will influence when you notice it, how you deal with it, and how your team makes it through. And because this is so important, and there are different ways a team deals with conflict, we're going to focus on that today. So if you want to manage conflict better on whatever team you're leading, check out this video, and let us know what you think!

Overcome These Types of Conflict In Your Church When leading a team, sooner or later, you're going to run into conflict. Whether it's something someone said or did, eventually, there will be a moment when ...

Conflict in our churches isn't too hard to find right now, but how can we overcome it without hurting people or spending all of our relationship equity?

We will look at this subject closer as the week comes to a close. To start, here are three tips that seem like no-brainers but might help give you the confidence to move in the right direction.

3 Tips For Managing Church Conflict There is a common phenomenon in the church today.People get offended, conflict arises and people leave the church.This church conflict is often the result of mis-communication, or no communication.

Ministry leaders can live off a compliment or an encouraging word for a week when it comes unexpectedly. So, be that person this week.

If you're a staff member: Reach out to one volunteer and let them know how much you appreciate them.

If you're a church attendee: Reach out to one staff member and tell them why you think they're doing a great job.

Spend two minutes today making someone's week. 😀😀

If I've heard it once, I've heard it a thousand times. Someone will come to me and say, "if we only had better / more contemporary / more relevant music, more people would stay at our church."

To be honest with you, even as a lover of quality music on a Sunday morning, I'm not sure that's entirely the case - and in this video, you get to see why!

Let us know what you think!

Does Worship Music Make People Stick Around? If I've heard it once, I've heard it a thousand times. Someone will come to me and say "if we only had better / more contemporary / more relevant music, mor...

We're talking about worship music this week, so we thought we'd share some of our faves! Let's spend the week celebrating all the different songs we use to worship the Lord! Feel free to let us know what you think of these songs, and link some of your own in the comments!

Today's Pick is by Mike, and it's a little unexpected for those who would know me. It's the song "Jehovah Jireh My Provider."

This was the only version of it live I could find on Youtube, and I'm not sure I sang it in church with such a huge choir and brass section, but this song has a TON of meaning for me. When my dad first became a Christian and started bringing me to church (when I was 4-5 years old), he would sing this around the house day - and of course - I would join. This is likely the first worship song (hymn or not) that I ever learned! To this day, I still do the claps on the "For Me" parts.

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During the beginning of contemporary worship music as we know it, Matt Redman was seeing incredible success in his music. In the middle of this time, his pastor challenged him to re-think his music ministry - and this is what happened next.

Although an older story, its staying power is evident, and it should motivate all of us to re-focus during our worship services, no matter what musical genre we choose.

Matt Redman talks about writing The Heart of Worship | #TheSundayHour Matt Redman joins Diane Louise Jordan on BBC Radio 2's The Sunday Hour to talk about writing songs for Worship. Matt's songs include The Heart of Worship, Y...

We're talking about worship music this week, so we thought we'd share some of our faves! Let's spend the week celebrating all the different songs we use to worship the Lord! Feel free to let us know what you think of these songs, and link some of your own in the comments!

Today's Pick is from Mike, and it's "Salvation is Here" by Hillsong United.

Mike: I remember singing this song when I was going through a pretty rough time in my life, but the chorus helped keep me level. Of course, this also fits with the theme of MY favourite worship genre. Give me anything early 2000's by Hillsong United, and I'm a pretty happy guy! Enjoy!

"Cause I know my God saved the day
And I know His word never fails
And I know my God made a way for me
Its's gonna be Alright.
Salvation Is Here"

Salvation Is Here - Hillsong Worship 'Salvation Is Here' from the Hillsong Worship album ‘God He Reigns’ released in July 2005.Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://smarturl.it/HillsongWorshi...

Why You'll Never Agree On Your Worship Music Although we're past the heights of the "worship wars" where books were written, feelings were hurt, and fingers were pointed, there is still a lot of convers...

Thinking about love today ❤

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Although we're past the heights of the "worship wars" where books were written, feelings were hurt, and fingers were pointed, there is still a lot of conversation about picking the right music, finding the right genre, or getting the right mix. You might already know this, but here's the truth:

It's. Never. Going. To. Happen.

There are a few reasons for this, but this is one of the big ones.

Let us know what you think!

Why You'll Never Agree On Your Worship Music Although we're past the heights of the "worship wars" where books were written, feelings were hurt, and fingers were pointed, there is still a lot of convers...

During yesterday's conversation with John Borthwick, John talked about Ryan Panzer. Ryan is the author of “Grace and Gigabytes: Being Church in a Tech-Shaped Culture.” Ryan is an expert in hybrid ministry and has spent his career in the worlds of church leadership and technology.

Linked to this post are how to get a copy of his book, and a keynote presentation about Hybrid Ministry.

Presentation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpn-6MLJP1E

Book:
https://www.amazon.ca/Grace-Gigabytes-Church-Tech-Shaped-Culture/dp/1506464130

The Holy and the Hybrid Tech Talk #1: Hybrid Worship, with Ryan Panzer The Holy and the Hybrid Tech Talk #1: Hybrid Worshp, with Ryan PanzerMarch 2nd, 2021 | Leadership Focus 2021Tools and practices for creating weekly digital c...

In this episode, Mike sits down with the Rev. John Borthwick of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Guelph, ON, to talk about the importance of Pastor Care, Hybrid Ministry and his new project, "The Abbey."

John is full of experience in both the church and business worlds, and his insights, wisdom and active presence on social media should encourage everyone. Let us know what you think in the comments below! Don't forget to like and subscribe to the channel!

Interview with John Borthwick In this episode, Mike sits down with the Rev. John Borthwick of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Guelph, ON, to talk about the importance of Pastor Care, ...

NEW interview episode TOMORROW with John Borthwick

Rev. John says that he's "most interested in engaging with the community where we find ourselves...It sounds cliché, but I feel called to the places where I believe Jesus would be found today."

My conversation with John gives insights into hybrid ministry pastoral self care and highlights his new project,

I can't wait for this one to be in your feeds tomorrow!

If you're finding yourself leading through Crisis right now (and let me challenge you that if you aren't treating COVID as a crisis anymore, it's likely your reflex still is), then this brief article by Lifeway Research might be an encouragement.

Always Remember To:

1. Recognize your limitations.

2. Build margins; practice Sabbath.

3. Focus on Jesus.

Take a moment to build into yourself today, and read this short article.

3 Keys to Pastoral Self Care During a Crisis - Lifeway Research Leading a church through the current pandemic and rebuilding when our communities return to regular rhythms will require more of you than you realize.