Talking All Things Ministry So You Can Do Church Better
The first week of a new employee starting a new job is one of the most critical times. The first week can often set them up for success in your ministry. Therefore, it’s important to have an intentional plan for onboarding your new hire.
In this episode, Chris and John walk through what the first day and the first week should look like for your new staff member so that they can thrive in their new ministry under your leadership.
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A requirement for leadership in the Church is the need for flexibility and creative thinking. COVID has required us to test our resilience and brought us into a realm of discomfort.
In this episode, Chris and John discuss the need to embrace the pain of change now before the pain becomes even harder later because we choose not to change now.
In this episode, we refer back to the following podcast episode:
Creating a Personal Growth Plan
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As we enter into a more polarized society both in the secular and religious realm, the need for the Church to step in with an open heart and a listening mind is crucial. In this episode, we discuss how our parishes can walk the fine line of sharing truth while doing it in a trusting and open setting where dialogue and discussion are encouraged and welcomed.
In this episode, we refer back to the following podcast episode:
Judgement, Social Media, and Christ
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It may be October, but now is the time that we should be planning for Advent and Christmas in this interesting year of 2020.
In this episode, we are joined by special guest Rich Curran from Parish Success Group to talk about the steps we should all be taking in preparation for this special season as we plan for a hybrid Mass experience.
In this episode, we reference Fr. Bob Chorey’s daily reflection as a tool to try during Advent.
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In this episode, Chris shares how we managed to keep 80% of his pre-COVID young people involved in his parish youth ministry by being innovative. He walks through his process of focusing on evangelization and outreach, while developing a new subscription based model of formation that invites young people to engage in small groups throughout the year.
Specifically, Chris shares in detail what his “subscription box” looks like that he gives to all families engaged in youth ministry.
SUBSCRIPTION KITS INCLUDE:
In this episode, we refer back to the following resources:
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Evangelization in a post-COVID church needs to be re-energized. Here we discuss that the opportunity to evangelize is high as people are dealing with so many traumatic issues in their lives. How do we meet them where they are at so that they recognize that God is there for them?
In this episode, we refer back to the following resources:
Small Groups from Scratch: A Church Podcast Series
Neighborhood Evangelization with Tony Vasinda
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In this episode, Chris and John discuss strategies to create more effective communication within your parish staff. In so doing, you intentional begin to create more effective external communication.
In this episode, we refer back to the following resources:
Episode #10: Leading Meetings Well
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Since COVID began, Catholic parishes have been a force in the digital space. As COVID begins to loosen up, it is becoming clear that our shift to digital needs to become a permanent part of our ministry efforts.
But what does that look like?
In this episode, we begin to explore exactly what that looks like and what are some of the first steps we can take to get there.
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The reopening of our churches has been slow. Numbers in the pew and faith formation are much lower than expected? Are they coming back?
Some data suggests that they aren’t ready to come back to church. So what are we to do? How do we rise to the occasion?
In this episode, Chris and John discuss the opportunity that has arisen because of COVID and suggests some further strategies as it becomes clear that people will not be coming back in the same numbers as they were in February 2020.
In this episode, we refer briefly to the previous podcast episodes with Doug Tooke:
– Episode 21: The Realities of Rural Ministry
– Episode 68: Using Multi-Media Tools in the 21st Century Ministry
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In this fourth episode on Pastoral Councils, Chris and John delve into the topic of how we choose and discern pastoral council members. We discuss the need to develop a discernment committee, have discernment interviews of potential council members, and more.
Join us for our upcoming master class on Leveraging and Structuring Pastoral and Finance Councils for Parish Growth. Begins October 20, 2020.
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