In this episode of From the Vault, Ben and John Paul talk about 10 ways to launch your ministry into the fall. With schools starting back and people getting back to their normal routines now is a great time to focus and prepare your ministry for the fall season.
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Episode 96: Ministry Alignment: How You Might be Missing Out on a Discipleship Opportunity
This week Ben talks with Jana Magruder, LifeWay Kids Ministry Director, about ministry alignment between kids and student ministries.
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Ben serves as the Director of Student Ministry for LifeWay Christian Resources and has served the local church as a student pastor ...
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Episode 65: Generation Z
In this episode Ben and John Paul talk about Generation Z, how to minister to this generation, and cover stats that will help student ministers better understand this generation.
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Ben serves as the Director of Student Ministry for LifeWay Christian Resources and has ...
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Episode 61: Transitioning Students Part 2
In this episode Ben continues the conversation from last week about transitioning students with guest Jeff Lovingood. Ben and Jeff talk about an overall strategy for transitioning students in all aspects of ministry and working with the children's minister.
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Episode 60: Transitioning Students Part 1
In this episode Ben and John Paul talk about how to transition students in student ministry. They talk about the transitions from Elementary School to Middle School, Middle School to High School, and High School to College and Adult.
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March Madness: Keeping Your Seniors
Keeping your seniors engaged all the way through graduation is one of the most difficult things in student ministry. They are quickly approaching the biggest transition of their lives. They have essentially been in the same school environment for the last 7 years, and they are ready for a change. To ...
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The New Kid – Part 2: From Kids Ministry to Student Ministry
For kids, parents, and student pastors, the transition from kids ministry to student ministry is a BIG deal! I’ll never forget seeing the 5th graders in our kids ministry march into our student center for the first time. Every year I would make the same comment, that “these must be 3rd graders not ...
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Transitions – Part 3: When Your Pastor Transitions
All transitions come with challenges. The challenge is change! My experience with change is that it is usually met with resistance. The change of a senior pastor is absolutely not an exception. I have walked through this transition two times in my 12 years of being in student ministry. One was ...
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Transitions – Part 2: Starting Strongly in Your New Ministry
In yesterday’s post we talked about the importance of leaving well when your time for transition comes. The other side of the transition conversation is when you start in a new ministry position. Whether it’s your first position as a student pastor, or you’re just starting in a new church, it’s ...
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Transitions – Part 1: Leaving Well
We’ve all heard stories of people who have not “left well.” Transitions are a normal part of life, and chances are that the ministry you are serving in now won't be the ministry that you are in for the rest of your life. Even if you’re at the same church, there will likely be another position that ...
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