Talking All Things Ministry So You Can Do Church Better
Ministry leaders need to be intentional about setting goals for their ministry. In this episode, John and Chris share how that looks in parish ministry and how it is connected with growing your parish and planning the budget.
In this episode, we refer to these previous podcast episode:
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We are all broken people. And God mends all brokenness. In this episode, Chris and John explore the role of brokenness in our lives, how we can embrace it, and how we can use our brokenness in our ministry to help heal other broken people.
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Do you have an idea? A vision? A way to do ministry differently? And you wonder, is your pastor supportive?
In this episode, Chris and John share a 4-step strategy to get your pastor’s support about how to move your ministry forward.
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In this episode, special guest, Katherine Angulo, shares what thriving ministry looks like and how we can prepare our young lay leaders and priests to be successful in ministry and to have longevity in their roles. Katherine is the Program Director for Thriving in Ministry Initiatives at the McGrath Institute at Notre Dame University.
She also shares about her experience leading the Bishop D’Arcy Program in Priestly Renewal and what our priests are experiencing in the 21st Century Church.
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Nothing can affect the morale and culture of your parish staff than not effectively managing underperforming staff. In this episode, Chris and John break open how to address the underperformance of your staff and how-to guide and coach your team to meet and exceed expectations.
In this episode, we reference two previous podcasts which will be beneficial to implementing these strategies:
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Saying “no” is an essential part of being a leader in ministry. In this episode, Chris and John share their experience of saying “no” and how to effectively discern what we say “yes” to and what we say “no” to.
For more resources on this topic, check out the Monk Manual or visit the Marathon Youth Ministry Store and check out “Time Savers” and the “Annual Self Assessment.”
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Your staff and ministry organizational structure should be evaluated to make sure it matches the needs of your parish and allows you to achieve your ministry goals. In this episode, Chris and John explore some of the common traps or mistakes we fall into and share some ideas on how we might reconfigure our staff structure to allow for more effective ministry.
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At one point or another, we’ve all said that we don’t have enough resources to do ministry. That is likely to be true, and we need to be intentional about how we go about asking for resources, both from God and from our ministry leader.
In this episode, Chris and John explore this question and give practical guidance on how to move forward when we feel we don’t have enough resources in our ministry.
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We often begin developing faith formation opportunities in our parish without thinking through what it is we hope participants will gain from being involved. In this episode, Chris and John start with the end in mind and encourage leaders to discuss the spiritual habits they hope participants will develop in formation programs and use that as the starting point for developing your faith formation curriculum.
In this episode, we reference “Who Is that Teenager,” a resource developed by Chris through Marathon Youth Ministry.
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As we celebrate episode 100 of The Church Podcast, John and Chris look back at two years of ministry in the Church and name the significant events and experiences that have shaped the Church. Then, looking forward at the next 100 episodes, Chris and John talk about what the future might bring for the Church and leaders in ministry.
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