Setting Up Planning Center Services for Your Ministry
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Setting Up Planning Center Services for Your Ministry

One of the most useful tools in my ministry career is Planning Center.  I reference it frequently in my posts about planning.  As much as I love the program, it can be daunting to a first-time user.  That’s why I wrote this post about Check-ins.   

Setting up Planning Center Check-ins can be complicated. But Planning Center Services is on another level. 

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4 Steps to Scheduling Your Volunteers
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4 Steps to Scheduling Your Volunteers

When you’re the leader and the pastor, you have a push and pull. You want to make sure all your positions are filled, but you also don’t want to burn out your volunteers. What is the best way? Does everyone serve with the same frequency? What about if you have multiple services? Multiple days? Or just one? And what about fifth Sundays?

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How to Set Ministry Goals that Lead to Growth
Leadership, Administration, Service Planning David Reneau Leadership, Administration, Service Planning David Reneau

How to Set Ministry Goals that Lead to Growth

At the end of the year, one of my favorite things to do is to look back at the year that was and the year to come.  What were my wins and losses?  What worked? What didn’t?  What curveballs did I knocked out of the park and what ones slipped by?  It usually takes a few hours for me to go through it all, but my overall effectiveness as a leader and minister has increased every year since I started this practice over 10 years ago.

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7 Ways to Communicate Your Church Event to Your Congregation and Community (Part 2)
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7 Ways to Communicate Your Church Event to Your Congregation and Community (Part 2)

You’ve got big news. You’ve been working on this project for weeks and its finally time to make your big debut. You have all the supplies and resources. You’ve prayed and felt that God is with you. Now it’s time to announce to the church and your community what you’re doing and how they can get involved. But how do you do that?

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7 Ways to Communicate Your Church Event to Your Congregation and Community (Part 1)
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7 Ways to Communicate Your Church Event to Your Congregation and Community (Part 1)

One of the most valuable tools in a minister’s toolbox is their communication skills.  We’re in the people business and how we communicate with people is vital to us completing the Great Commission.  But how do you do that exactly?  How do you make sure that your message is getting out there?  How do you make sure that you’re not just spitting into the wind?

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3 Ways Your Calendar Can Help You Reach Your Next Level in Ministry
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3 Ways Your Calendar Can Help You Reach Your Next Level in Ministry

There are a lot of tools we can use in ministry. There’s our church management system, our curriculum, our events. Each one helps us serve our communities and reach more for Christ every year. However, I think there is one tool that is invaluable for your ministry. One tool that if used correctly can extend your reach and find that elusive work-life balance we’re all looking for.

What is that tool?

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5 Questions to Ask Before Choosing a Church Management System
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5 Questions to Ask Before Choosing a Church Management System

So, we landed on option 3. Find another system. But that’s far easier said than done. After weeks of meetings and weighing our options, we finally landed on a cloud based system that suited our needs far more than our previous system.

If you’re starting the same journey, here are 5 questions you should ask before you pick one that’s best for your church.

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