Winning the Annual Review
Leadership David Reneau Leadership David Reneau

Winning the Annual Review

It’s the end of the year and your pastor may be setting up an annual review.  The annual review can be scary.  Recently, I saw a Facebook post where a person asked if it’s natural to feel like you’re going to get fired. 

My response?

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Avoiding Failure on Your Next Ministry Idea
Leadership David Reneau Leadership David Reneau

Avoiding Failure on Your Next Ministry Idea

I had a great idea.  A God idea.  What if we got the whole church together on Saturdays for an hour of prayer?  It would be easy to continue the practices started with 21 Days of Prayer.  We could cover our services in prayer.  Lives would change. More people will believe in Jesus! But...

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4 Steps to Overcome Ministry Disasters
Leadership, Volunteers David Reneau Leadership, Volunteers David Reneau

4 Steps to Overcome Ministry Disasters

On Sunday, disaster struck my church.  We had a huge storm blow through, and the power was out for several miles around the church.  The power company said the power would be on at 10:45, 15 minutes after our start time.  Then it was 11:45. Then 4pm.  I got the news as I pulled into the parking lot at 9:30am.

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5 Discipleship Principles I Learned in the Classroom
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5 Discipleship Principles I Learned in the Classroom

I’ve been in-between churches since July. In January, I took an executive pastor role at a small church plant, Christ Chapel East. But that was only part time. Since my degree is in high school education, I decided to put it to use and began to substitute teach. One fateful January morning, I took a math job at a high school I didn’t normally sub. By the end of the day, I had a long-term sub job and by the next week I was responsible for the math education of 150 seniors and sophomores.

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Leader Fails: 4 Steps to Navigate the Chaos
Leadership, Kidmin David Reneau Leadership, Kidmin David Reneau

Leader Fails: 4 Steps to Navigate the Chaos

The kidmin world was rocked last week with the news from Orange. Another leader has failed, and we’re left wondering what happened and what will happen. I usually don’t say anything when this kind of news breaks, but if you’ve followed any of my content you know I’ve been a fan of Orange for years and have recommended their content over and over. I feel I need to share my thoughts.

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 5 Hacks for Streamlining Church Event Childcare
Kidmin, Leadership David Reneau Kidmin, Leadership David Reneau

5 Hacks for Streamlining Church Event Childcare

Being in kidmin, it’s natural for people to ask you to also provide childcare for events. It can be frustrating because that’s not what you signed up for. You are the kid’s pastor, spiritual leader, and discipler, not their babysitter. And yet, the requests still come, and the expectations are still made. Children’s ministry is not childcare, it’s discipleship.

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3 Personality Tests for Ministry Leaders
Leadership, Volunteers David Reneau Leadership, Volunteers David Reneau

3 Personality Tests for Ministry Leaders

I love these tests so much because they help me better understand myself and those around me. It’s natural to think that everyone is just like you with the same thoughts, motives, talents, and passions. However, we soon learn, many times painfully, that this is not the case. As a leader in ministry, it’s imperative that you know your people.

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4 Questions to Handle Church Complaints
Leadership David Reneau Leadership David Reneau

4 Questions to Handle Church Complaints

The dirty little secret about ministry and leadership in general is that whatever you choose to do someone is going to hate it.  They’re going to think it’s the worst decision ever and by extension you are too.  It just comes with the territory. 

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4 Steps to Scheduling Your Volunteers
Volunteers, Administration, Leadership David Reneau Volunteers, Administration, Leadership David Reneau

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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