David Reneau 8/30/24 David Reneau 8/30/24

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...

David Reneau 8/9/24 David Reneau 8/9/24

3 Essential Elements of a Volunteer Training Meeting

A new school year is starting, and this is a great time to hold a volunteer training meeting. The training sounds like a great idea, but what are you supposed to talk about? What can you talk about? What’s the most important thing?

David Reneau 7/19/24 David Reneau 7/19/24

4 Summer Outreaches that Aren’t VBS

With the end of the summer, we start to look at all the things we did and ask if they were effective. One of the biggest questions I see this time of year is “What are churches doing other than VBS?”

David Reneau 4/19/24 David Reneau 4/19/24

Boost Your Team with Pre-Service Meetings

What If I told you there was one thing you could do this Sunday that would improve your volunteer morale, orient everyone towards your vision, and make sure all your volunteers are cared for? Such a thing exists. It’s called a pre-service meeting.

David Reneau 2/23/24 David Reneau 2/23/24

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.

David Reneau 1/26/24 David Reneau 1/26/24

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?

David Reneau 1/12/24 David Reneau 1/12/24

5 Keys to Teens Serving Successfully in Your Kidmin

One thing that is an absolute certainty in kidmin is a general lack of volunteers. No matter how big your church is, there is always a shortage. However, there is a treasure trove of possible volunteers that we may overlook. Teenagers.

David Reneau 12/2/22 David Reneau 12/2/22

5 Budget Categories Every NextGen Leader Needs in Their Ministry

Budgets, love them or hate them, you need to have one to effectively manage the resources God has given you and your ministry.

Whatever your church’s requirements, your budget and your yearly calendar are inextricably linked. So, before you start putting numbers down into a spreadsheet make sure your yearly calendar is done first.

David Reneau 1/27/20 David Reneau 1/27/20

Starting Well

A few months ago, I wrote a post about leaving well. The inevitable happens when you leave something. You start something new.

But leaving something and starting something are two different things. They both have their hurts and their joys, but you have to approach them differently. Now that I’ve been in the new ministry for almost a year, I can look back at that first month or two and realize what helped and what didn’t.