Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. Newsflash: churches are shrinking all around the US. As church sizes diminish, there are more and more leaders are learning to navigate leading ministries in a small church context. This week Brad Fiscus, author of Small-er Church Youth Ministry joins the pod to share some insight and tips for leading in a small church context. It is a great conversation we think you will find enlightening and entertaining. If you like the Cultiv8ing Ministry podcast, please support us by sharing, rating, and reviewing the podcast on whichever platform you use.

Also, if you are interested in starting a coaching relationship with one of our coaches at The Cultiv8 Group please visit our website and get your first session FREE!

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The Cultiv8 Group inspires creativity, collaboration and constructive disruption that creates a culture of empowerment.

Our Mission

The Cultiv8 Group exists to empower individuals and organizations to go beyond anything they can imagine.

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Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we wrap up our series of podcasts around managing volunteers as we talk about celbrating volunteers. One of the aspects of managing volunteers that often gets overlooked is celebrating and appreciating those that volunteer in ministry. We talk about why it is important to show appreciation and celebrate your volunteers and offer some practical ways to do so in this episode. The random fact of the week revolves around an interesting trait of sharks that leads to a lot more questions. If you like the Cultiv8ing Ministry podcast, please support us by sharing, rating, and reviewing the podcast on whichever platform you use.

Also, if you are interested in starting a coaching relationship with one of our coaches at The Cultiv8 Group please visit our website and get your first session FREE!

Our Vision

The Cultiv8 Group inspires creativity, collaboration and constructive disruption that creates a culture of empowerment.

Our Mission

The Cultiv8 Group exists to empower individuals and organizations to go beyond anything they can imagine.

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Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we continue our series of podcasts around managing volunteers taking a dive into the topic of equipping volunteers. There are a number of different approaches to equipping volunteers. We share a vast array of them. Take a listen and commit to the method that fits your context best. But do something now to equip your volunteers. We get into a discussion of accordions in N. Korea for our random fact of the week. It is riveting conversation. If you like the Cultiv8ing Ministry podcast, please support us by sharing, rating, and reviewing the podcast on whichever platform you use.

Also, if you are interested in starting a coaching relationship with one of our coaches at The Cultiv8 Group please visit our website and get your first session FREE!

Our Vision

The Cultiv8 Group inspires creativity, collaboration and constructive disruption that creates a culture of empowerment.

Our Mission

The Cultiv8 Group exists to empower individuals and organizations to go beyond anything they can imagine.

Check out more from Cultiv8 Group at www.cultiv8group.org

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Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we begin a series of podcasts around managing volunteers taking a look at tips and tricks for recruiting volunteers for ministry. It is no secret that recruiting volunteers is a difficult, but necassary part of running a successful ministry. We also share some methods to avoid when it comes to volunteer recruitment. We think you will find it helpful. Be sure to hang around for the random fact of the week abouth origins of the text code WTF. It will shock you. If you like the Cultiv8ing Ministry podcast, please support us by sharing, rating, and reviewing the podcast on whichever platform you use.

Also, if you are interested in starting a coaching relationship with one of our coaches at The Cultiv8 Group please visit our website and get your first session FREE!

Our Vision

The Cultiv8 Group inspires creativity, collaboration and constructive disruption that creates a culture of empowerment.

Our Mission

The Cultiv8 Group exists to empower individuals and organizations to go beyond anything they can imagine.

Check out more from Cultiv8 Group at www.cultiv8group.org

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Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. Do you have individuals in your ministry that might be feeling nudged by God to answer a call into ministry? If so, then this week's episode is made just for you. We spend some time talking about our own calls into ministry then share some tips from our experience around how to identify that in those individuals and to help foster that call within them. The random fact of the week leads us into a lenghty discussion about Guinea Pigs. Don't miss it. If you like the Cultiv8ing Ministry podcast, please support us by sharing, rating, and reviewing the podcast on whichever platform you use.

Download the 5 Cups of Coffee Resource mentioned in the podcast to help.

Also, if you are interested in starting a coaching relationship with one of our coaches at The Cultiv8 Group please visit our website and get your first session FREE!

Our Vision

The Cultiv8 Group inspires creativity, collaboration and constructive disruption that creates a culture of empowerment.

Our Mission

The Cultiv8 Group exists to empower individuals and organizations to go beyond anything they can imagine.

Check out more from Cultiv8 Group at www.cultiv8group.org

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Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. Thie week we welcome a special guest, Rev. Maggie Cantey who is the leader of United Youth in the upstate of SC. United Youth is a collaborative youth ministry effort among 7 area churches with divierse backgrounds. As ministry funding for full time youth ministry staffing dwindles, and churches shrink, we believe this model has potential to be a new approach to ministry. Maggie shares some of her heart for this type of ministry as well as some of the successes and challenges of collaborative ministry. We wrap up with a random fact about a bizarre means of weather forecasting. If you like the Cultiv8ing Ministry podcast, please support us by sharing, rating, and reviewing the podcast on whichever platform you use.

Also, if you are interested in starting a coaching relationship with one of our coaches at The Cultiv8 Group please visit our website and get your first session FREE!

Our Vision

The Cultiv8 Group inspires creativity, collaboration and constructive disruption that creates a culture of empowerment.

Our Mission

The Cultiv8 Group exists to empower individuals and organizations to go beyond anything they can imagine.

Check out more from Cultiv8 Group at www.cultiv8group.org

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Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. Everyone sing along... WE ARE FAMILY... you are now humming that classic song. We spend some time in this episode discussing family ministry. We talk about what family ministry is, how it has been done well and not so well, and offer some practical tips for you to use. We end up with the random fact of the week which is about a really odd E-bay offering that you won't believe. If you like the Cultiv8ing Ministry podcast, please support us by sharing, rating, and reviewing the podcast on whichever platform you use.

Also, if you are interested in starting a coaching relationship with one of our coaches at The Cultiv8 Group please visit our website and get your first session FREE!

Our Vision

The Cultiv8 Group inspires creativity, collaboration and constructive disruption that creates a culture of empowerment.

Our Mission

The Cultiv8 Group exists to empower individuals and organizations to go beyond anything they can imagine.

Check out more from Cultiv8 Group at www.cultiv8group.org

Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cultiv8.group/

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Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. It's time to CELEBRATE. The Culti8ing Ministry Podcast is offically one year old. Listen in as we celebrate the fact that we have now reached the one year milestone of the podcast. Some thought it couldn't be done (event some of us), but we made it and we spend some time on this episode reflecting back on some of our favorite moments as well as our thoughts on the most impactful espisodes. Don't worry, the random fact is here as always and it definitely is not BORING, like the town in Oregon, which IS NOT next to Canada. If you like the Cultiv8ing Ministry podcast, please support us by sharing, rating, and reviewing the podcast on whichever platform you use.

Also, if you are interested in starting a coaching relationship with one of our coaches at The Cultiv8 Group please visit our website and get your first session FREE!

Our Vision

The Cultiv8 Group inspires creativity, collaboration and constructive disruption that creates a culture of empowerment.

Our Mission

The Cultiv8 Group exists to empower individuals and organizations to go beyond anything they can imagine.

Check out more from Cultiv8 Group at www.cultiv8group.org

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Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. Evaluation is often a forgotten practice in ministry. Which is a shame, because it has the potential to be one of the best practices in order to move ministry from good to great. This week we take a deep dive into the importance of evaluating ministry and evaluating staff with some practical helps along the way. Our friends at Apple may wish we didn't find this week's random fact of the week. If you like the Cultiv8ing Ministry podcast, please support us by sharing, rating, and reviewing the podcast on whichever platform you use.

Also, if you are interested in starting a coaching relationship with one of our coaches at The Cultiv8 Group please visit our website and get your first session FREE!

Our Vision

The Cultiv8 Group inspires creativity, collaboration and constructive disruption that creates a culture of empowerment.

Our Mission

The Cultiv8 Group exists to empower individuals and organizations to go beyond anything they can imagine.

Check out more from Cultiv8 Group at www.cultiv8group.org

Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cultiv8.group/

And on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/cultiv8grp

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Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. Have you ever wished you could go back in time and start again, knowing what you have learned from your experience? Well in this episode of the podcast, we do just that. Our team spends some time reflecting on our experience in ministry and sharing several thoughts around what we wish we had known when we first got our starts in ministry. Learn from our attendance at the school of hard knocks throughout the episode. As always we wrap up with a random fact of the week and have plenty of laughs along the way. If you like the Cultiv8ing Ministry podcast, please support us by sharing, rating, and reviewing the podcast on whichever platform you use.

Also, if you are interested in starting a coaching relationship with one of our coaches at The Cultiv8 Group please visit our website and get your first session FREE!

Our Vision

The Cultiv8 Group inspires creativity, collaboration and constructive disruption that creates a culture of empowerment.

Our Mission

The Cultiv8 Group exists to empower individuals and organizations to go beyond anything they can imagine.

Check out more from Cultiv8 Group at www.cultiv8group.org

Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cultiv8.group/

And on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/cultiv8grp

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