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"It's all about the numbers." Ever feel like your ministry's is trapped by attendance numbers? What if the most powerful metric isn't quantitative at all?

The stories unfolding in your student ministry reveal far more about God's work than any statistical report. We mean it! We want you to measure in stories! This webinar replay reveals why stories are a better scorecard for ministry success than numbers, showing how collecting and sharing transformation narratives creates lasting impact. 

Chuck Peters joins Zac and Chad to talk about the importance of story in leading your ministry. 

Show Notes
• Stories are already happening in your ministry whether you're collecting them or not. We just need systems to collect and share them!
• What you treasure is what you measure; focus on transformation over attendance. Stories elevate VALUES.
• Creating systems to collect ministry stories helps combat our natural forgetfulness. Become a JOURNALIST for your ministry.
• Be strategic about which stories you share with different audiences (parents, staff, church members)
• Add categories to your collected stories to easily find and share them when needed, the power of GENRE.
• Train students to tell their own stories as part of their spiritual formation, the formational discipline of TESTIMONY.
• Practice discernment; don't embellish stories or share what isn't yours to tell, INTEGRITY.
• Ask better questions to help leaders identify meaningful stories in their ministry
• Use volunteer huddles to celebrate what God is doing across different ministry areas. Help others gather PERSPECTIVE.
• Stories should make God the hero, not the ministry leader or program

Check out our storytelling resources and learn more about Youth Ministry Booster Season 7: The Power of Story at www.lifeway.com/studentleadertools.

Learn more from webinars like this one at: https://www.lifeway.com/en/special-emphasis/ministry-success-webinars

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