When You Need to Forgive a Volunteer
It’s part of being a ministry leader. We’ve all experienced times when a volunteer or team member let us down, or was the source of our grief or disappointment. If you’re finding it difficult or painful to forgive someone who’s hurt…
005 Principles for Resolving Conflict
in Uncategorized, Volunteers onMinistry pressure can come from many different places and makes itself visible in many forms. In times of stress, people can respond in ways that don’t glorify God or edify the body of Christ. This often leads to conflict and…
The Declaration of Curriculum Independence: Bill of Sunday School Rights
in Sunday School onCommitting to a curriculum can oftentimes mean locking yourself into a particular schedule, class format, activity sequence, or teaching style. Before you know it, pressure is coming from teachers and kids as the same ol’ content and structure brings on…
How Group VBS landed in Peru
in VBS onEver wonder how the VBS team chooses which country to explore for Cross Culture VBS? Every year, the VBS team at Group gets to select a culture to share with kids all over North America. How do we make such…
How Maker Fun Factory helps kids discover life-changing truth
in VBS onMy name is Jody, and I’m directionally-challenged. Yeah, I get lost. A lot. I pretty much always have to allow an extra 30 minutes when I’m heading out because I’ll inevitably find myself…, well, not where I’m supposed to be.…