KMC#70 Moving from Hectic to Healthy
One of the books that have greatly influenced my life and ministry is by my friend Craig Jutila. He and his wife Mary wrote this book many years ago. Craig passed away in 2018 and is greatly missed but I’m thankful for the conversations I had with him and for this book. If you struggle […]
KMC #69 Dealing With Discouragement-Small Church Edition#2
Join Host Tom Bump and guest Bill Gunter www.smallchurchkidmin.com as they discuss a recent blog post about dealing with discouragement. For many leaders, especially smaller church leaders dealing with low numbers, small volunteer teams and unmet expectations can really bring discouragement. Learn in this episodes some things you can do to help prevent discouragement from […]
KMC#68 How to Survive the Summer Kids Ministry Season
Join Tom Bump as he shares from experience how to survive the Summer Children’s Ministry season. It can be so hard for so many leaders and sometimes even tempting to walk away from it all. BUT, there are some things one can do to help survive the season and even thrive in it. Hope you […]
KMC #67 Engaging Children with Scripture with Jesse Stone
This is an amazing episode with host Tom Bump, and Jesse Stone who serves with https://onehope.net/ They are reaching over 1 BILLION children with the Good News! In this episode Jesse shares why every Kidmin leader and Parent should be intentionally engaging children with Scripture and break out of the false assumptions that children cannot understand […]
KMC#66 Small Church Edition1 – With Bill Gunter
The First Edition of the KMC Small Church Edition- Join Host Tom Bump and his guest as they begin a monthly series called The Kids Ministry Collective Small Church Edition. These special episodes will feature topics and guests that are smaller church leaders! We are super excited to share these with you Check out www.smallchurchkidmin.com for […]
KMC#65 Coaching vs Training! Jessica Bealer
Join Tom Bump and his guest Jessica Bealer as they discuss why every Children’s ministry needs to develop a Coaching structure vs a training culture. For many leaders in Children’s ministry the thought of building a coaching structure seems like the impossible dream. Or that establishing people to coach their ministry could feel unnecessary My […]
KMC#64 Unlocking Creativity with Jason Tilley
Join Tom Bump and his guest, Jason Tilley (www.ministryaccelerator.org) as they discuss how any leader can unlock creativity to solve any challenge they face in ministry. Q1 So why is it that leaders can struggle with Creativity? Q2: What can a leader do to get that Creativity back or stir it up inside of them? […]
KMC #63 Summer Day Camps! Kent Currie
Join Tom Bump and his guest Kent Currie as they discuss how any church can offer Day Camps. Kent has been doing these for years and offers some great advice and wisdom about how and why Day Camps can be a powerful ministry for churches to offer.
KMC#62 Orange Conf 19 Recap with Steve Cullum “Student Ministry Podcast”
Join Tom and Steve Cullum, Host of The Student Ministry Podcast as they discuss what they and 7,000+ people learned at Orange Conference 2019! They share many of the highlights from this years You Lead Day as well as from the Breakouts and General Sessions. This year’s theme was “It’s Personal” and it was an […]
How to have a summer of Impact! KMC #61
How to I win this Summer? How to have the most impactful summer? We all win this summer by reaching more children and their families in our churches so how do we set our selves up to win? Here are some things I’ve learned over the years and If I were sitting in […]