13 Warning Signs Your Calendar is Killing Your Children's Ministry

8:23 AM  Dale Hudson  

Is your calendar so busy that it's killing your Children's Ministry through exhaustion?  Here's 13 warning signs to watch for.
  1. You don't have time to stop and celebrate the wins.
  2. You often have to use your day off to get everything done.
  3. You can't find a free week to take vacation or the only way you can take vacation is by missing something.
  4. You don't have time to stop and evaluate what you're doing.
  5. You often ask families to be at the church campus more than one night a week.
  6. Ministries compete for use of rooms.
  7. Ministries have big events that are too close together or even overlap. 
  8. Families often have to "divide and conquer" to be a part of multiple things going on at the same time.
  9. Families sometimes skip weekend services because they are worn out from weekday programs or special events.
  10. You have more than one special event per quarter.
  11. The quality of weekend services suffers because of weekday programs.
  12. Instead of having a few programs that are well-staffed by volunteers, you have lots of programs that are understaffed by volunteers.
  13. Volunteers are serving in more than one program in your Children's Ministry.
Remember...the goal is not to be busy.  The goal is to be effective.  It's better to be effective at a few things than ineffective at a lot of things.

The best thing you can put on your calendar may be some eraser marks.  

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