How can ministry calendars tell a story? In this episode, the team talks the nuts and bolts of calendaring for your ministry, and how that calendar can drive innovation and conversation about the future.

What is Sabbath, what is it not, and what can it do for your ministry? In this episode, the team talks about the importance of making room for Sabbath in your calendar by sharing stories about how Sabbath has changed our ministry.

How soon is too soon to start planning your major ministry events? In this episode, we talk about tools for getting planning started early and for activating your team to do their best work together.

If you have not started yet, it's time to get the needed head start on your summer calendar. This week we discuss helpful ways to get the calendar complete. 

More tips for partnering with parents and an interview with Shawn Howell of PrayerLights.

It's time to think about next year's budget. This week we've got a few helpful and not so helpful tips for you.

With the wrong approach, partnering with parents can be difficult to do. On this episode, we discuss the work that doesn't qualify as a partnership. 

The Sustainable Ministry Show is still here! With a new host joining the team, new discussion, and new ideas, we will launch a new season in September. 

The final conversations on the lessons we wish we knew on our first day in ministry.

Part 2 of our discussion on the lessons we wish we knew when we first started in ministry.

If you could go back to your first day in ministry, what would you say to yourself? We hear from Jen DeJon, Anthony Prince, Brian Kuhn, Doug Ranck, Renee Wilson, and Steve McConnell. 

This week we reflect on the five steps to creating a healthy climate for your ministry and Melissa shares Stephen's origin story of becoming a fox whisperer. 

Ministry committees can be difficult to master, but they are worth every effort you put into developing them. On this episode, we discuss the healthy practices of successful committees and share some tips for a good agenda. 

Annette Safstrom, Co-Author of Sustainable Children's Ministry with Mark DeVries, joins the show today and shares about what prompted the book, her experience in children's ministry, and some of the largest challenges children's ministry directors face. 

Melissa, Stephen, and Bryant talk about goals for this year, lifehacks for ministry in 2018, and share a few book recommendations as the episode closes up.