{"id":31662,"date":"2021-01-03T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thinkorange.com\/3-ways-to-cast-vision-for-kids-ministry\/"},"modified":"2021-01-03T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T18:00:00","slug":"3-ways-to-cast-vision-for-kids-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinkorange.com\/blog\/3-ways-to-cast-vision-for-kids-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways to Cast Vision for Kids’ Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why don\u2019t they get it? Are they not serving again this week? <\/i>Don\u2019t they understand what we\u2019re trying to accomplish here?!<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

Those are just a few questions that echoed in my head Sunday after Sunday during my first year of leading kids’ ministry.\u00a0<\/span>It was so easy to get frustrated as I thought of the leaders who just couldn\u2019t grasp the importance of what we were trying to accomplish every week.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And although it\u2019s true that sometimes people just couldn’t grasp it, I continued to cast vision for kids’ ministry . . . with few people following it. <\/span>Clearly, my volunteers didn\u2019t know how important understanding our vision was.<\/span><\/p>\n

But finally, I realized that was <\/span>my<\/span><\/i> problem.<\/span><\/p>\n

The truth is that we can cast the most compelling vision for ministry at the beginning of every year. However, without an effective way to continue<\/em> casting vision, it will drain out over time. Oftentimes, this leaves our teams struggling to remember what matters most.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How to Cast Vision for Kids’ Ministry<\/strong><\/h2>\n

If we aren\u2019t careful, our vision for ministry has the potential to become a distant memory when our teams face ministry challenges. <\/span>For every volunteer to follow our vision, we must find ways to communicate consistently. <\/em><\/span>Over the years, I\u2019ve learned there are three key ways to cast vision for kids\u2019ministry in order to keep volunteers focused on what matters most.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Cast vision for ministry annually (or even quarterly)<\/b><\/h3>\n

Finding time to meet in person (or maybe digitally now), with all the volunteers in your ministry on an annual or quarterly basis is key. This will cast a big picture of what really matters most in your ministry.\u00a0<\/span>It\u2019s your opportunity to share all at once with every single leader where you\u2019re going and how you plan to get there.<\/span><\/p>\n

These bigger meetings with volunteers are the perfect way to share the 30,000-foot vision. More importantly, these gatherings will\u00a0 build a strong connected team that shares a common goal of investing in the faith of kids week after week. Each annual or quarterly meeting <\/span>should clearly define your vision and the path toward it. The tone we set at these bigger meetings can likely translate to the tone of the ministry’s vision, so they should definitely also include a huge dose of fun.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Cast vision weekly<\/b><\/h3>\n

We can\u2019t fully trust that the annual vision we share will stick with our volunteers overtime. As the challenges of ministry rise, it\u2019s easy for our teams to forget what we said months ago.\u00a0<\/span>The obstacles before them become louder than the mission ahead of them. Thankfully, we can become strategic about casting vision weekly so that our leaders don\u2019t forget why they\u2019re serving.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the most effective ways to cast vision for ministry on a consistent, weekly basis is with a volunteer huddle. A volunteer huddle is simply a quick meeting with your team before they serve. It\u2019s a meeting to cast vision, inform your leaders, and pray. By c<\/span>reating an intentional time and space to remind them of what matters most ensures that the vision drips from week to week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Cast vision one-on-one<\/b><\/h3>\n

It\u2019s important that we\u2019re also strategic about casting vision one-on-one with our kidmin volunteers. Whether you\u2019re having coffee with a leader, sending a note of encouragement, or calling a small group leader, every conversation should leak more of your vision.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You see, when we have an opportunity to connect with volunteers one-on-one, we can remind them of the vision. It provides an opportunity to encourage them to play a bigger part in the vision too. But most importantly, it allows us to celebrate that they\u2019re truly moving the vision forward!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These strategic one-on-one conversations also strengthen the relationships within our ministry. They allow us to leverage these connections to clarify any vision-confusion and personally help volunteers focus on what’s important.
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When we are strategic about casting vision for ministry effectively and consistently, we align leaders to focus on what matters most everyday.
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For ideas on how to cast vision for partnering with parents, click here!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And although it\u2019s true that sometimes people just don\u2019t get it, or sometimes they just can\u2019t grasp the vision of where we\u2019re going, the bottom line was that even though I was casting vision, few were following me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[104],"tags":[220,221,97,207,106,191,85],"authors":[222],"life-stage":[64],"class_list":["post-31662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-orange-strategy","tag-cast-vision","tag-cast-vision-for-kids-ministry","tag-childrens-ministry","tag-leaders","tag-orange-strategy","tag-strategy","tag-volunteers","authors-missy-purcell","life-stage-kids-ministry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n3 Ways to Cast Vision for Kids' Ministry | Think Orange<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Leaders must cast vision for kids' ministry to help volunteers get on board with the goal. 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