Leading Kidmin: How to Drive Real Change in Children's Ministry - Softcover

Pat Cimo; Matt Markins

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802414648 ISBN 13: 9780802414649

Publisher: Moody Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

Want to see your church's kids transformed for Jesus? Struggling to get the whole church on board? Know what you want to see happen, but not how to make it happen?

Leading KidMin is about what it takes to achieve big-time change. Moving past the "why" and getting straight to the "how," Leading Kidmin provides tools and strategies for actually leading, influencing, and implementing change on a local church level--all from the vantage point of the children's ministry director.

The mission of Leading KidMin is to create a movement of change-agents who don't just know that change is needed, but are equipped to make it happen, leading their churches in becoming more aligned, effective, and geared for growth.

Pat Cimo and Matt Markins, veterans of KidMin, are prepared to make you the change-agent you want to be--and that your church needs you to be. Are you ready?

About this title

About the Author

PAT CIMO has led a dynamic children's ministry and coached children ministry leaders domestically and internationally for nearly twenty-nine years. She is currently the director of Marriage and Family Life at Willow Creek Community Church in the suburbs of Chicago, and for many years this included direct leadership and oversight with Willow's Children's Ministry. She has a deep passion to own the game she most wants to win: influencing and developing champions of faith. Pat and her husband Dave live in the northwest suburbs of Chicago near their two married children and four grandchildren.

MATT MARKINS serves on the Global Leadership Team at Awana as the Vice President of Ministry Resources as well as the Vice President of Marketing and Strategy. Prior to joining the Awana executive leadership team, Matt served in leadership roles with Thomas Nelson Publishers, Randall House Publishers and was the co-founder of the D6 Conference (a discipleship and family ministry community). Matt's ministry in organizational leadership has been marked by leading and influencing change from within by casting vision, forging strategic partnerships, nurturing healthy culture, developing organizational alignment and implementing sustainable plans toward ministry effectiveness, health and growth. He and his wife Katie have been volunteering and growing in children's ministry for more than twenty years. As Nashville transplants, they live and play in the Chicago suburbs with their two sons tolerating dreadful winters, but soaking up refreshingly mild weather the other seven months of the year.

From the Back Cover

"No matter what lies ahead for your church, read this vital work and equip your whole children's ministry team with it."

--Bill Hybels, pastor and founder, Willow Creek Community Church

Transform your leadership first, and your ministry second.

Kidmin leaders know the challenges all too well--syncing up with church leadership, coordinating volunteers, managing parents' expectation--the list goes on.

What if you could overcome these challenges from the inside out? What would it take to finally drive the change you've been longing to see?

That's what Leading KidMin is all about. Rising above trends and procedures, it gets to the heart of the issue: you, the kidmin leader. Learn how to:

• Lead from a secure identity
• Face challenges with courage
• Identify and leverage "aha" moments
• Build partnerships with senior leaders
• Find your leadership voice

Edition details

• Publisher: Moody Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802414648
• ISBN 13: 9780802414649
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192