Kids Ministry Collective

Join Tom as he shares some ideas about discipleship in Kids ministry. It's also Conference season again and he shares some top tips to make the most of it. For those unable to attend a conference, he shares a solution for you too! finally, If you have be...

Join host Tom Bump and his guest, Mike Johnson (www.iseeitproductions.com) Have you ever thought you when you enter the ministry to bring your casket with you? You should! When we enter ministry we often will encounter challenges and if you approach your...

Join Tom Bump and his guest Bill Gunter www.smallchurchkidmin.com as they discuss the challenges of doing ministry with a smaller church budget. We don't focus on what we don't have, we focus on what we do and we maximize it. Learn some great ideas about...

Join host Tom Bump and his guest Lynne Howard lynnehoward.com as they discuss a great blog post she wrote "what I would tell my non-parent self as a Children's Pastor.  Some great tips to remember when we think about how to better minister to today's par...

Join host Tom Bump and his amazing guest Yancy! as they discuss the heart of worship for children's ministry today.  If you have not heard of Heartbeat Curriculum that was designed by Yancy, I highly recommend you go check it out! Here are some links to ...

Join host Tom Bump as he shares some leadership hacks to develop your own leadership team. Every leader needs help and no one should ever lead alone! So how does someone find and develop other leaders? Tom shares some tested and true principles that you ...

Join Tom Bump and  his guests, Jason Tilley & John Tillman of Ministry Accelerator as they discuss how every leader should have an intentional gospel journey planned for their kids ministry. Based on the 4 part blog posts:  https://ministryaccelerator.or...

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 an...

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 expec...

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...