
Kids Ministry Collective S2. Ep38 What I Wish I Knew Before Saying Yes to Kids Ministry
Nobody tells you what you're actually signing up for when you say yes to kids ministry. The confetti, the costumes, and the camp stories look great from the outside — but what happens behind the curtain? In this episode, Tom, Cole, and Vicky get refreshingly honest about their calling, their biggest ministry mistakes, and the lessons that shaped them into the leaders they are today. From Cole's leap from volunteer to multi-site programming director before finishing college, to Tom's life-changing encounter with a six-year-old girl in Detroit who didn't know who God was, to Vicky's unexpected pivot from as...
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Welcome to the KMC Collective Podcast, where the KMC team brings you practical insights, creative ideas, and authentic conversations for children's ministry leaders. Each conversation is packed with strategies to help you lead with clarity, build strong teens, nurture families, and stay healthy in the process.
Whether you're planning a lesson, training volunteers, or seek the encouragement for the week ahead, this podcast is for you. We hope to make you laugh, cry, feet, and maybe a bit of all three in each of our weekly conversations.
This is the KMC Collective Podcast. Let's jump into the conversation. So, guys, question for you. When you were getting into kids ministry, because I know when I got into kids ministry,
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