[Podcast] Budgeting, Check-in, First Impressions
April 13, 2010
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Dick Gruber and Jason Rhode respond to listener questions, discussing budgeting, check-in, and first impressions.
In response to Episode 35 on budgets, Children’s Pastor Bernice, shares the following:
Hello there! You asked for information regarding budgeting for CM. This is the information for our ministry which covers K-6th grade in a church of about 3000 members in a suburb of Wash. DC. We serve 700 kids and spend roughly $50,000. This does not include Boys and Girls Clubs (Rangers/MPact). This is only what is spent for weekend Bible classes, services, teacher training, and special events.
Rangers serves about 130 boys and spent about $13,000 in 2009. MPact serves about 140 and spent about $17,000 in 2009.
So, for 700 kids (K-6th grade only), we spent roughly $80,000.
Hope this helps with the survey (but does not discourage those working in small churches).
These sample budget documents were also shared:
The following resources were mentioned:
- Media Tech Weekly Podcast
- DJ Mac Software
- “First Impressions” by Mark Waltz, ISBN: 978-0-7644-2757-2
- Kidology
- CMconnect
Drop us an email, leave a comment on the blog, or visit us over on Facebook or Twitter. We’d love to include your comments and questions in our next episode.
Keep the feedback coming! Send your questions, comments, or ideas to childrensministrytalk@gmail.com. You can now give us a call! Leave us your question or comment by calling (484) 442-0322. As always, you can find complete details about this podcast at childrensministrytalk.com.
[Podcast] Bathrooms, Budgets, and Big Games
March 30, 2010
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Dick Gruber and Jason Rhode respond to listener questions, discussing bathrooms, budgets, and big games.
Children’s Pastor from MI, Blaine, asks this question via email:
Is there a place or document “out there” that gives budgeting trends for Children’s Ministry? Like, dollars per child info and such. This information would help me greatly…
If you are a children’s pastor, to help Blaine out, please consider answering the following 2 questions:
- How many kids did your ministry serve last year?
- How much money did your children’s ministry spend?
You can either leave a comment here on the blog or email your answers to these questions to childrensministrytalk@gmail.com and we’ll tabulate the responses we receive and share a summary in a future episode.
The following resources were mentioned:
- Orchard Grove Community Church
- “Children’s Ministry Guide for Smaller Churches” by Rick Chomey, ISBN: 1-55945-600-0
- Minute To Win It Games
Drop us an email, leave a comment on the blog, or visit us over on Facebook or Twitter. We’d love to include your comments and questions in our next episode.
Keep the feedback coming! Send your questions, comments, or ideas to childrensministrytalk@gmail.com. You can now give us a call! Leave us your question or comment by calling (484) 442-0322. As always, you can find complete details about this podcast at childrensministrytalk.com.
