PIZZA & SIDEHUGS

EPISODE 18 SHOW NOTES

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00:30 - If our Podcast was an Animal...
03:15 - Paul got a new title, Julia got a new name!
05:07 - "If one person shows up, it's worth it" ... or is it not?
10:18 - Safety & Attendance Stories
14:50 - What Numbers Should We Track?
16:50 - The Long View: Why Numbers Matter
18:18 - You Are Not (always) The Problem
22:39 - How to Use Numbers
31:17 - What is a Healthy Average Attendance?
39:18 - When Your Supervisor Wants Numbers...
41:13 - How to Make Them Grow
42:38 - How to Effectively Take Attendance
51:58 - Youth Ministry Point System

Shareables (resources) 

• Chris Wesley has a blog article, Let's Play the Numbers Game: What You Should be Measuring and What it all Means," has a lot of helpful pointers, give it a skim! 
• Looking for a better attendance sheet? Check out this template that has built-in formulas for your group!
• Jake mentioned his way of taking attendance: Planning Center is a helpful site to house data in ministry. It also has the ability to track attendance and allow kids to check in from various devices. Both are awesome tools!
• Think you can leverage a volunteer to help you input some data? Here's a sample job description to help you get started with what you're asking of them! 
• We love people who love ministry. We told a story about Joe Mushalla trying to be reverent yet frantic in the church during Paul's story. Here's our hometown hero: