Nick Blevins
Nick leads the Family Ministry team at Community Christian Church in Baltimore, MD. He is married to a beautiful and talented woman named Jennifer and they have two kids, Isaac & Mackenzie. You can reach Nick on his blog, or via Twitter.
A Joyful Christmas
Tuesday December 24, 2019 | Nick BlevinsDespite everything around them, and around us, the story of Christmas is clear, and I believe John said it best when he wrote: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. – 1 John 5:11 Read more
What If Your Personal Development Plan Was Better Than Your Ministry Plan?
Monday April 22, 2019 | Nick BlevinsOur personal life would probably look quite different if we approached it the same way we approach ministry. If we planned, implemented and evaluated the same way, and even prioritized it first before anything else. Something always gets the leftovers, but in my experience, having our priorities right makes everything work. Read more
Effective Leaders Replace Themselves
Thursday September 7, 2017 | Nick BlevinsLast month there was a Sunday where two of our staff directors in children’s ministry were both gone on the same day. Now, if you lead in children’s ministry, you know that being away on a Sunday can be a challenge depending on how well your teams are staffed and prepared. That Sunday in particular […] Read more
6 Ways to Make Small Group Leader Meetings Great
Thursday August 31, 2017 | Nick BlevinsIt might seem easy to blame your SGLs for your meeting failures. Have you ever heard yourself say thing like “They aren’t committed enough” or “They are too busy” or “They weren’t even paying attention!” And maybe you’re right. But maybe there’s something wrong with the way you’ve been creating your meetings. I think there are six things we can do to make a GREAT small group leader meeting. Make sure you’ve got all six ingredients, and you’re on your way to making a meeting strategy that works. Read more
Safeguarding Against Loneliness in Leadership
Friday July 28, 2017 | Nick Blevins“The Loneliest Job” is a famous picture taken of John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office in 1961. In the picture, he stands over his desk, giving the iconic image of him bearing the weight of the world alone. In reality, he was reading the newspaper while leaning over the desk, which helped alleviate the […] Read more
9 Steps to Gauge and Boost Volunteer Morale
Thursday June 22, 2017 | Nick Blevins“The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it’s usually lousy.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower If you’re already talking about the morale of your volunteer team, it must be at a critical spot. If not, you may sense it’s heading in the wrong […] Read more
Identifying and Developing Leader Volunteers
Tuesday June 13, 2017 | Nick BlevinsOne of the mistakes most of us make early on as leaders is we simply do too much and lead too little. I can remember leading in a few different roles as a younger leader where it was me leading 30 volunteers, 40 volunteers, or 60 volunteers. In each situation I wasn’t leading leaders, I […] Read more
Difficult Conversations: Asking Leaders to Step Down
Tuesday May 30, 2017 | Nick BlevinsThere are basically two mindsets you can have when it comes to volunteers. One mindset is that they are serving and helping you and you are grateful for anything they can provide. The other mindset could be described using a phrase our pastor likes to say: It’s a privilege to serve. It’s not a right. […] Read more
How to Chart a New Course in Your Ministry
Thursday April 13, 2017 | Nick BlevinsAre you looking to change something? Maybe you want to change curriculum, change your programming, launch a new strategy, or stop doing something your ministry has done for a long time. Whatever course you want to chart, you can probably count on it not being easy. It’s hard to be a leader without leading change. […] Read more
How to Clarify, Cast, and Multiply Vision
Wednesday January 25, 2017 | Nick Blevins“I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.” – President John F. Kennedy, May 25, 1961 Vision. It’s a term that’s thrown around a lot in business and in churches. It can […] Read more
