Episode 263: Partnering with Families Online & In-Person with Keturah Boston

Nick Blevins Family Ministry Podcast: Children | Youth | Students | NextGen

In this episode, we chat with Keturah Boston about ministry to families both online and in-person after her church pivoted for almost two years before regathering after the pandemic. Keturah has years of experience within family ministry and has helped develop a diverse approach to partnering with parents and focusing on getting them back to church.

Keturah Boston

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Episode Notes

Quote: “Don’t just manage what God intends to multiply.”

Digital Discipleship for kids and families:

• Heavily reliant upon the parents
• Used online curriculum
• MADE IT PERSONAL
• Short intro and a short outro
• Held discipleship loosely
• After stopping Zoom calls, got more intentional about engaging parents through social media
• Just wanted to be “helpful” to families, so they created a landing place for families to have other options for kids who were still home
• Social justice landing page for parents to know how to talk with kids

Partnering with Parents:

• It’s all about them “coming back”
• Welcome and interactions
• Interactions must be intentional
• Every time you see a face you recognize, saying “welcome back”
• Engaging with questions, asking how long they’ve been at church and what their kids are liking about church
• Parent Engagement Nights
• Have student leaders help with events for kids
• Have parents connect with the entire family ministry… not just their kids’ age groups
• Relationships first… measure that!

Action Items

1. Make your online personal – somehow
2. Racial Injustice page
3. Events for parents and diversity of households

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