The Part Of Your Church That Can Grow Every Summer
And How I Tripled This Ministry Every Summer
Every pastor’s worst nightmare? Summer.
Attendance drops.
Giving dips.
The kids are home.
And he’s just counting the days until mid-September.
Summer doesn’t seem like a growth season for churches—but honestly?
It’s one of the biggest missed opportunities in ministry.
The reason it gets overlooked?
Simple.
It doesn’t make money—it costs money.
But when it’s running hot, the long-term payoff is holy momentum.
Not just for one department—but for the whole church.
Why?
Because this ministry fuels your creative teams—the most visible, most influential, and arguably the hardest to recruit.
It becomes the lifeblood of any church that wants to move forward with power and originality.
And I’ll be honest—I only discovered it when we flipped the script for 10 weeks and tried something totally different.
The results? Unreal.
Can you guess which ministry I’m talking about?
Here’s how I tripled this ministry and built our creative department with it, every summer:
