The Better Sundays Podcast

By Mike Holmes

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Episodes: 226

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Focused, practical and usable advice for churches that are looking to reach new, young families and impact their communities.

Episode Date
Belongers Last Longer- Creating Belongers Not Just Attenders- How Your Local Church Can Become "The Place to Be" For the Average Human.-
Aug 23, 2026
Heath Update- plus some coaching recaps.
Jul 19, 2026
How to Enlist More People to Share in the Workload in the Church- 4 Steps to... Watching to Working
Jun 03, 2026
Is there a Digital Great Commission? - The one word to describe how pastors are fulfilling it.
May 24, 2026
Easter! Bring them in and bring the back!
Mar 15, 2026
Becoming the Ultimate Supportive Pastor to Sunday School Teachers- 4 words to becoming their hero!
Mar 07, 2026
4 Words to Say to Your Sunday School Teachers in January
Jan 18, 2026
4 Meetings You Must Have in January- Here is how to love meetings again!
Jan 07, 2026
Pastor-- Mottos are Better than Themes!- 4 Mottos that Motivate for the Upcoming Year.
Dec 28, 2025
4 Categories for Next Year's Sermon Series- Ideas to get the new year's preaching off to a good start
Dec 19, 2025
Why 2026 Begins in November This Year
Nov 20, 2025
The Best Practices-Specific Tactics for Reaching, Young Moms and Dads- Zoom Call with Senior Pastors
Oct 05, 2025
This Sunday Can Be Better Than Last Sunday, Here's how! -- 3 Words to Better Sunday Mornings.
Sep 21, 2025
Why some pastors attract new, young families....and why some don't! Reach New Families NOW!
Aug 22, 2025
This Single Addition Will Change the Responses to Your Worship Service.
Jul 27, 2025
3 Things I Did With My iPhone to Reach New, Young Families-
Jun 16, 2025
3 Things I Bought at Walmart that Help Reach, Young Families.
May 16, 2025
Contentment with a Small Church...Right? or Wrong? What Kind of Growth is the Right Growth?
Mar 16, 2025
You Can Reach Them NOW! Here is How! See New, Young Families in Your Church this Sunday!
Mar 02, 2025
How to Reach Them Now! Where is the Hustle Missing? New Young Families are ripe for the picking!
Feb 09, 2025
How Can I Reach New, Young Families Now? How Pastors are Using EVENTS to Reach New, Young Families Right Away!
Jan 26, 2025
How Can I Reach New, Young Families Right Away? Every Church Can Use Some New, Young Families.
Dec 13, 2024
Security and Safety-Preventing Problems is Best- 7 of 10 An Once of Prevention Applies in the Church
Dec 07, 2024
Medical Emergencies and Congregational Emergencies- 6 of 10
Nov 24, 2024
Security and Safety Awareness-Why and How to Make the Church Aware of Your Security Items- 5 of 10
Nov 15, 2024
Church Safety and Security-Background Checks and Procedures for Your Local Church -Overview 4 of 10
Oct 20, 2024
Church Safety and Security- Check-In and Check-Out Procedures for Sunday School-Overview 3 of 10
Sep 08, 2024
Church Safety and Security- Facility Service Time Security-A Church Protection Plan-Overview 2 of 10
Aug 16, 2024
Church Safety and Security- A Pastors Checklist- Topical Training Overview 1 of 10
Jul 28, 2024
How One Church Almost Died Because the Pastor Did Everything. --Why Ministry Teams Are So Important
Jul 19, 2024
19 Ways I Failed To Be Ready For Folks to Attend Church- Failing to Build a Preparation Environment
Jul 06, 2024
Why People Will Vote or Will Not Vote for Your Church- It is the Economy Stupid!
Jun 28, 2024
Vibrant or Non Vibrant? Four Things to Do IN YOUR SERMON to Create Engagement and Participation
Jun 19, 2024
Dying Churches- A Missing Ingredient to Keep the Grim Reaper at Bay- Sermon Prep vs. Sunday Prep
Jun 12, 2024
Rescuing an Almost Closed Church- How Sunday Prep Differs from Sermon Prep- Eric Ross Interview
Jun 07, 2024
How Pastors Can Excel at Building One-on-One Relationships-Create Strong and Healthy Spiritual Bonds
Jun 02, 2024
How to be Relationally Savvy - People Smart vs Theologically Smart - 4 Tips for Church Leaders
May 20, 2024
4 Ways Pastors Should Be Connecting in Their Community Every Single Week.-- Church Outreach Hacks --
May 13, 2024
The Single Common Denominator for Spiritual Success-Daily Devotions Made Easy- #1 Bible Study Method
May 03, 2024
How is the Local Church to Handle the Illegal Immigration Crisis? - The Border the Bible and Biden -
Apr 28, 2024
Sunday School Teacher Training- How to Conduct a 3-Hour, Children's Worker Training Event- Template
Apr 14, 2024
How to Do Church in the Park- Break the Ritual! Do Sunday Morning Church in your City Park!
Apr 07, 2024
Easter Sermons, Series and Strategies- 22 Fresh Sermon Ideas and Series Designs for Busy Pastors
Mar 22, 2024
Easter Prep Workshop Number 5- Follow-up- How to Get Guests to Return the Week After Easter.
Mar 15, 2024
Easter Prep Workshop Number 4- Three Things You Should Not Neglect to Print for Easter Outreach
Mar 13, 2024
Easter Prep Workshop Number 3- Effective Use of Social Media and Smartphones for Special Events
Mar 10, 2024
Easter Prep Workshop Number 2- Church Greeter Training- How to Multiply Yourself-Three Training Tips
Mar 08, 2024
Easter Prep 1- A "How-to" list for sharing your vision
Mar 02, 2024
Stop Youth Activities until... Four Things Found in Every Successful Family-Oriented Church
Feb 25, 2024
7 Ideas That Changed The World--The Local Church is the Most Powerful Entity that has Ever Existed.
Feb 16, 2024
Pastor's Secret Weapon- Three Sentences You Need to Say Word-for-Word to Reach Young Moms and Dads
Feb 04, 2024
3 Mind Blowing Stats about Smartphones and YOUR Church Members- Are We Using Smartphones Properly?
Jan 31, 2024
Two Spices for Church Leaders to Add to their Calendar to Reach New, Young Families
Jan 18, 2024
Two Things Hungry Church Planters Have that Established Churches Have Lost
Jan 12, 2024
A Pastors Greatest Fear- Becoming a Stagnant and Motionless Church
Jan 05, 2024
How to Become the Optimal You- I Am Here for You- Back to Church Crash Course Introduction
Dec 25, 2023
How to Lower the Average Age of Your Church- Simple Tips for Adding Young Families on Sunday Morning
Dec 22, 2023
A Sermon Long Remembered is Better than a Sermon Soon Forgotten- Helping Them Remember What You Said
Dec 10, 2023
Is It a Sin for Church to Be Boring? Whose to Blame? Yikes!
Dec 04, 2023
Zoom Training: Beat the Routine: Three keys making the holiday season magnificent. Christmas Success
Nov 25, 2023
How pastors can get folks to come and listen to the next several sermons. Sermon promotion made easy
Nov 19, 2023
Why Your Sunday Morning Church Service SHOULD Be Like a Funeral! -- Agree or Disagree?
Nov 11, 2023
4 Things Pastors Need to be Seeing on Sunday Mornings- Once you see them it is hard to "unsee" them!
Nov 10, 2023
• Part 4 of 4 • How to Get Normal People to Come to Church-
Nov 08, 2023
• Part 3 of 4 • How to Get Normal People to Come to Church-
Nov 04, 2023
• Part 2 of 4 • How to Get Normal People to Come to Church-
Oct 28, 2023
• Part 1 of 4 • How to Get Normal People to Come to Church-
Oct 15, 2023
This Church Needs Fixing!- Assessment and analysis of a Rocky Mnt. area Independent Baptist church.
Oct 07, 2023
CLUTTER- A problem pastors can easily fix, but it is not something that they can easily prevent.
Sep 24, 2023
Why Older Pastors Often Struggle to Attract and Retain Younger Families in Their Local Church
Sep 10, 2023
What Parent's are Looking for in a Church Nursery. Session 3-Church Nursery Worker Training Day
Sep 02, 2023
Defining the "Win" in Your Nursery. Session 2- Church Nursery Training Day- Why are we here?
Aug 25, 2023
The Six Essentials for Every Nursery Worker- Session 1- Church Nursery Training Day
Aug 18, 2023
A disaster in your local church is coming unless you handle this one topic well. How to fix it now.
Aug 11, 2023
Every pastor should do this to build powerful voices in their local church.
Aug 04, 2023
If you talk for living, listening becomes even more important! 3 ways pastors get quality feedback.
Jul 23, 2023
Five ideas on how to better pray for your congregation.
Jul 09, 2023
Should a Sermon Have an Invitation? Part 9 of 9- The Fundamentals of Effective Pastoral Preaching
Jul 02, 2023
3 Ways to Implement a Sermon or Sermon Series- Fundamentals of Effective Preaching- 8 of 9
Jun 25, 2023
Giving Sermon Illustrations that are Effective, Memorable and Hit Home! Pastoral Preaching- 7 of 9
Jun 18, 2023
What is the Makeup of a Nutritious Sermon? Explain it. Relate it. Apply it. Pastoral Preaching
Jun 09, 2023
Serving up Sermons with Interest- 5 Ways to Deliver- 5 of 9 Fundamental of Pastoral Preaching
Jun 04, 2023
How to Develop Anticipation for a Sermon- Number 4 of 9 Fundamentals of Effective Pastoral Preaching
May 28, 2023
The Pastor as a Developer- Creating a game plan with your sermons. 3 of 9 Fundamentals Developer
May 21, 2023
The Best Sermon Introduction is Your Outward Character- Is the Container Clean? 2 of 9 Fundamentals
May 13, 2023
Your First Sermon Should be Your Loudest! - Pastor Among the People-The Overlap-1 of 9 Fundamentals
May 06, 2023
The Pastor and His Preaching- The 9 Fundamentals of Pastoral Preaching Overview
Apr 30, 2023
Sermon Series Webinar- 3 Steps to Create Excellence
Apr 23, 2023
How to Make Your Sermon Series Memorable- The Flourishing Factor- PART FIVE of FIVE
Apr 09, 2023
How to Effectively Promote Your Next Sermon Series- PART FOUR of FIVE
Apr 02, 2023
Building an Effective Sermon Series with Unifying Graphics and Music- PART THREE of FIVE
Mar 26, 2023
How to Create a Sermon Series- Themes, Titles and Subtitles PART TWO of FIVE
Mar 19, 2023
Why Pastors Should Create and Use Sermon Series- The Preacher, the Pastor and the Pulpit- PART ONE of FIVE
Mar 05, 2023
How to Create Excellent Sermon Engagement
Feb 26, 2023
How to Create Fill-in-the-Blank Notes for Your Congregation. Seven Samples- Be an Effective Pastor
Feb 19, 2023
Why Pastors Should Use Fill-in-the-Blank Sermon Notes- How to Have Effective Sermons-
Feb 13, 2023
The Pastor vs. The Preacher- Which is Preferable? Series: The Preacher, The Pastor and Pulpit
Feb 05, 2023
What is the Difference Between a Pastor and a Preacher?
Jan 30, 2023
Part Two- Creating an Annual Preaching Plan
Jan 16, 2023
Getting Started with Your Annual Preaching Plan- Part One: A Yearly Calendar for a Pastors Sermons
Jan 01, 2023
Why the Pulpit is for More Than Just Preaching!
Dec 25, 2022
Christmas Sermon Ideas- 5 Applications, Illustrations and Meanings. Making Your Message Meaningful!
Dec 18, 2022
Sermon Ideas- 19 Christmas Sermons Ideas- Test and True Messages- Holiday Bible Preaching Topics
Dec 11, 2022
Two Things Not to Forget in Your Christmas Eve Candlelight Service-
Dec 04, 2022
A Great Kids Program for Christmas
Nov 27, 2022
How a Small Church Can Have a Great Christmas Outreach
Nov 20, 2022
Why Small Churches Struggle with First Time Visitors- Analysis and Solutions for Pastors
Nov 13, 2022
Church Greeter: Training Day- Train your outside greeters, inside greeters and hosts.
Nov 06, 2022
Church Greeters: Getting Started From Scratch- How We Laid Out A Greeting System When We Got Started
Oct 30, 2022
Church Greeters: How a Small Church can get Started with a Greeter Ministry
Oct 23, 2022
The Single Best Technique Pastors Can Use to Engage Their Sunday Morning Crowd.
Oct 16, 2022
Five Ways to Make Connection Cards that Dance! Do you know these finer points of effectiveness?
Oct 10, 2022
Three Connection Card Mistakes by Beginners- 3 Common Newbie Mistakes
Oct 03, 2022
Is Church Just for Believers?
Sep 25, 2022
How to Make a Better First Impression to First Time Visitors
Sep 18, 2022
Part Two-How to Fill Your Church w/People w/o Compromise or Feeling Slimy! Getting Folks in the Door
Sep 11, 2022
Ten Ways to Fill Your Church with People w/o Compromise or Feeling Slimy! Getting People in the Door
Sep 04, 2022
Learn What's Better Than the Trial and Error Method of Church Management- Doing "Right" Things Now!
Aug 29, 2022
What I with I knew better about the pastoral feeding/leading balance. Why leading the flock is hard.
Aug 14, 2022
Getting unstuck from ministry problems- Jeep in a Lake Story and a solution for stuckness!
Aug 07, 2022
Solution-Flavored Sundays- Why being a solution-based, local church matters!
Aug 01, 2022
Why Church Environments Matter- How to create amazing Sundays with the ReachKeep Academy.
Jul 24, 2022
Good Church for Great Church? Does your church have the right mix of these three elements?
Jul 18, 2022
How to Do Long Term Thinking in a Short Term World-Why Pastors Should Plant Trees-
Jul 10, 2022
How Pastors Can Kill Weeds
Jul 03, 2022
A Simple Tip for Recruiting Church Volunteers- Helping Church Leadership Create a Volunteer Culture
Jun 27, 2022
How to Be a Better Father Than You Are a Pastor
Jun 19, 2022
How to Take Bible Verses WAY Out of Context- 3 Tips to Becoming a Heretic and Messing Up a Sermon
Jun 12, 2022
How to Help Your Church Volunteers to Be More Committed- How to Fix Unfaithful Volunteers
Jun 05, 2022
A Sitdown with Mike Holmes on Outreach Daycamps
May 29, 2022
How VBS Can Reach Young Moms and Dads
May 21, 2022
Verifying Your Church Data on Your Google Search Results
May 21, 2022
Pastors as Coaches? - Three Tips to Make it Happen- How Pastors Can be Better Coaches
May 15, 2022
What Church Leaders Often Miss Concerning Their Continuing Education
May 08, 2022
Special Announcements
May 01, 2022
S5E16- A Busy Pastor's Guide to Effective Meetings
Apr 25, 2022
S5E15-How to do an After Event Evaluation Meeting
Apr 17, 2022
S5E14- Death by Deacon Meeting- How to Conduct Governance Meetings in a Local Church
Apr 09, 2022
S5E13- Three Worksheets to Help You Avoid Death by Meeting
Apr 04, 2022
S5E12- How to Commit Local Church Suicide
Mar 29, 2022
S5E11- How to Start a Small Group from Scratch
Mar 21, 2022
S5E10- Getting Started with Building Ministry Teams- How to Make Local Church Teamwork a Reality
Mar 15, 2022
S5E9- 3 Management Failures Nearly Every Pastor Makes- Managing the People, Discussions and the Teams.
Mar 07, 2022
S5E8- What Pastors Miss by Not Being a People Person
Feb 27, 2022
S5E7- Effective Communication for Local Church Leaders
Feb 19, 2022
S5E6- How to Build Your Church in 2022- Leadership Series
Feb 13, 2022
S5E5- Using Technology to Share Your Ministry Vision
Feb 06, 2022
S5E4- How to Make Your Vision Last Longer- Sticky Vision!
Jan 29, 2022
S5E3- How to Implement Vision in a Local Church Setting
Jan 22, 2022
S5E2- Three Categories of Vision for Church Leaders
Jan 15, 2022
S5E1- What does the Bible say about VISION?
Jan 09, 2022
S4E20- What is in top of the 2021 pile? The Best Ideas of 2021 for Reaching Young Families
Jan 02, 2022
S4E19- Let Me Tell You About My Greatest Listener
Dec 29, 2021
S4E18- Simple Tips to Fire up Your Candlelight Service
Dec 19, 2021
S4E17- How You Can Reach New Moms and Dads on Christmas Sunday
Dec 06, 2021
S4E16- Do You Make These Christmas Outreach Mistakes?
Nov 29, 2021
S4E15- Solving Christmas Burnout for Christian Workers.
Nov 22, 2021
S4E14- A Bare Minimum Checklist for Church Attender Engagement
Nov 15, 2021
S4E13 Are Your Sunday Mornings Missing These Precise Engagement Moments?
Nov 08, 2021
S4E12- Five Ways to Get Better Engagement in Your Sunday Sermons
Nov 01, 2021
S4E11- Do You Know Why Engaging Sunday Services are So Effective?
Oct 25, 2021
S4E10- Why People Don't Come to Your Church- Ask Mike: What percentage of people come to your church for something or someone?
Oct 18, 2021
S4E9- Feedback and Listening Skills- 3 Proven Techniques to Help Pastors
Oct 11, 2021
S4E8- Personal Ambition vs. Being Your Best. Ask Mike: What to do when kids ask difficult questions in Sunday school.
Oct 04, 2021
S4E7- Does the Church Have Customers? Yes or No?- Ask Mike: How to create discussion in your Bible study.
Sep 27, 2021
S4E6- Details Matter at Church- Ask Mike: Why Don't Parents Send Their Kids to the Children's Program
Sep 20, 2021
S4E5- How to Have an Excellent Digital Presence- Ask Mike- Help with Middle Schoolers
Sep 13, 2021
S4E4- Excellence in Marketing Outreach- Ask Mike: Does a Pastor Even Need a Personality?
Sep 06, 2021
S4E3- Excellence in the Church Facility - Ask Mike: What do you do when the people of your church hate children?
Aug 30, 2021
S4E2- Excellence in the Church Office - Ask Mike: What do you do when first timers don't come back a second time?
Aug 23, 2021
S4E1- Is The Local Church a Business?
Aug 16, 2021
S3E15- How Pastors Can Juggle Better
Aug 09, 2021
S3E14- Craving for Resources- Annual Resource Review
Aug 02, 2021
S3E13- New Ideas for Fixing this Complaint...Church is Too Long, Too Late, and Too Busy
Jul 26, 2021
S3E12- How to Repel Young Families from Your Church in Three Easy Steps
Jul 18, 2021
S3E11- Three Ways We Do Video Testimonies in Church
Jul 11, 2021
S3E10- Using Texting to Reach Young Families
Jul 05, 2021
S3E9- Are Screens Right or Wrong for Churches?
Jun 28, 2021
S3E8- Five Smart Ways Smart Pastors are Using Smart Phones in Their Sunday Morning Service
Jun 20, 2021
S3E7- Stuff to Buy on Amazon That Will Help You Reach Young Families
Jun 13, 2021
S3E6- How to Make Your Church SMELL Like Young Families! - Bulletins, Announcements and Connection Cards
Jun 07, 2021
S3E5 Getting Kids Involved in Adult Services- Every Single Sunday!
May 31, 2021
S3E4- Three Summer Ministry Ideas for Reaching Young Families
May 24, 2021
S3E3- Ideas for Family Friendly Church Activities
May 17, 2021
S3E2- Family Friendly Church? Yes or No
May 09, 2021
S3E1- "Young Family Things" - Introduction to the Concept
May 02, 2021
S2E15- Strategy Applied- Landlocked, Yet Flourishing- Live Church Evaluation
Apr 25, 2021
S2E14- Strategy- An Amazing Local Church Experience
Apr 19, 2021
S2E13 Strategy- Leaders are Solvers Not Complainers
Apr 12, 2021
S2E12- A Strategy for Effective Sunday Morning Greeters
Apr 05, 2021
S2E11 Strategy- Should Church Be Comfortable?
Mar 29, 2021
S2E10- Strategy- Live Review of XYZ Baptist Church Strategy
Mar 21, 2021
S2E9-A Strategy for Your Three Church Services
Mar 15, 2021
S2E8- Strategy- Move with the Movers
Mar 08, 2021
S2E7- Strategy- A Solutions-Oriented Local Church
Mar 01, 2021
S2E6 Strategy- Momentum with Your Volunteers
Feb 22, 2021
S2E5-Strategy- How to Freshen Up Your Outreach Methods
Feb 16, 2021
S2E4- Strategy- Building Up Your Team
Feb 08, 2021
S2E3- Strategy Statement to Create a Servant's Heart
Feb 01, 2021
S2E2- Strategy- A Key to Delegation
Jan 25, 2021
S2E1- Strategy- Every Sunday Expect a Guest!
Jan 18, 2021
S1E25- Relationships (High Touch)- How to Calendar Relationship Events
Jan 10, 2021
S1E24- Relationships (High Touch)- Designing Each Church Event to Help Build Relationships
Jan 04, 2021
S1E23- Relationships- Tips for Using “After Church” Time to Develop Relationships
Dec 28, 2020
S1E22- Building Relationships by Using Connection Cards
Dec 21, 2020
S1E21- Relationships- How To Have A Better Sunday Morning Handshaking Time
Dec 14, 2020
S1E20- Relationships- How to Improve Relationship Building on Sunday Mornings
Dec 07, 2020
S1E19- High Touch- The Value of Relational Glue in Your Church
Nov 30, 2020
S1E18- Family Solutions- Why Character-based Curriculum for Sunday School?
Nov 23, 2020
S1E17- Family Solutions- What does our Sunday morning kids program look like?
Nov 16, 2020
S1E16- Family Solutions- Church Security-Peace of Mind for Moms and Dads
Nov 09, 2020
S1E15- Family Solutions- Book Review- For Instruction in Righteousness
Nov 02, 2020
S1E14- Family Solutions- Growing Kids and Parents with Hands-on Projects
Oct 28, 2020
S1E13- Family Solutions- Tools for Moms and Dads with Disobedient Kids
Oct 19, 2020
S1E12- Family Solutions- How to Get Parents More Involved in the Children's Ministry
Oct 12, 2020
S1E11- Family Solutions- Two ways your church can help parents "parent".
Oct 04, 2020
S1E10- Atmosphere- Sunday Morning Refreshments, Yes or No?
Sep 28, 2020
S1E9- Atmosphere- How to Do Greeters and Hosts
Sep 21, 2020
S1E8- How Music Creates Atmosphere
Sep 14, 2020
S1E7- Atmosphere- Fixing Your Church's Aroma
Sep 07, 2020
S1E6- Atmosphere- Creating a Culture of Early and Ready
Aug 31, 2020
S1E5- Atmosphere- Excited for Guests
Aug 24, 2020
S1E4- Atmosphere-How to Have Amazing Sundays
Aug 24, 2020
S1E3- How to Have BETTER SUNDAYS
Aug 19, 2020
S1E2- What is a BETTER SUNDAY?
Aug 19, 2020
S1E1- Why do we need BETTER SUNDAYS?
Aug 19, 2020