Hi, I’m Sharon Rundell
FAMILY LIFE PASTOR AND KIDS MINISTRY COACH
Empowering Children’s Ministry Leaders to thrive.
Childern's Ministry Coaching
Certified INCM Coach that supports, encourages, guides and walks alongside ministry leaders.
Workshop Presenter
A seasoned facilitator who is skilled at equipping Children’s ministry leaders/volunteers.
About Me
Family Pastor at Mill City Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sharon spends her days leading teams, coaching leaders, as well inspiring people to listen to God’s voice as they follow Jesus. Sharon’s own experience with knowing Jesus as a child inspires her to lead children and parents to a vibrant fully engaged relationship stepping into Kingdom purpose.
Sharon is a pastor, a writer, is certified in Pastoral Care for Families, Trauma Informed Children’s Ministry, as well as a certified INCM Coach. Speaking engagements include CPC, Recharge, Webinars, and more.
She loves cheering for leaders as they grow in their ministry and knowledge to gain momentum in their walk with Jesus. When she’s not reading a book, enjoying a good meal with friends, or discovering the best nachos in town, Sharon can be found with her husband of thirty plus years laughing at a shared joke or traveling to spend time with one of their three adult sons.
Children’s Ministry Workshops I’ve Lead:
Key Principles to Fight Burnout: Skills to Help Leaders Get Organized – Being in kids ministry is intense, explore tools to help you get organized, stay organized, and ultimately figure out a system so that you can enjoy your work in the kingdom.
How to Engage this Generation – Let’s look at the most recent research about how this generation of families and volunteers sees themselves, sees ministry and how they see their personal relationship with Jesus.
Spiritual Health and Leadership – How to stay connected to Jesus and spiritually fed when you work in ministry.
Navigating Parent Partnerships with Parents aren’t Actively Involved – Discover ideas to help you connect with families who are on the margins your ministry
Developing a Volunteer Team Beyond Your Wildest Dreams – Build a brand new ministry team of volunteers from the ground up, establishing a new team that focuses on discipleship of volunteers, personal relationship, and connection to Jesus.
Leadership Tool for Growth: SWOT – Discover a framework that leaders can use to assess their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that will propel growth and allow them to strategically plan for movement and change.
A Discipleship Culture That Volunteers Never Leave – Create such an inclusive family feel to your volunteer teams that even if someone has to step away, they are still considered a part of your family.
Sharon in Action:
1:1 Coaching
As a Children’s Ministry Coach, Sharon, empowers ministry leaders to build strong, engaging, and effective children’s programs. She serves as a mentor, bringing vision, expertise, and problem-solving strategies to help ministry leaders reach their full potential. Whether it’s helping design impactful Bible lessons, finding innovative ways to engage young learners, or building volunteer teams, Sharon tailors support to meet the specific needs of each ministry. Sharon brings wealth of experience and creativity to every challenge, which not only relieves the burden on individual ministry leaders but also ensures that each child in the program receives a thoughtful, engaging, and faith-building experience.