Watch as Jason and Sarah discuss the “everyone can do something” message and how it can practically play out in a church context. 

A short 30-second sound bite on the language and messaging of “everyone can do something.”

Sharing stories of peoples “something” can be powerful motivators for others to engage.

A full workshop presentation on building an everyone can do something culture.

While the world is saying avoid everything that’s hard and difficult and potentially painful, the gospel says something entirely different.

In this episode you will hear from Jason Johnson, Author of Everyone Can Do Something, talking with Phil about his work training and equipping churches in how to strategically engage your church around the orphaned and vulnerable and the dangers of the curse of knowledge, the “tapping” study, and the importance of increasing clarity in our ministries.

The story of Dani Brewer, a single foster mom and the irreplaceable value of strong community around her – all doing their “somethings”. 

Jason Johnson joins co-hosts, Lynette Ezell and Tera Melber, to share how God shaped his fostering journey from being a church planter to becoming director of the National Church Ministry Initiative for the Christian Alliance for Orphans.

In part two, guest Jason Johnson talks about what it means to reframe foster care through the gospel. He also shares best practices for preparing a family to realistically engage fostering with passion. He reinforces the title of his first book, Everyone Can Do Something, by sharing three practical ways families and individuals can find their “something” in fostering.

Ten Simple Ways Your Church Can Serve Foster Families

Ten simple, unique and diverse ways that a church can practically serve foster families within their body

Serving Youth and Foster Families: Everyone Can Do Something

An article from Focus on the Family.

Building an Everyone Can Do Something Culture in Your Church

An article from the Christian Alliance for Orphans.

Ten Unique Ways Your Church Can Get Involved in Foster Care

Ten unique ways your church can practically get involved by mobilizing people to care for kids and support those who do.

PDF: A Primer on Everyone Can Do Something

A PDF primer on the foundational principles of building an “everyone can do something” culture.

Wrapping Around Foster and Adoptive Families

The goal is not simply to start a peripheral ministry a few are involved in; it’s to establish a foundation culture everyone has a role to play in.

Central to effectively sharing your clear and consistent “everyone can do something” message is the development of a core strategy for how you will bring that message to bear to the whole of your church. What pathways will you build to carry your message to every member of your audience in a way they can hear, understand and respond to? How will you engage not just the few, but the whole of your church with God’s heart for the vulnerable and orphaned?

Craft your “everyone can do something” message and build your infrastructure to support that message!

Clearly outline what “on-ramps” you are making available to people in your ministry. Are there varying ways for them to get involved, and do those varying ways differ in levels of commitment, time and energy? Your “on-ramps” act as the infrastructure that ultimately supports your everyone can do something message. 

Use the simple grid to identify what on-ramp opportunities currently exist in your ministry, where there might be a lack of clarity or opportunity and if there’s an imbalance in your current infrastructure. Also indicate what outside partnerships are necessary in order to maintain certain on-ramps. For help with this refer back to the interview with Sarah Norris above!