July 2007

This is my last post about the generation conference …..until next year. If I were to take just one thing from this conference it is that God is passionate about people. We need to lay aside the things we think we need. We need to lay aside the things we want and pursue what matters […]

I had the wonderful opportunity to meet one of my spiritual heros at our generation conference. I was blown away by his humility and by how personable he was. It is very humbling for a Pastor who has 20,000 people in his church to not only listen to you but ask you questions to get

All I can say is WOW. What a great 3 days. It was such an honor to be part of such an amazing event. God is so good. Highlights for me. 1600 kids passionate about God – learning how to love God and love others more. Hearing Joyce Meyer for the first time – she

Here is a link for live updates of the conference. Generation Conference 2007 Live. 6 hours left and 5 videos left to make………yikes….

We are having our 11th annual Generation Conference this week so my posts. Will be sporadic. I will do my best to update everyone during the conference. The evening speakers this year are Chris Hill (Bishop T.D. Jakes former youth pastor), Joyce Meyer, and Ed Young.

We are in the midst of raising funds for our kids wing remodel. So we made a video to highlight the value of children’s ministry. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9P71YZQf0M] This powerful statistic comes from George Barna’s book “Transforming Children Into Spiritual Champions”. I have quoted it below. George Barna reported that “the greatest evangelistic window currently available is

Picking up from yesterday I think that another illustration that we could use from the movie Ratatouille is when Anton Ego comes into the restaurant to taste the food that Linguini has been making. “Anton Ego, the most powerful food critic in Paris, can make or break a restaurant with a single review. The sight

I saw this movie the other day and loved it. Pixar rocks. I thought there were quite a few clips that could be used as illustrations for kids or adults. The first one I saw was in the opening sequence when Remy the rat first discovers he has a amazing sense of smell he knows

I for a fact know that he hates corn and peas. Actually one of the parents in our church sent me a audio file talking about children’s ministry and the importance of teaching kids the Bible. Tedd Tripp was being interviewed on the The Albert Mohler Program guest hosted that day by Dr. Russell Moore

I met with Eric Taylor from Worlds of Wow, last Thursday. I am pumped. It is hard to believe that we are only 3 months away from our church’s extreme kids wing makeover. It has been about 2 years in the the making and is almost here! It has been a pleasure working with Eric