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I had a great conversation the other day with a kids pastor who was just starting out. She asked me what do I need to know? I want to spend the next couple of blog posts unpacking that question a bit. The first thing I think you need to be successful in kids ministry, actually […]

That guy who plays Obama on SNL is horrible. He sounds and looks nothing like him. # Angels go up on the sinking red sox! Woot! # The red sox getting swept and the Yanks sweeping the twins = Christmas come early #fb # SWEEP!!!!!! Hate the sox! SWEEP!!!!! #fb # RT @TheBombers: Yanks will

I saw this video on Kem Meyers Blog and at the same time was reading Jim Wideman’s book Volunteer’s that stick. All at the same time thinking this thought when it comes to volunteers. Change is tough, make it fun.  We need to create a fun environment where change and growth can take place in

We live in a disposable culture and because of that fact I think we have lost something. Our dishwasher isn’t working right my wife called the repair guy and you know what he said “It would cost as much to fix it as it would to buy a new one you should just buy a

Well Fall is  here and summer is right around the corner so I thought I would do a VBS giveaway. I have a copy of The Go Fish Guys VBS curriculum that need a good home. We don’t do traditional VBS so I can’t use it. I looked it over and they have alot of

Having been born in Canada and my wife being born and raised there we are often asked why do Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving, they didn’t have Pilgrims. I answer the question enough I though I would devote a whole blog post to how Canadians started their thanksgiving tradition. For the record I like Thanksgiving further from

Weird Sunday for #kidmin fantasy football. I had lots of bye week players but seems like everyone did. Lots of low scores. # Great weekend in Uptown. Set a new attendance record. Lots of lives touched today. So grateful to God and thankful for my team. #kidmin #fb # Any of my tweeps get a

Catalyst 2009…..maybe next year httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKNeOwdlBzA&feature=related

Parent involvement in getting kids to read and love their bibles is huge. Kids need a biblical world view. They need to see the practical outworking of the Bible in their everyday life. They need to understand that all the amazing stories in the Bible actually did take place. As parents we need to do

This year for Christmas we are doing three things we have never done. 1. Letting them use their points to our prize store to buy stuff from Franklin Grahams Christmas catalog 2. Kids & Pigs – the kids will bring in money from October to December all the money will buy pigs for an African