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I remember when I first met Jim Wideman, I was very new in kids ministry and I was blown away with what God did at Church On The Move. I was amazed at the environments Brother Jim had created and the team he had built. I was so blessed by Brother Jim’s ministry and was […]

I realize that it isn’t out yet. But after watching the preview for Google Wave I really think that they are on to something. I think email needs innovation because it isn’t collaborative enough and because young people don’t use it. For me as a kids pastor I would use this all the time, and

We just completed another successful open house. I am so proud of my team they did an amazing job. We blew up hundreds of balloons (well mostly them as one of the few fears I have in life is popping balloons.) The service when great, lots of new kids on the dance team, loads of

You might be the parents of 3 small kids if…..you celebrate your anniversary by taking a nap. #fb # RT @JesusNeedsNewPR "The reformer is always right about what is wrong. He is generally wrong about what is right." GK Chesterton # RT @mactexas: Glenn Beck calling for pastors to help restore God to His rightful

About three years ago I stopped doing our Bible Bucks program out of frustration with the way it was being done. I found that either I had no control of how points were given and teachers handed points out however and whenever they wanted or I had total control but face an administrative nightmare (personally

I Love K! Magazine. I have been a kids pastor for 12 years and have never really found much in the way of books or magazines that spoke to me where I was at (however I do feel that is changing). I felt all the books and magazines out there where addressing things I wasn’t

In today’s day of media driven everything. No matter what size ministry you have I can’t imagine doing kids church without ProPresenter. Our church has used many different worship service softwares over the years. Nothing in my opinion touches ProPresenter. If you are not using ProPresenter consider it. If you are using curriculum like elevate

I remember around 6 months ago I was having issues with time management. (shocker) I didn’t feel like I had enough time in a day to get everything done that I needed to. I asked Brother Jim what I should do. He said get the book “The Effective Executive” and read the chapter on time

Better late than never. September cheat sheets are avalible for download. http://samluce.com/?p=1951 #kidmin #cmconnect # Drinking coffee from The Roasting Plant in NYC thinking how it may be better than stumptown! #fb # RT @tonymorganlive: who needs business cards when you could have john's new wordpress theme? http://bit.ly/15CG02 /// John is so the man! #

Merry Christmas! It is that time of the year! Time to think about what we are going to do for Christmas. A friend of mine told me about this, it looks amazing! They are going to be launching a website the first week of October. This could be an amazing resource to complement what you