One of the members of our church had a conversation with me a this weekend they asked me if kids ministry and youth ministry were biblical. He was asking not out of disagrement but more out curiosity as to what my response would be. This question has started to come up because of the state of the […]
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What is the one thing that can make any Carmen song better? A human video you say. Nope. The one thing that makes any Carmen song better is anesthesia.
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The last year has represented many changes to the vision of our ministry. This change in purpose has shifted our focus and created a renewed intentionality in everything we do. Those of you who joined us at CPC witnessed the innovation first hand. Others of you heard about it online or from friends. In either
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Here are a few things I believe will help your kids be more innovative. If we want our kids to be successful in the future we need to be actively working on helping them use their innovation muscles. 1. Limit their exposure to media – Do not keep them from TV all together. I find
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Well I’m not sure that is true. I think lots more things will be invented. I would argue that much of what we now call invention is more innovation that invention. As we head into the future I strongly believe that invention will slow down and innovation will increase. As a kid we grew up
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Such a cool video around 1:00 or so in you see the wrist bands of everyone light up to the music. So cool. Check it out.
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We live in a very consumer driven culture. We are bombarded by ads constantly. It is no different if not worse for our kids. Marketers have figured out that although parents make the money many times the power of where that money is spent is placed in hands of our children. Children have more say
How to keep your kids from becoming materialistic. Read More »
Family ministry has been the big wave of the past few years and although I hope that wave does not diminish in any way, I am grateful for the next wave that appears to be coming behind it. It appears that next big wave in children’s ministry is gospel centered teaching for kids. This is something that is
4 Ways to clarify the gospel when communicating to kids. Read More »
I haven’t done a YouTube friday in a while but I have found a couple of videos I thought were share worthy. The one I want to share today is Jim Breuer doing a stand up routine talking about playing with his kids. I found it hilarious. I really like the fact that Jim doesn’t
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My friend and fellow blogger Kenny has been doing a great series about the getting a job in children’s ministry and sharing a bit of his journey. I interned as a youth pastor and thought I was hired to be a youth pastor but due to semantics and devine providence I became a children’s pastor through a less than traditional path. I thought what
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