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 […]
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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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In Bill Cosby‘s book Cosbyology he talks about the power of being yourself In this chapter, he tells a story about getting a gig in Chicago that he thought that he wasn’t good enough to be at. He took that onstage and ended up bombing. When they introduced him, they said, “Here’s a really funny
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Jeremiah – Book of Idol worship Key Point – An idol is anything we put before God! Memory Verse – Exodus 20:3 “Do not worship any god except me.” Skit – What we worship is obvious – Have some friends get together – (some come out with playstation equipment wrapped around his arm, someone else
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In The Importance of Being Foolish Brennan Manning does an amazing job of painting a picture of what life would look like if we truly had the mind of Christ. Manning does an impeckable job of exposing the things in our lives that keep our focus and thoughts on things other than that which consumes the mind
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One of the things being a children’s pastor taught me was that vocabulary matters. One of the phrases I retired from our kids ministry years ago was “Asking Jesus into your heart.” It’s not bad, just confusing. Kids always look at you funny and then rather than talk about the power of redemption and how we
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Here are the podcasts I listen to most. Tim Keller Podcast Andy Stanley Greatest Hits. John Piper – Desiring God Andy Stanley Leadership Podcast Matt Chandler HBR Ideacast My Churches Podcast Ted Talks Acts 29 Sermons Stuff you should know Stuff you missed in history Class I would love to hear what podcasts you listen
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I love listening to podcasts. The problem I had with listening to lots of podcasts is the workflow of how Apple sets up podcasts is very cumbersome to say the least. Lots of time in iTunes which is what they want ultimately so you buy more music, books and videos. I listen to 3-6 hours
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I had a conversation with a pastor from another church, she said “God has given you influence, what are going to say?” It’s a great question because like it or not each of us has influence. God has given each of us a measure of influence what are you going to say when have people in your
