You’ll always get a zit on important days. Amanda, age 14 Everything is timing. I have a friend that is an early zit popper. Every time they get a zit on an important day they try to pop the zit. The end result is the zit remains unpopped and their whole face turns red […]
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No matter how hard you try, you can’t baptize cats! Laura, age 13 Who are you trying to reach? I think this is huge for any ministry. Who are trying to reach and How are you going to reach them. In many ways the church has placed barriers between themselves and the people they
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I was looking on the web the other day and came across this site that has quotes from kids. I love reading quotes from kids because kids say what many times we think but have “learned not to say”. Often we read books and blogs about how to teach kids in a more effective way
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In cased you missed them here are my top 10 posts for the month of May. 1. 6 things I tell every worship leader 2. Why men don’t help in Kidmin 3. How we tweak Minute to win it games for our kids ministry 4. Elements of Children’s Ministry Worship 5. Stuff Kids Pastors Like
Many of you know how much I respect Andy Stanley. I love how he speaks practical truth to people far from God. How he creates environments that people are attracted to once they are there he shares biblical truth with them. Another leader I have been listening to a lot lately is Dr. Timothy Keller. To say
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Growing up in church all my life and working in a church for the past 14 years I have met my fair share of Youth pastors. All of which had great hair, a hot wife and a goatee but that’s a post for another day. I am not sure if this is my perception or if it
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Jim Wideman has been a part of all of the major shakeups and startups in children’s ministry today. This week is another first for kids ministry. There have been many people who have offered mentoring programs in kidmin but none as successfully as Brother Jim. The idea that you would be able to keep 12 kidmin leaders
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Check out what my friend Roger Fields is doing. One hour from now he’s going to be broadcasting live from downtown Louisville. Less than 1 1/2 hours away Roger Fields (FX Live), Jeremy Collins (Pajama Conference) and Michelle Romaine (Fitness Camp) will be broadcasting live from downtown Lexington all about the cool things happening at
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I came across this tool the other day on Techcrunch. It is a free open-source collaboration tool. A few months ago when we were working on God To The Rescue we used Google Docs. It worked but it was a bit cumbersome. We are about to start working on a curriculum for Summer of 2012 and Christmas
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1. Casey’s Contraptions – crazy addicting think angry birds meets actual laws of physics. 2. Parent Cue – ReThinks Cue box for the iPad – If you use ReThink’s 252basics curriculum this is a no brainer. 3. Toy Story Read Along – Stunning ebook for the iPad also includes interactive treats like video, coloring and
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