Rebekah grew up in Redeemer Church. She has a genuine passion to serve kids and families and feels called to children’s ministry. I asked her to type out why she knows she is called. There are few things more powerful than a personal testimony that you can go back to and revisit when times get […]
My new intern: Rebekah Guiney Read More »
One of my pet peves in kids ministry is that we design below the intended age we are trying to reach. I am not sure why we do this. Personally I think it happens because we wrongly target the lowest age kids in the demographic we are trying to reach, or we are just out
Designing stuff for kids ministry Read More »
It’s about that time of year again so I thought I would bust out a retro post and get your thoughts on a timeless question in Kidmin. What about Halloween? This time of year there is always a bit of a hub bub about all saints day. As a children’s pastor I am frequently asked
Retro Post: To Trick or To Treat. Read More »
I recently outlined our process for doing events in kids ministry while talking with one of our interns. So I thought I would share it with you all. This is what it looks like for me. Event Planning for kidmin. 1. What result am I looking for? What is the win? How will I know
Planning an event: Steps I take Read More »
A few weeks ago I had a video of a southern politician who made a very funny video and had an equally funny website. This week it’s us Yankees who are at the receiving end of a crazy political video. If you want to be a more effective public speaker as you watch this make
YouTube Friday: Best Political Speech Ever Read More »
I had a short lived idea to do a video podcast that I called TakeTen. It would TakeTen minutes to make and TakeTen minutes to listen to it. My idea was to interview different people in kidmin for ten minutes and release it as a podcast unedited and uncensored. The video aspect didn’t work so
Lessons for the long haul: Jim Wideman Read More »
1 & 2 Chronicles – Book of Israel’s History Key Point –Difference between good and bad kings Memory Verse – Acts 13:22 “…God said about David ‘David the son of Jesse is the kind of person that pleases me most! He does everything I want him to.’” Skit – Have people come out and act
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Last week I did a contest and was giving away 2 copies of The Lads curriculum and now it is time to announce the winners…… Winners were chosen using random.org Winner #1 @davefuqua Winner #2 is @fuzionkids Congrats to both of you! DM me your mail address and I’ll get those out to you.
Winners of the Lads curriculum. Read More »
The latest edition of Outreach magazine has the fastest growing and largest churches in America. Redeemer is number 63 on the list of 100 fastest growing church’s in America. I am so grateful to be part of a great team. It is a blessing to be a part of something God is doing.
Proud of our Team! Read More »
Funny last week I was wondering if anyone was doing a children’s ministry podcast, I only know of one or two. That same week Tony Kummer called me and asked if I could do an interview with him. He did the first episode with Amy Fenton Lee that’s definitely worth a listen. So last week
New podcast over at ministry-to-children.com Read More »
