a One of the keys to helping kids love their bible – stay one bible ahead of them. I have this theory (I have lots of little theories) Kids don’t love their Bibles because we keep them in a Bible that is to young for them for to long. Why do we do this? We […]
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Last year a couple of other kids pastors posted how they are Children’s pastors not family pastors. Here is Justyn Smith’s Take http://www.justynsmith.com/2010/04/childrens-pastor-not-family-pastor-at-heart/ Here is Joe Mcalpine’s take http://www.joemcalpine.com/?p=737 Justyn and Joe had some great points but here is my take on the debate between family ministry and kids ministry. When I first started doing
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Here is a video that is amazing for many reasons. Firstly this guy is crazy talented secondly because it is a great reminder that no matter what we do we need God’s help without his grace and the power of the gospel in our lives every day we are all capable of making choices that
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What you actually do is more important than what you say you do! One of the things I love most about the internet is being able to connect with like minded kids people from all over the nation. One of the things I like least is seeing people use their churches and use the internet
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When you feel discouraged practice Thankfulness! Out of all the things I have learned from Brother Jim this one has helped me the most. I am not a person who gets discouraged often, but I think because of that when I do get discouraged I have often found myself having a hard time getting out
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Support your pastor! I know that we all know this but actually doing it can be difficult at times. We live in a culture that second guesses everything. From sports to the quickest way to the mall we always think we know more than the person in charge. How many times have you yelled at
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Last week I flew to Tennessee to take part in the last retreat of the second year of our infuse group. For those of you who don’t know Infuse is a now 6 month leadership mentoring experience with Jim Wideman. We had an amazing time connecting with eachother but most of all learning from Brother
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I am reading this book called “The Grace Awakening” in the book Charles Swindoll talks about the importance of understanding grace and how much we misunderstand grace. Swindoll quotes Martyn Lloyd-Jones as he talks about Romans 6: “Are we to continue in sin that grace may increase?” If it is true that where sin abounded
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10 people that impacted me most this year 1. Pastor Servello – The founding Pastor of our church – Amazing leader I constantly learn from his example 2. Mike Servello – My best friend and one of the most visionary leaders I know. I am constantly challenged by his generous spirit and passion for those
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The ten best books I read this year. 1. The Jesus Storybook Bible – Hands down #1 on my list 2. A million miles in a thousand years 3. 3 Signs of a miserable Job. 4. Spiritual Parenting. 5. Stuff Christians Like the book 6. The Forgotten God 7. Switch 8. Just Courage 9. Creating
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