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Kem Meyer is the communications guru at Granger Community Church she lives to create less clutter less noise. As a kids pastor I could use a little more of both those things. I remember a few years ago when I started reading blogs , long before I started mine, Kem’s blog was a shining beacon […]

Acronyms I am not sure who likes acronyms better churches or the government. In the government there is the FBI, CIA, DHS, FEMA, NSA the list goes on. As far as the church goes, when I first became the Children’s pastor of our church the name of the elementary ministry was R.O.C.K. Church, I honestly

I have been listening to Andy Stanley’s Leadership Podcast. It has been rocking my free word. If you don’t subscribe to his pod cast you should. He asked a question on his talk about Breaking Paradigms. Here is the question: “What do I believe is impossible to do in my field (Kids ministry) but if

We just finished our first Hillsong Big Curriculum. I loved it. Like anything there were some things I’d like to see changed for next year overall I loved it. My story tellers and small group leaders alike loved it. Which brings me to the point of this post. Most of my small group leaders loved

RT @chicowoo: My wife just said “kids make it hard to be a good mom” LOL # Working on simplifying my categories on my blog. A bit of free advice START SIMPLE/STAY SIMPLE. # Watching Survivor. Still want to be on either Survivor or The Amazing Race at some point. #fb # I am looking

My good friend and fellow blogger Jonathan Cliff made this video for his small group leaders. I think it has value for any small group. Humor + Information = sticky Only two things could have made this video better. 1. Changing the name from KidsPlace to Kidzplace. 2. Random puppets speaking spanish. Kidsplace Unscripted from

You might be saying wow I really need to change the name of my kidz church or in my case my email. … There will be two lists of words pick any one word from on list match it with a word from the second list and voila you have a new name.

I have been blessed to be able to visit many churches that are doing amazing things for the kingdom. There is just something about being in the place God has called you. I have had the privilege of being the kids pastor at my church for 12 years this July, I however want to by

Just spent a few hours this weekend going from 36 categories down to 7. While at Orange I was inspired by Human3rror to simplify my categories. So I have decided to use categories as a broad search tool and tags to help people find specific posts. When I started blogging I had only a few

Uptown a bit crazy tonight. Must be the full moon. #kidmin # Very tired still work to be done. # This is as close to @nathanfinochio I have been in months. I am honored to even know him. http://twitpic.com/4wy96 in reply to nathanfinochio # My youngest doing a classic preschool piccaso mothers day card. http://twitpic.com/4xvom