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My take on the Fammin vs. Kidmin debate

34 Comments / January 19, 2011

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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My new intern: Rebekah Guiney

1 Comment / September 23, 2010

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

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New podcast over at ministry-to-children.com

Lessons for the long haul: Build a team.

2 Comments / September 9, 2010

When I stared in kids ministry as a volunteer the only model out there was what I call the one-man show model. To do kids ministry you had to be able to do puppets, juggle, ride a unicycle and do a “gospel illusion” all at the same time. I learned the value of team from

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A word from our Sponsors: Christianity Cove

1 Comment / August 10, 2010

One of our newest sponsors is a site called Christianity Cove. Christianity Cove is an online idea center for those involved with children’s ministry. The blog has been up and running since 2006 with hundreds of pages of free content to help Sunday School teachers, home schooling parents, children’s pastors, etc. pull together fun lessons,

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PayJr. = 21st Centry Allowance

2 Comments / August 4, 2010

I remember all the way back to the 20th century, I got my allowance in cold hard cash…..for one week. I never really got an allowance but learned a lot about elbow grease. Both my parents were and are hard workers so I have yet to decided how and if and when my young children

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