There are few things in life that dial the whole family in like an IRS audit. I have never been through one personally but I was through one as a child. I still remember the auditors name appropriately enough was Mrs. Castro. My parents were being audited but the whole family felt the impact. My parents were […]
What an IRS Audit and Christmas Traditions have in common. Read More »
Here is a guest blog post I did over at life way’s blog. Do well meaning folks focus on the wrong things? I would say yes. I love Christmas not so much in the lights and decorate the tree way but more because it forces me to evaluate the things that matter most in my life. In
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Here are the top 10 blog posts for November. 1. GuerrillaParenting: What makes you feel Better 2. What is the true meaning of Christmas3. 3. Qualities of an exceptional Pre-teen Leader 4. About Page 5. Alex Brown, Extreme Home Makeover and Websefely.com 6. Free Bible Lesson: 1 & 2 Samuel 7. Free Bible Lessons: Deuteronomy
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My friend Matt McKee just announced something incredible. It’s called 1000 apps for Christmas. His company, ROAR, is offering 1000 free apps in the next 30 days. Our Church bought one almost 2 years ago in that time we have had 4,000 downloads. I was blown away by the reach our little app is having.
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I still remember the first time I saw Vegetables talk. It was years ago Phil Vischer first brought us Bible stories told through the creative lens of household vegetables. It was great it had something for the kids and parents. He was able to capture the imagination of parents and kids at the same time. Vischers new
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Well next week is Christmas and I most likely won’t be posting a youtube friday. So here are a couple of Christmas themed videos I thought were interesting.
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The winner of the Second day of Christmas is …..Joe McAlpine.
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Last year we started something in response to our adults doing for the Advent conspiracy. We were looking for ways to get our kids involved a few of the charities our church was supporting were Love146.org an amazing organization but what they do wasn’t the easiest to translate to our kids. We decided to use our Uptown store
Things we are doing for Christmas in Uptown: Uptown Christmas Catalog. Read More »
We started something last year called a “Happy Birthday Jesus Party”. It was great around 4 weeks before we informed the parents about it by giving out flyers that were actual birthday cards. We encouraged kids to invite their friends to a Birthday Party for Jesus. We taught our normal lesson about 2 weeks before
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