You’ll always get a zit on important days. Amanda, age 14 Everything is timing. I have a friend that is an early zit popper. Every time they get a zit on an important day they try to pop the zit. The end result is the zit remains unpopped and their whole face turns red […]
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No matter how hard you try, you can’t baptize cats! Laura, age 13 Who are you trying to reach? I think this is huge for any ministry. Who are trying to reach and How are you going to reach them. In many ways the church has placed barriers between themselves and the people they
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I was looking on the web the other day and came across this site that has quotes from kids. I love reading quotes from kids because kids say what many times we think but have “learned not to say”. Often we read books and blogs about how to teach kids in a more effective way
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I had a conversation with my son yesterday. Me – Son what do you want mom and dad to buy you for Christmas Him – I want legos, playmobiles, and books Me – Ok, sounds good Him – Santa is good to us dad he brings us lots of stuff. First I grew up in
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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 still
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One of the pitfalls of Children’s ministry is we tell so many bible stories we treat the bible like it is a story book or play script. I am not trying to say every kids pastor treats the bible with irreverence. I am saying that when we are using the stories in the bible as
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One of the things I have always heard growing up in church is the devil can’t see our future but he does sense potential. We recognize that the enemy of our soul is out to derail us from our God ordained destiny. He has been doing this for years. If you have been a christian
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[I wrote this post a few years ago – still speaks today.] I am reading a book from one of my favorite authors: Brennan Manning. The book is called The Wisdom Of Tenderness. He had a story that really spoke to me where I am at right now. It is about a monk being pursued
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I think after vision and calling the next thing that is important is the resources you choose to use. I am a huge believer in reading and networking because you become like those you choose to listen to. I know that my philosophy was largely shaped by my time alone with God and the ministries/resources
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[Here is a post I did awhile back Mary-Kate posted a comment today so I thought I would bring it back up for debate or perhaps food for thought (pun intended)] I saw this movie the other day and loved it. Pixar rocks. I thought there were quite a few clips that could be used
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