1. BE SAFE 2. BE COURTEOUS 3. BE ENGAGING 4. BE CONSISTENT This is the last of our Be Attitudes and preparation for the weekend kept me from posting the final attitude. The first two deal with getting kids to come the last two deal with getting kids to come back again. In the church […]
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When we redid our children’s facility a few years back I took that opportunity to change lots of things. One of the things I to make sure we did was make our values clear and transportable. I want to always make sure that why we do what we do stays at the front of our
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Chris Spradlin over at EpicParent.tv wrote a great post about Tattling vs. Telling. I love his take in encouraging our kids not to tattle we need to also let them know when to tell. Read it here. I have had a few parents ask abou the issue of tattling. I thought I would address it
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So what is guerrilla parenting? It’s parenting that relies on time, energy and imagination. As our world changes we need to think of creative, unique ways to engage our kids. I want to talk over a few posts or who knows maybe more about how we can engage in guerrilla parenting. What are some
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It’s a family heirloom. History is more valuable in baseball. In most sports it’s what have you done for me lately. It’s the only game where the defense has the ball It’s the only game that spans the seasons (Well the seasons I happen to like) It’s the only game that has no clock it’s
I want to start this post by saying I do not know everthing there is about curriculum production, and I in no way am thinking of one curriculum company as I write this post. My goal in this post is to hopefully create a diolog, or even to get us as children’s pastors to ask
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(Here is an article I did a while back that I always think about before heading off to a kids ministry conference. I thought I would share it with you.) As a kids pastor going to conferences I often made the mistake of looking for the perfect formula instead of the right recipe. When I was
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(Here is an article I did a while back that I always think about before heading off to a kids ministry conference. I thought I would share it with you.) As a kids pastor going to conferences I often made the mistake of looking for the perfect formula instead of the right recipe. When I was
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When I was growing up I didn’t like valentines day that much. Valentines day can be as much a reminder of love lost as it can be of love gained. I do have to say that the last 14 valentines days have been amazing. Did I give or recieve 20 tons of cocholate? Just how
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How do you do that? The only way I know is by spending large amounts of time with your kids. I don’t like like to get in the middle of the quality vs. quantity debate because I can’t pick a side. I think kids need large amounts of focused time. I have to admit between
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