For my latest edition of TakeTen I caught up with Stephen Posey. For those of you who don’t know Stephen he is the Chidren’s Pastor at Church On The Move. Recently Stephen and his team were able to take over what many people call Big Church, I like to call it “Old People’s Church”. They […]
TakeTen: Large Group Programing with Stephen Posey Read More »
Last month was pastor appreciation month, and last Sunday our kids ministry team surprised me by giving me a scrap book of cards, letters, notes of thanks from adults and young people on our team, some notes from parents, as well as notes from the kids in Uptown now and some kids who are all grown up
Amazed by my Uptown team! Read More »
Just finished reading this book had avoided it simply because if you are happy with your job reading a book like this doesn’t look the best to your co-workers. I wish I would have read this book years ago. It was amazing. Patrick Lencioni is an extremely gifted writer. About 2/3 of the book is
Three Signs of a Miserable Job. Read More »
I am a huge proponent of the line of thinking the more ways you can give kids things that communicate the values of your kids ministry the better. I try to design every printed piece with our values in mind, how well does it communicate those things. I think that if you have the ability to create
Kids need cool stuff too. Read More »
Yesterday I talked about how in our conversations and strategy we need to be careful. That we don’t focus so much on reaching families that we forget the power to change families lies in the power of the gospel not in programs, virtues or milestones alone. Communicating to our families that Jesus plus nothing else = our
Red resources: Tools to help families stay gospel centered. Read More »
Today my beautiful bride turns — ! When I think of my wife I am there are so many things that flood my mind. I love that she is Italian, she’s an amazing cook. She is a great homemaker and creates an amazing environment for our family to grow in. My wife is an amazing
Happy Birthday Baby! Read More »
I am currently reading a book by the Heath Brothers called Switch. In this book they talk about helping people with change. Finding the switch in a change situation. One of the things they said that has gotten me thinking in regards to family ministry is something they call shrink the change. The basic idea
Jump starting parent/kid connections. Read More »
I recently outlined our process for doing events in kids ministry while talking with one of our interns. So I thought I would share it with you all. This is what it looks like for me. Event Planning for kidmin. 1. What result am I looking for? What is the win? How will I know
Planning an event: Steps I take Read More »
1 & 2 Chronicles – Book of Israel’s History Key Point –Difference between good and bad kings Memory Verse – Acts 13:22 “…God said about David ‘David the son of Jesse is the kind of person that pleases me most! He does everything I want him to.’” Skit – Have people come out and act
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I am sure I was the last person in all of America to see this video. But this week someone showed me the video of a 10 year old girl that in my opinion could dethrone Susan Bolye as the most amazing vocal talent I have ever seen. I remember hearing Susan for the first time she was stunning.
YouTube Friday: The best things come in small packages Read More »
