The fam and I are heading up to Canada for some R&R and to shoot a wedding. So needless to say the blog will be quite for the next week or so.
Besides I am not sure if my in-laws igloo has electricity, or the internet.
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Should little kids go to Big church?
Great post with some great thoughts on wether or not kids should go to kids church or big church.
Even as a kids pastor I can see valid reasons for people to keep their kids in Big church. I however lean more toward kids attending kids church if kids church is engaging.
When kids church is not engaging it bothers me. When I hear rumblings that kids are not being engaged by the life-giving, life changing word of God I get annoyed real fast. Any way off my soap box. Check out the link below from the Stuff Christians like Bog.
YouTube Friday:Treadmill Men
More on Pipeline
Met with Mike and Gareth on Tuesday to discuss the Pipeline conference.
What it is:
Conference for Youth workers and Children’s workers
What we want to accomplish:
1. Help Youth workers and Kids workers see the value of collaboration
2. Create a conference that is a great balance of information/application/network connection
I think we all have been to conferences that inspire you through workshops and general sessions. We really want to do something that has never been done before. Inspire youth and children’s workers to work together to reach this generation, and do it through intensely practical, intensely relational means.
We want to create a conference that you leave from with new ideas, fresh resources, strengthened relationships and life-giving network connections.
Pipeline: because we are all connected. November 14th and 15th 2008.
Phone Call with Tammy Melchien
Just got off the phone with Tammy Melchien. Tammy currently serves as the Executive Director of Kids’ City, the Children’s Ministry of Community Christian Church. CCC is a multi-site church with 8 locations in the Chicagoland area.
Her pastor wrote the book “The Big Idea”. It is a fantastic book that basically cast vision for the youth, children and adults to take home 1 thought that week instead of multiple different thoughts. It is the power of one consistent message to walk out that week.
Here are some of the main point Tammy said that stuck in my mind that further explain how the Big Idea works for kids.
– All series’ are hashed out between the children, adults, and student teams. If the series doesn’t work for one of the three age groups it is rarely done.
– The kids team takes the adult message content and comes up with a one sentence take away.
– Small Group leaders serve weekly, Kids communicators serve once a month.
– Tammy said that in writing the curriculum it is important to base the lesson that week in a tangible story in the bible. For example when talking about love with students or adults using 1 Cor. 13. With kids you would talk more about Ruth and Naomi or David and Jonathan.
– When writing curriculum for the Big Idea they generally write with the smallest campus in mind so that everything is reproducible on every level.
– When they don’t match the adult service they do something fun and creative.
Tammy was very gracious and is doing great things in Chicago area. Hopefully someday I’ll be able to make it over to the big yellow box and check it out for myself. Check out their church site. Make sure you tell Jeff I said hi.
