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Tag: Discipleship

Rabbit Starvation and Missional Youth Ministry

In Gospel, Leadership, MinistryTags Discipleship, Gospel, Youth, Youth PastorPublish DateMarch 30, 2023243 ViewsLeave a comment samluce

Here is a post I wrote for Youth Worker Journal. They have an incredibly resource-rich website as well as a magazine filled with excellent articles to grow your faith and capacity as a youth worker. If you work with youth or lead family ministry the Youth Worker Journal needs to be on your radar. It took me ten years to discover the reality that lasting change in the lives of the youth God has called us to lead does not …

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How to Deal with Difficult Kids

How to Deal with Difficult Kids

In Leadership, MinistryTags Children's Ministry, Discipleship, kidmin, Kidmin Leadership, Kidmin ResourcesPublish DateMarch 21, 2023605 ViewsLeave a comment samluce

When I was new to children’s ministry, one of the most challenging things for me to deal with was kids who misbehaved. I so wanted difficult kids, all kids actually, to like me, and parents to …

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Really Radical Book for Kids

Really Radical Book for Kids

In Bible Lessons, Gospel, ParentingTags Book Review, books, Discipleship, Leadership, theologyPublish DateMarch 11, 2023446 ViewsLeave a comment samluce

Champ Thornton released his first book in this series, The Radical Book for Kids, nearly nine years ago. Our family enjoyed this book. It was a unique take on theology, Church history, science, history, and random …

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How To Included Parents in Your Easter Egg Hunt.

How To Included Parents in Your Easter Egg Hunt.

In MinistryTags Discipleship, Easter, Easter Egg, Easter Egg Hunt, Family, Palm Sunday, ParentsPublish DateJanuary 28, 202255 Views1 Comment samluce

Here is a repost of a post I did explaining how to do an indoor easter hunt. We do this for all of our campuses. I want to add that you do not need to have …

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But, What About… The Bible?

But, What About… The Bible?

In Gospel, Leadership, MinistryTags Discipleship, faith, Gospel, LeadershipPublish DateMarch 30, 202046 ViewsLeave a comment samluce

In a recent blog post, I wrote for David C. Cook’s content site for kids ministry leaders called Spark. I talked about in recent years there has been similar language used by apostates in explaining their “de-construction” …

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What Do You Do When Sundays are Taken Away?

What Do You Do When Sundays are Taken Away?

In Leadership, Ministry, UncategorizedTags Discipleship, kidmin, Kidmin Leadership, Leadership, MinistryPublish DateMarch 21, 202029 Views9 Comments samluce

Recently I read *Resilient – Child Discipleship and the Fearless Future of the Church. One of the things that stood out to me was when the authors described that most kids’ ministry leaders don’t have a …

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My name is Sam Luce and I have been a pastor at Redeemer Church in Utica NY for the past 24 years. 18 of those years serving as children’s pastor. Currently, I am serving as the Global Pastor to Families. This is my personal blog it is focused on Discipleship, Family Ministry, and Theology.

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9 responses to “What Do You Do When Sundays are Taken Away?”

  1. Valerie Bell Avatar
    Valerie Bell
    March 28, 2020

    Your leadership and your voice are so important in the movement to pivot the church into solid child discipleship. I also respect and appreciate your perspective as a seasoned practitioner.
    So we’ll expressed!

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    1. Jim Wideman Avatar
      Jim Wideman
      March 28, 2020

      So good Sam!

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      1. samluce Avatar
        samluce
        March 28, 2020

        Thanks, Brother Jim!

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    2. samluce Avatar
      samluce
      March 28, 2020

      Thanks so kind words Valerie Burton Bell so appreciate your book and work you guys are doing!

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  2. Matt Markins Avatar
    Matt Markins
    March 28, 2020

    Sam, I echo Valerie’s comments! Sam, I wonder what we can do to facilitate this conversation online in a time when we can’t gather physically? Would be interesting to set up a dialogue others could take part in.

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    1. samluce Avatar
      samluce
      March 28, 2020

      Matt let’s talk I would love to do this! I think this can be a great opportunity for us to advance discipleship’s home and make changes when we return to gathering together again.

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  3. Resilient Disciples
    April 1, 2020

    […] I’ll end with this from Sam Luce’s blog, “What Do You Do When Sundays Are Taken Away?” […]

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  4. 4 Actions Family Ministry Leaders Should Avoid During the COVID Crisis. - samluce.com
    April 16, 2020

    […] Given the pervasiveness of editing software and the amount of free time, you or some youth or college kid has now. You should be able to produce something that is decent. It just has to be good because it is you. Kids want to see you not some stranger. Don’t sacrifice comfort for your kids of seeing you and your team because you feel it won’t be excellent. The American church has bought into the CEO lie that everything we do has to be Disney or it is not worth doing. Kids would trade excellent for human, personal, and normal any day. Kids don’t remember the amazing vacation you took them on what they do remember is the fort you built them out of cardboard. Excellence is a good goal but a bad god. […]

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  5. Hagar Hosanna Avatar
    Hagar Hosanna
    April 16, 2023

    The post is only by taking time off, that I’ll be able to work at my full potential. By recharging on Sundays and listening to my own heart, I’m able .

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