Are you building something that has worth? Building something of worth doesn’t happen just because you work at a church or volunteer at one. Building something of worth isn’t taking some good idea you hear at a conference and force it on your church with the ferocity of a hostage negotiator. Many Churches struggle with […]
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I am all for kids being grounded in the word. I regularly go over catechism questions with my kids because I want them to have a theological framework born out of a biblical world view. But I also believe church should be fun. In kids and family ministry we generally fall into one of two
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The past two days have been incredible. It has been a steady flow of amazing content. I have been challenged in so many ways. Here are a few of the things I love about CMLeaders so far. 1. Love that the whole thing is streaming. 2. Love the relaxed feel 3. Love the all general session format
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(above is a networking card designed by Donkey Design. I used this card in my session. Don-e and his team are fantastic. They are professionals. If you need great shirts at a good price check out his site. He does ) Stop collaborate and listen! My story – I started out looking for help with
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I am reading a book about leading teams this chapter on fear vs. curiosity got me thinking about how I lead and the importance of staying curious as a leader. We often coach two very different kinds of leaders. The first is not curious and, I would say, is often driven by fear. Whenever observations
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Togetherville – an online community for parents and kids. Youth Leader Stash – a youth site with lots of youth ideas you can adapt for kidmin – and it’s run by a way cool guy. Push.ly – Love this one – I get push notifications of anyone @ replying me on twitter. Atdhe.net – watch
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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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