Let me be frank. Multi-site is not easy and is not for everyone. I have hated it at times and am thankful at other times. One of the things I love about multi-site is it forces you to grow, invest in and pray for more leaders. Sometimes people will call asking about Multi-site kids ministry […]
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What is teamwork? It is crazy messy scary awesome nutty fun amazing powerful and life changing. Paul talks about the church as a body. An interdependent structure that can only fully function when every part is doing their part. Ephesians 4:14-16 14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown
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We just got back from camp it was another amazing year and God did some amazing things in the hearts of the kids that attended. Our kids pastor and his team did a great job. Now that I am back I do what I do every year question everything. Planning the event is huge, but
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At CPC San Diego I got a chance to sit down with Heather and Elton kids pastors and founders of We Choose Virtues. I asked them a few questions – What made them start We Choose Virtues? – It started off as a classroom management tool for the preschool class Heather was teaching. The kids
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Don’t look now but your values are showing. We all want to be what we are not. If you have brown eyes you want blue, if you have curly hair you straighten it. As a kid I had to wear “slim” jeans and so desperately wanted to wear “husky” it sounded so tough, and now skinny
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No matter how hard you try, you can’t baptize cats! Laura, age 13 Who are you trying to reach? I think this is huge for any ministry. Who are trying to reach and How are you going to reach them. In many ways the church has placed barriers between themselves and the people they
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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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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
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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
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