Posted in church, family on May 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »
We have a crazy weekend – hope to make it through! The joys of being part of a ministry family are attending events like graduations and parties and such for the students at church.
Friday
12:00 – high school graduation
4:00-7:00 – a high school student grad. party
7:00 – Community Group
Saturday
2:30 – wedding
Sunday
CHURCH
5:00 birthday party
WHEW!! Summer is like [...]
Posted in children's ministry, church, leadership on May 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I was reading an article in a professional journal by Group Publishing last night that got me thinking. It was about how as ministers you have to build a positive environment and establish professional safeguards in order not to fall morally. When we look at the implications and what scripture says regarding this – I [...]
Posted in children's ministry, church, random thoughts on May 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I got in this same debate a few months ago with a parent in our church — why is there such negativity surrounding “edutainment” in Children’s Ministry? I have heard and read a lot regarding this lately, usually with a negative taste to it. This bothers me for a few reasons:
(1) Society has dealt the [...]
Posted in children's ministry, church, leadership on May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“As a leader you have the obligation to define the ‘what’ to the nth level – to get to goals for the next level – to make sure the ‘what’ is right. But you don’t want to dictate the ‘how’. You want to give the team and the individual the determination of ‘how’.” – Pankaj [...]
Posted in children's ministry, church, preschool on May 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
So I had this little idea creep into my head on Sunday as I watched our toddlers class teach. The are awesome in there and I love seeing them in action! We do VBS type programs that really target elementary age children. At Dutch Fork we’re doing Summer Slam which is going to be an [...]
Posted in children's ministry, church on May 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Tomorrow is our last Wednesday night program before we break for summer. And we’re not sure if we’re returning to the programming in the Fall either. I am feeling kind of bittersweet about it. I have a large population of kids that come from our community and with friends to our program on Wednesday night [...]
Posted in random thoughts on May 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I had one of those moments last night when I knew God was telling me something. I was talking to a friend on the phone, who was going through a tough time – and I KNOW God said to me to give her family a certain amount of money. Now, if you know me – [...]
Posted in children's ministry, church, leadership on May 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus (Philippians 2:3-5)
This verse came up this morning in my [...]
Posted in children's ministry, church on May 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Tuesday is a BIG day for Summer Slam plans. A meeting will be taking place about a BIG thing to happen. If this happens, it will mean MAJOR publicity for our event. Please pray for this meeting on Tuesday.
Also, June 10th will be the reveal day we will tell everyone what Summer Slam is! I [...]
Posted in children's ministry, church on May 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Gotta see Children’s Ministry environments…
Some great things here! Any others to look at?
Pudge — (if you read this!) you need to post pics of Newspring’s! They rock!
