church planter’s wife.
That’s right, as of January 11th, I will be a full-time church planter’s wife. JD announced his resignation to our church today as we open this new chapter in our lives.
So that also anserws a bit as to why I haven’t been blogging the past few months. God has been moving us in [...]
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Hello, I’m Michelle. I’m a …
Posted in children's ministry, church, family, random thoughts on November 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Children’s Baptism Celebration
Posted in children's ministry on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We decided to switch up the way we do children’s baptisms. We’re holding a celebration just for children this upcoming Sunday to celebrate this milestone in their lives. Following worship on Sunday, the children who have responded and their families with guests are invited to a picnic at our local park. We’ll grill hot dogs, [...]
living a creative life
Posted in children's ministry, church on August 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I recently read a wonderful book, “The Creative Family” by Amanda Blake Soule that challenged me to look at creativity daily in new ways and to make living it intentional. Whether it is within my family, personally, or professionally there are many ways in day to day living to foster creativity.
Creativity is authored by God. Just [...]
Lessons from my 4 year old…
Posted in children's ministry, church, family, leadership, random thoughts on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cade, my 4 year old, wanted to color a picture. That’s cool, kids love to color right? So I got him a piece of construction paper and some markers and away he went. A basic task like coloring should be predictable, right? Paper, markers, and a 4 year old = scribbled mess and mommy’s masterpiece, [...]
intimidated by unfamiliarity
Posted in children's ministry, church, leadership on August 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I realized something last night about myself — I tend to not follow through with large tasks or changes because underneath it all I am intimidated by their unfamiliarity. For example — we are considering homeschooling our children. I feel almost like I haven’t taken the decision seriously, researched it much, or even have my [...]
What’s on the horizon for Children’s Ministry?
Posted in children's ministry, random thoughts on August 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So it seems as if the most current trend for Children’s Ministry has been this shift to “Family Ministry” with a large emphasis put upon “family production” for those who are in churches with the resources to do one. I am an advocate of family ministry, although I have found it difficult to fully integrate [...]
transition to 2 services
Posted in children's ministry on August 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It looks like in the possible future we may be switching from a Sunday School/Church format to dropping Sunday School to add another service. We’re looking at ideas. I am thrilled to be dropping Sunday School. Already this past year I have switched our children’s ministry from a Sunday School mindset to a small group [...]
running a million directions
Posted in children's ministry, random thoughts on May 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Currently I am running a million directions trying to meet deadlines for many things. We have huge transitions this week with our classes, ages, and classrooms. New teachers starting. New large group environment starting. Our weekday preschool program is finishing up its second school year and we have record enrollment for the summer program we’re [...]
Change…
Posted in children's ministry, church on May 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s that time of year again, kids are getting out of school, being promoted grades, and everything at church changes. At least at ours it does!
This week will mark the new classes for kids in the Children’s Ministry. We don’t do any hoopla for “promotion” – personally, I think that’s silly. But we are having [...]
Smaller is not an excuse!
Posted in children's ministry, church, leadership, vision on May 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So as a church leader, when you attend a conference or something at another church, if you are not a mega-giga, huge church. you have the potential to walk away feeling discouraged and deflated. Often you think, “Well, I can’t do that! We’re only __(fill in the blank)__ people!” I’ve felt that way many times. [...]
