I have been absent from the blogsphere for a while now. Our family has had some big decisions to make the past few months, that will overall effect my ministry to children and families. My husband has been the youth pastor at our church, Dutch Fork Christian Church, for the past 7 years – where [...]
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New seasons, new challenges…just faith
Posted in church, family, random thoughts on January 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hello, I’m Michelle. I’m a …
Posted in children's ministry, church, family, random thoughts on November 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
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, [...]
Friarsgate Egg Hunt
Posted in children's ministry, family on March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We are 5 days away from Friarsgate’s largest Egg Hunt! Join us on Saturday, March 22nd at Friarsgate Park at 10am to help search among 10,000 Easter eggs. All eggs are filled with prizes in addition to other prizes. We’ll also have games, inflatables, and food following the hunt. So bring your family out, tell [...]
blog changes…
Posted in family, random thoughts on March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Part of my problem with lack of posting is that I never seem to know which direction to post in. Call it a blog identity crisis if you will. After attending a workshop on blogging this past week, I realized that the contents of my Children’s Ministry blog were too broad. It started as professional [...]
Satan’s battle with our kids.
Posted in children's ministry, family, gentle discipline, parenting on February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Reading tonight in “Grace Based Parenting” by Tim Kimmel, I was reminded that Satan is fighting for our kids. Scary thought. He knows the needs they have and tries to fill those needs in counterfit ways, even our youngest children. He operates within our children to lie and deceive them. A child’s three most basic [...]
Enough already!
Posted in family on February 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last weekend I was able to savor some beautiful time a wonderful group of friends as we headed to the Asheville mountains for some r & r. We had a blessing of a time and it was like nothing I’ve done before. However, heading back into town Sunday, I was greeted by a sick child. [...]
Independence – Is it overrated?
Posted in family, gentle discipline, parenting on January 13, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I was having a parenting discussion with a friend today that led me to thinking (as most parenting discussions do!). As a society we value the attribue of independence in our lives and in the lives of others. From the time our children are born we are concerned with them sleeping through the night, when [...]
balancing ministry and family from a mom’s perspective
Posted in children's ministry, church, family, parenting on January 4, 2008 | 5 Comments »
With a new year starting, a familiar theme in most people’s lives is trying to get their lives in balance. In ministry this is a HUGE topic. How do you balance ministry and family? How do you balance your time? Your resources? Work for someone in the church doesn’t end when you go home at [...]
I think I may be back, but in a new way…
Posted in family, random thoughts on December 10, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Does anyone still read this old dusty volume of creative work? My stats tell me I do stil have faithful readers, although for what reason? i don’t know!
I’ve been busy and restless. Busy with the family and restless with life. So, as I process and sort through some things in my view at the moment, [...]
