“Vision asks leaders, ‘What do you see?’ To answer that question, leaders identify needs unmet, hurts unhealed, and tasks undone. Through visioning they see the gaps between what is and what could be.”
This quote (forgot where it came from) hangs on my office wall. It reminds me to look for the needs and hurts of [...]
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Vision
Posted in leadership, vision on July 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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. [...]
Orange Conference Day 3
Posted in children's ministry, church, leadership, vision on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Day 3 of Orange was awesome. We wrapped up with hearing from Andy Stanley and Louie Giglio. Some thoughts:
Andy Stanley
Don’t think in terms of evangelism – think in terms of people. Christians and non-christians have more in common than we think.
A small group leader has more potential to assist a Christian in their spiritual development [...]
Orange Conference Day 2
Posted in children's ministry, church, leadership, vision on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I loved hearing Francis Chan speak on Day 2 of Orange. He spoke in our 1st main session of the day and blew me away. Some thoughts:
so much of what we call success in our churches isn’t necessarily the Holy Spirit working, but just having the right team in place – we need to look [...]
Orange Conference 2008
Posted in children's ministry, church, leadership, vision on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wow! Just returned from Orange Conference 2008 today and am feeling pretty full right now. It was great and I came away with a ton of inspiration, ideas, and vision not only for Children’s Ministry but for the church as a while. I’ll share a few tidbits from the speakers:
Day 1 – Reggie Joiner
He opened [...]
wanting so much more
Posted in children's ministry, vision on July 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Have you ever been in a place where you can’t get comfortable? Where no matter what seems to be going on, you crave more. You want more? I’m there. I am so dissatisified with where I am currently at ministry wise. I tend to get ahead of myself – wanting what is beyond where I [...]
focus and effort…
Posted in children's ministry, church, random thoughts, vision on June 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I have a lot on my plate right now, trying to determine focus and vision as well as determine where to put my effort. This post by Pudge from Newspring really spoke to my heart and where I am at today.
So, what do you do when you know where the vision needs to go. You [...]
kids in adult worship vs. kids church
Posted in children's ministry, church, leadership, vision on June 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I was mentioning this topic and decided to contribute a while post to it.
There are 2 camps of thought – 1 is that families should worship together, the other is that children don’t belong in worship. It seems to be another topic of great debate among children’s ministry leaders. I’ll share my thoughts.
Families worshipping [...]
great new music (well to me at least…)
Posted in children's ministry, church, vision on May 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Just picked up the Hillsong Live Worship for Kids – Jesus is My SuperHero CD yesterday and the Hillsong Kids Live Worship DVD – Supernatural. WOW!!!! The energy in these is amazing as well as the authentic worship of the children. I love it! My 3 year old and 1 year were even dancing around [...]
new changes in the fall
Posted in children's ministry, leadership, vision on May 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I couldn’t sleep last night and it’s keeping me up tonight as I think about the BIG changes we’ll be undergoing in the Fall in the Children’s MInistry at Dutch Fork. I am so excited abouth the changes we’re going to make. When we met as a Children’s Ministry team a few weeks ago we [...]
