Recently I was communicating with some leaders getting caught up in children’s & family ministry. They asked me what was the best way to get connected & understand what was happening . What I told them was to do the following: Start with the list of the Top 100 children’s ministry blogs. Subscribe to them &…
A guest post by Ron Brooks Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!”18 And they left their nets at once and followed him.” (Mark 1:17, 18 KJV) Such a simple statement, but such profound results. This was how Jesus built his inner core leadership team. This is…
We’ve been having fun giving away resources this week – thank you David C. Cook! We’ve got a really cool set of children’s ministry worship music to give away today. Check out these media packs: Songs From The Playhouse (CD/DVD media pack) for preschool children. Fun-filled, high-energy worship music with well-known personalities and singers Features 12…
We’ll get back to posting about practical “how-to’s” in children’s & family ministry next week. This week we’ve got too many other things going on! We’ve got the daily give-aways. Yesterday we introduced an unbelievable new children’s ministry resource. And today we want to introduce you to and incredible new event you can bring to…
We don’t have all the answers, be we do have one: engage with them with tools relevant to their world. The Action Bible New Testament does just that! Check out this video: The truth and power of God’s Word comes vividly to life in a high-quality, full-color, graphic-novel style New Testament especially for today’s visually…
A few month’s ago I was driving through the state of Texas when I got a phone call from a fellow KidMin leader, Randy Triplett. Randy is the founder of Creative For Kids and had a great new idea he wanted to run by me. Ultimately, Randy asked me to be on the advisory panel,…
Last week I had the privilege of guest blogging at The Gathering, sponsored by David C. Cook. Thanks to their generosity, we’ve got a whole week’s worth of giveaways! Today we have two copies of a brand new, yet to be released book to give away. Dreaming of More For the Next Generation: Lifetime Faith Ignited…
We’re blogging from The Gathering. In the first breakout session, I visited Spiritual Parenting: Equipping Parents To Be Primary, by Dawn Hedkert. Dawn is the Director of Children and Family Life Ministries at Christ Church Anglican in Overland Park, KS. She began in ministry in 1997 and over the past 14 years, God has used her passion, enthusiasm,…
This week i have the privilege of guest blogging from The Gathering. Today’s first general session was presented my Michelle Anthony. Dr. Michelle Anthony is the Family Ministry Architect at David C Cook. Michelle is the author of The Big God Story, Spiritual Parenting book and DVD curriculum, the co-author of A Theology of Family Ministry. She…
The Gospel & The Redemptive Story was the title of session 1 at The Gathering, with the guest speaker Chris Brown from North Coast Church in Vista, CA. Chris is an amazing speaker who spoke today through stories. As the title of the session reflects, his topic was all about redemption. To illustrate, he told stories…
I am privileged to be guest blogging at The Gathering this week. This family ministry conference, hosted by David C. Cook, has been amazing already! Before the conference actually started, there was a “celebrate & remember” time with leaders form churches who have been part of the beta test for TRU resource. More than a…
It might seem harsh, but sometimes we are just downright stupid! Why do we do things that will hurt us, those around us & our ministries? I don’t know, but over & over I’ve seen myself & others do these things: Try and do everything myself ( = burnout & attitude issues) . Beg for…
A guest post by Rhonda Robbins-Reeves Barbara Coloroso in her book, Kids are Worth It! states “If we can teach children that they can think for themselves, and in thinking for themselves would never allow others – governments, drug dealers, or friends- to manipulate them, nor would they choose to manipulate others for their own…
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