I Was a Corporate Spy, Really!

At the airport this morning I stopped at McDonald’s to get a healthy breakfast… O.K., to get something to eat while waiting for my flight to Oregon. After I got my food I commended the young employee for her excellent work. She looked  surprised. So I said, “Well, you completed all of the six steps flawlessly. Well, except for Step #, but I understand that one has been dropped. But to make up for it, you still did the Bag Principle – so I give you extra credit. When I was a McDonald’s Corporate Spy, I would have noted your name this store number from that plague over there and recommended a bonus for you in your next pay check.” The manager over heard me and came over and said I’ve always wanted to meet a McSpy and shook my hand. You see, when I was a McDonald’s employee I heard about this McSpook’s myself. I think I can confess I got to be a McSpook for awhile without killing anyone – since I was honorable discharged over twenty years ago. But let me back up. You might be wondering what the “Six Steps” are and the Bonus Bag Principle…

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Hittin’ The Oregon Trail

I’m excited to be heading to OREGON this weekend! If you live up in the Great NorthWest* – I hope you can drop by for some great training! Download FULL SIZE PDF Flyer (2.3MB) I’m in for a BUSY weekend! I’m doing a Family Program on Friday Night – one of my favorite presentations, “Lions, and Bears and Fire, OH MY!” It’s an evening of laughter and comedy and story telling that encourages kids and old folks alike to enjoy whatever age they are – and to realize that they are part of HIS–STORY! It was born out of an invitation once to speak at an author’s assembly for Order of the Ancient and I thought, “How can I just talk about my book for an hour – how boring!” (Even though my book is quite exciting, mind you – I wasn’t going to read it!) And I didn’t want the assembly to be a long commercial for my book. So instead, I did what I knew the kids in my ministry loved most – my story telling, and I wove it around the reasons WHY we love stories in the first place and revealed the SECRET FORMULA of a…

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What Matters Now in Children’s Ministry Announcement!

Last year I got invited to be a part of something really special when I contributed to the FREE online book What Matters Now in Children’s Ministry. Then,  I got to participate in the Video Version when I posted a video version as the clock struck midnight on January 1st, 2011! I love this FOCUS on “What Matters Now” in Children’s Ministry and am excited to see the creativity grow and expand – and so let me tell you about the NEXT BIG THING with this great movement by posting A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: If you haven’t heard of What Matters Now in Children’s Ministry, where have you been? WMNCM exists to spark conversations among leaders in children’s ministry around the question, “What matters now in children’s ministry?” Over the past year and a half, WMNCM has gathered responses from over 40 leaders with a vested interest in children’s ministry and has offered them in an eBook, a published paperback and as a video conference. On Thursday, March 3, at Noon CST, WMNCM is revealing more about it’s plan for a global edition that will include contributions from at least 100 children’s ministry leaders from all over the world! There will…

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Easter Resources Guide

In order to help you plan for Easter, Kidology.org has put together a helpful Easter Resources Guide to showcase the wide variety of Easter Resouces that are available for you to make the most of this special holiday. Be sure to also check out the Easter Zone which is PACKED full of Creative Ideas for this season. PLUS! If you haven’t already – be sure to UPDATE YOUR NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTIONS and select the all new “Kidology Weekly Update” so you get our brand new Monday E-mail which includes the return on the Manic Monday deal that is exclusive to that newsletter! Just trying to help you make this EASTER to BEST YET!

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