Harvest has long been a friend of Kidology, sponsoring Kid U every year since the very first one! They are the publishers of the All-In-One-Box Adventure Club that is a wonderful option for a solid biblical midweek club on a limited budget. But what’s NEW is their website HarvestBooks.org Harvest is not only a great place to find nearly any book you’re looking for, but the best place to order your curriculum too. Check ’em out!
The creativity of TruthQuest just doesn’t stop. Colorful, flexible and creative – TruthQuest teaches kids spiritual discernment while having fun at the same time. Perfect for children’s churches with a large group / small group model. Available as instant downloads as well! Michael Martin is a full time children’s pastor with a passion for equipping kids to thrive in todays ever increasingly secular world. Check out www.truthquest.NET
Timbuktoons remains one of my most valuable CPC finds ever! These are the guys behind the art of the Kidology Handbook, Leadership Labs, Order of the Ancient and my forthcoming book! (as well as my blog design!) Awesome custom artwork and cool video products as well from short teaching clips to countdowns. AND one of the ministry newsletters you really should subscribe to; great content as well as super deals! Check it all out at www.Timbuktoons.com
www.thefungroup.net Check out this fantastic ministry! Awesome children’s ministry tools you can make yourself, many out of PVC pipe! If you love object lessons you’ll go nuts over these folks! And the big news at CPC is a Training DVD series you can subscribe to and get a new hour plus DVD every month for a year teaching you creative methods for teaching kids! (so new details are not on their website yet, but soon will be!) FYI, F.U.N. stands for Faith, Understanding and Nurturing!
How “urgent” are the urgent things in your life? I’m slowly learning that much of what I consider urgent, isn’t truly urgent at all. It usually has more to do with my URGes than being genuinely urgent. My urg to produce, my urg to succeed, my urg to accomplish, my urg to create security, my urg to finish things, my urg to start things, my urg to get on to the next thing. Being at CPC is a good reminder, because everytime I am at a week long event, everything else gets set aside, or delayed, or postponed and it frustrates me, but it also reminds me that those things truly can wait a week. If I hadn’t been at CPC they would all have been urgent THIS week, now they will just be urgent NEXT week. Or when I get sick – the world survives all my urgent things getting done later. My family survives, my ministry survives, and the things that truly need to get done, DO get done, in time. In fact, looking back, even the things I’ve accomplished (and I’d like to think I have accomplished a few good things in life!) don’t really matter now…
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