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Get Go Fish VBS Free?

Yup, I’m Gonna REFUND TWO Orders! I am SO excited to have the GO FISH VBS KITS on Kidology.org that I’m gonna give a 100% REFUND to one of the first ten orders of EACH of their VBS Kits! Not only do I LOVE their music, but I love the strong emphasis their VBS materials place on Scripture! You already SAVE $25 just by being a Kidology Member, and now you might just get it free! Whether you go with their first unit Backstage with the Bible or the brand new release, Kickin’ it Old School – or just order both – I’m gonna give a refund to one of the first ten orders of each! After we sell ten of either VBS, we will randomly select from the first ten orders and do a 100% refund and let the winner know who won via e-mail! So order right away! WHAT IF YOU’VE ALREADY ORDERED YOUR VBS? Some of you have already picked and are half-way done planning your VBS programs! (You super admins, you!) Well, then, use these for an Awesome Kids Church unit instead! ORDER YOUR VBS KIT TODAY!

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A Children’s Ministry of One

Tower of Babel “How big is your children’s ministry?” I always hate that question. People always assume because I have a big website I am a children’s pastor from some megachurch. I don’t hate the question because my answer has never been a big number. I’ve always enjoyed answering with a small number and enjoyed the look of surprise I see. I’ve been proud to serve in small to mid-sized churches and be able to relate to the “average” children’s pastor.  I hate the question because it equates the size of your church to your value as a pastor. That is why I never ask children’s pastors the size of their ministry. I ask them to tell me stories about the kids in their church. I ask about their challenges and about what exciting new things they are trying. I ask them about what truly matters. Because, as Yoda said, “Size matters not.” Instead, now that I am a father, when people ask me how many kids are in my children’s ministry, I answer, “Just one.” After I see the puzzled look on their face, I say, “and his name is Luke.” We have class time every evening. I call…

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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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