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We’ll Get To That Someday…
When I ask kidmin leaders what they are doing about child safety and security in their church, I often hear things like, We aren’t…
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Children's Ministry
Launching a Whole New Kids Church!
This past Sunday was exciting! It was the culmination of a summer of prayer, dreaming, planning, networking, recruiting and team building – but we…
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Think Differently
Steve Jobs and Apple made famous the phrase, “Think Differently,” but creative “out of the box” thinking is not limited to technology developers. It…
Children's Ministry
Is Your Kidmin in Survival or Creative Mode?
I love Minecraft. For those who don’t know what it is, it is basically virtual Lego. I run an online community for my son…
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Dispatch Keeps You Current
How do you keep current in kidmin today? Reading blogs (glad you are here!), visiting the top children’s ministry websites (like Kidology.org) and networking…
Children's Ministry
Making Meetings Matter
As Benjamin Franklin once said, “Two things in life are certain, death and taxes…” perhaps he should have added “meetings.” We went into children’s…
Children's Ministry
How I Write Entire Teaching Series at Once
I wanted to take you behind the curtain a bit, and share a little about how I create complete curriculum units in a short…
Children's Ministry
Principles for Powerful Programming
I recently had a vision casting meeting with our elementary volunteers. Currently, my church runs a good program. The kids are dropped off in…
Children's Ministry
Forms, Meetings and Hanging Pictures! Week 1 at The Rock
If you haven’t heard, I am the new children’s pastor at the Rock of Southwest in Littleton, Colorado. The kids ministry is called Kids…