Archive for Archive for December, 2011
• All Eyes Forward
All Eyes Forward: Getting the Attention of Kids How do you get and keep the attention of kids in a large group? We were running late by four hours on a Christmas short-term mission trip into Baja. We were bringing presents to the village children. There were nearly four hundred children of all ages waiting […]
• The Magic Challenge Winner
The winner of the $5 Christmas Magic Challenge is….drum roll please, Joel Smith The Magic Challenge for my students was to Create a New Magic Trick with no more than $5 from a Dollar Tree, 99 Cent Store (or comparable store). The new Christmas Magic Trick made with props and things purchased. Contest was over […]
• Confessions of a Stuck Leader
Leadership: Confessions of A “Stuck” Leader After forty, plus, years in the ministry experience, I must confess I have been “stuck” many times. “Stuck” for me, is a kind of muddy quagmire experience that I can “wallow in” that basically renders me immobile to forward progress. It comes when I am over committed to big […]
• Brown Bags for Baja Kids
Brown Bag Ministry This Christmas Whittier Area Community Church is helping provide Christmas to children of Migrant Workers in Ensenada, Mexico. They provide items for children that will only fit inside of a regular brown lunch bag, stapled shut. This generous program has been going on for several years and has grown with adult Sunday […]
