Archive for • Philosphy & Vision
• Bridges to Nowhere?
Bridging Insights We have used the word bridge in the church as a verb—“to bridge someone to Christ.” It has become our culturally polite way of describing how we help a person who is in the process to becoming a Christian, without offending them. It appears to give the option of delay—the urgency is […]
• Resource Centers for India
Our vision is to resource remote Village Evangelists in India. Two years ago we established Seven Resource Centers that now serve 222 rural evangelists who have NO visual resources to reach unreached people. This trip to India we will establish Eight More Resource Centers. It works much like a lending library—check it out, return it, […]
• Create Your Kidmin Brand
Did you know there are 7,000 varieties of apples in the world? But they are all apples! Did you know there are over 1,000 varieties of bananas? But they are all bananas! Every fruit is a unique kind, but each kind has multiple varieties. When I have traveled overseas, I have encountered varieties of […]
• Care, Beyond Compare!
Care, Beyond Compare To create a caring paradigm in children’s ministry has to come from the Children’s Pastor in concert with their leadership team. When the leader creates that kind of caring atmosphere among the teachers it gives permission for quality of care to trickle down like rain on the children. This is rare, but […]
• Six Types of Lost Kids
Six Types of Lost Children Some assume that all lost children are the same. I believe that there are different kinds of lost kids. After years of evangelistic ministry, I think I have discovered a helpful way to describe the condition of children being lost. “Lost” in the Scriptures is used to describe the […]
• Leadership: Ownership
Leadership: Ownership How do you create ownership in programming? How do create an environment that is conducive to ownership? How do you deal with saboteurs that seek and destroy a good plan? These are significant questions when it comes to developing new programs in children’s ministry. There seems to be three ways that churches do […]
• Optical Illusions in CM?
This is one of my favorite optical illusions. There are two ladies here, one young and one old. Can you see them? An optical illusion is defined as something that appears one way when you look at it, but to another it appears different when they look at it —two different views of the same […]
• Moving Forward, Stepping UP
Moving Forward, Stepping UP Sharon and I took an Alaskan Cruise this year for our vacation. Of course, the Holland America Cruise Ship Zuiderdam was just huge. One of our off repeated experiences every day was to leave our room to navigate our way from deck to deck. There were really two ways to do […]
• Camp Relational?
Camp Relational? I had the opportunity to minister in a children’s camp in Alberta, Canada called Living Springs Camp located about 40 miles southeast of Edmonton. My first impressions of the camp were rustic, old and very remote in the countryside located alongside a rather stagnant lake called Red Deer Lake. However, as I ventured […]
• Is It Time to Move?
When is it Time to Move? There are many answers to this question, however, if you have never dealt with this reality, then here are some considerations that might cause you to ponder the question: “When is it time to move?” 1. There may be a conflict with the Church vision. The leadership has declared […]
