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• Leaders: Celebrate Success #4
Leaders: Celebrate Success #4 Today, I attended a High School Graduation Party for my friend Michael’s son Cody. I was very honored to be included with Cody’s family and friends who all showed support, care and love for his accomplishment. Everyone wrote some memory or some kind message of congratulations. It was really neat to […]
• Training Wheels Off?
When Do the Training Wheels Come OFF? We all have experienced the joy of when the parent takes off the training wheels and we get to pedal the bike all on our own. So what happens when a person grows up depending on the training wheels and cannot let them go? We observe this in […]
• Discipline of Walking
I went to a Coach’s Training Conference in Baltimore in late January. There I had various Coaching Experiences learning skills in the art of leadership coaching. One of my Coaching sessions, where I was being coached, resulted in my setting a goal for walking my neighborhood cul-de-sac streets five times a week. Well, since I […]
• Words of Affirmation
This is a list of words of Affirmation for Parents and Teachers. You might want to try some of these with your children. Words of Affirmation for Parents and Teachers • A powerful argument! • An A-1 paper/job etc. • Beautiful • Clear, concise, and complete. • Congratulations! • You got _____ more correct today. […]
• Leadership: Investing #1
Leadership Qualities: this is a new series to discuss some basic qualities of leadership and how it might apply to those in children’s ministry. Investing #1 Investing is a word that has many meanings. Maybe exploring a few alternative meanings that might help us understand more options with the use of the word. Here a […]
• The Vault Conference
Vault Conference This conference is for children’s ministry workers in the Ottawa, Ontario, Canada area. February 5th, 2011 is the next one. The name Vault stands for Volunteer Adventure Underscoring Leadership Training. It was born in 2009 out of a desire to contribute to the equipping and encouraging of children’s and family ministry workers in […]
• Leadership: Deadlines #1
Leadership Issues This is new series of articles on leadership in Children’s Ministry. We will be opening a dialogue about issues in leadership that could impact your leadership style. #1. Deadlines: They Causes One to Prioritize There is really no way around it, if you have a deadline, it tends to help you choose what […]
• Coach’s Conundrum #9
Coach’s Conundrums This is a new series: my collection of pithy principles that need some explanation. The implementing of these conundrums could alter your paradigm for children’s ministry or influence the way you approach kids. Check out the other eight of the Coach’s Conundrums. #9. Do what you LOVE what you do Once you begin […]
• Coach’s Conundrum #8
Coach’s Conundrum (a series) This is a new series: my collection of pithy principles that need some explanation. The implementing of these conundrums could alter your paradigm for children’s ministry or influence the way you approach kids. (look at the Tab Coach’s Conundrums for the other seven) # 8. No Team Ever Wins When Each […]
• Small Bites, Bigger Meals?
Small Bites, Bigger Meal? It was the idea that appealed to me. So if you eat smaller bites, that would mean it would take longer to eat, right? So if endure smaller bites you might be able to eat more? How about eating less, more slowly, with smaller bites, more often? Does this eating model […]
