• Intense Fellowship?
Nothing like good fellowship at Children’s Pastors’ Conference luncheon. A time to spend some quality time sharing and catching up with your friends. That is what this conference is all about, for sure. Nothing like it. Now we get together once a year for a good time. Yah! This is Twenty-First Century Networking among friends.
• Bible Story Coloring Pages
Give Away Resources (for current on-line Kidology Protege’s only, sorry)
From my exhaustive collection of the resource materials, I am hereby going to donate, to my current students only, a collection of books on various aspects of children’s ministry.
The second one is The Bible Story Coloring Book published by Gospel Light. (264 pages, in mint condition)
• Kidmin Blog Madness
It’s time for another epic contest to see which kids ministry blogger will become a champion. You may even discover a few new blogs you’d like to follow. We will have three rounds, mirroring the NCAA basketball tournament.We are in the running, see if you can find Kidhelper and vote, if you will. There are many excellent choices here…like Kidology, Scripture Lady and iTodd.
Go to http://ministry-to-children.com/kids-ministry-bm2011 and Vote below by picking your favorites in each of the four regional divisions. Then go rally support for your friends.
This is all just for fun, but there will a big prize. Hint — it rhymes with my dad and has the number two in it’s name. The official announce will come in the second round. This round will close on March 19th and the top four blogs in each bracket will advance.
• The Great INEQUITY
The Great Inequity
From my travels outside of the United States I have discover a Great Inequity. Ninety-Five percent of the children of the world do not live in the United States. That means only five percent of the world’s children live here. However, of all the resources that are available to reach and teach children Ninety-Five percent of the resources are only available for the Five Percent that live here. The rest of the world’s children are without. This is the Great Inequity!
I know that my ministry will never be able to solve this problem, it is just too enormous. However, I have determined to do something about it, maybe in a small way, but non-the-less a very intentional way. For sometime now, I have a growing passion to work with few select persons to establish Kid-Helper Resource Centers in various countries that I have visited. The Resource Centers will house the gospel resources that would be useful for children’s leaders to reach and teach children in places were resources are almost non-existent.
These Centers will be like a Lending Library…
• Leaders: Strategic Planner #5
Leaders: Strategic Planner #5
For me a strategic planner in leadership is exemplified by the ability to see beyond the ordinary, to envision opportunities inherently present to you, but not obvious to all. Therefore, the strategic leader creates a plan to implement this insight and is able to lead his/her team “to raise the bar” for accomplishment. This requires a prayerful, but “studied approach” to your ministry.
Here are my Six Tips to be more of a strategic leader:
• Easter Resource Guide
In order to help you plan for Easter, Kidology.org has put together a helpful Easter Resource Guide to showcase the wide variety of Easter Resources that are available for you to make the most of this special holiday. Hey, check out this Resource Guide, you might be glad you did. Also, 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…
• Big Book of Bible Skills
Give Away Resources (for current on-line Kidology Protege’s only, sorry)
From my exhaustive collection of the resource materials, I am hereby going to donate, to my current students only, a collection of books on various aspects of children’s ministry.
The first one is The Big Book of Bible Skills published by Gospel Light.
• Books for India Project
Books for India Project
For the whole month of March Whittier Area Community Church will be encouraging people to donate used and new books for Sathyam Ministries in India. Sathyam Ministries is the same group that I have traveled with in India three times. They have several needs for English books in their Seminary, grammar schools and orphanages. Randy Mitchell and I are partnering together with this project. However…
• 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 hear what the relatives and family said to Cody. However, we were all choked up with emotion when Michael told how proud he was of his son for his courage to finish, overcoming many odds. Then he presented Cody with a medal of excellence to mark the achievement, which he hung around Cody’s neck. We all erupted with applause, not many dry eyes in the room.
When it was all over, I learned that it was Cody who invited me to come, not my friend Michael. Now I was especially glad that I went. It was about affirmation and care, for a job well done. We must celebrate the victories—it makes a memory. We draw confidence from our success. I drove home thinking about how affirmation and recognition from family and friends was really what this party was about.
However, in reflecting upon my experience today….
• Wally Walnut on YouTube
Karl Bastian is here giving a demonstration of using our Wally Walnut as part of the latest DiscipleTown unit, Discover Gifts and Talents, a new Children’s Church Curriculum that he has been writing for Discipleland.
