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Are You Competing With Your Youth Ministry?

I was sitting at CPC one year listening to a group of children’s pastors trashing the youth ministry in their respective churches. I wanted to jump in, but I bit my tongue. I learned long ago to not give advice if I don’t believe people will listen. After years of competing with my youth ministry, one day it dawned […]

Is God a Hoarder?

  Everybody has something that makes them tick. For some people it is sports or video games. For other people it is making money. Many people are into collecting things such as baseball cards, comic books or antiques. What is it that makes God tick? What does God the Father live for? You. What makes […]

10 Commandments of Networking

Networking means different things to different people. According to Webster’s Dictionary networking is “The developing of contacts with others in an informal network, as to further a career.” I asked my daughter, Missy, “What is networking?” Missy said, “It’s like making friends”. (I like both definitions.) Networking is the intersection between work and friendship. For […]

Why Is It So Hard To Find A Lesson On Water Baptism?

  Why is it so hard to find a kids lesson on Water Baptism? I find that most churches do not to kids about water baptism. This is a big mistake. I was consulting with a church recently. The leadership was planning a Water Baptism service and they mentioned that they had never baptized kids in […]

Are You Burning Through Volunteers?

The other day I bumped into an old friend at Starbucks. My friend was overseeing the KidMin program at a new church and he asked if I could meet with him. Then he made this statement, “We are burning through a lot of volunteers.” If you are burning through volunteers then it tells you that […]

What Matters Most?

  The other day I was doing some consulting at a local church. I was interviewing some of the key volunteer leaders and one of them asked me a question. “What matters Most?”   I didn’t hesitate. “Begin with the end in Mind”   See, most people that work with kids are just trying to get through […]