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Three Things I Shared When Meeting My CM Staff For The First Time

November 15, 2009 - 2 comments

I met my new church today. I was a little worried to be honest. Here I’d moved my family halfway across the country from Kansas City to St. Pete, Florida to work as the Children’s Pastor for a church I’d never even been to. I say I was worried… but honestly, I wasn’t. Two reasons: [...]

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Episode 17 – 10 Years In 10 Minutes

November 8, 2009 - 0 comments

Ten things I learned from 10 years of ministry at Sheffield.

Big News (For Me Anyway)

November 3, 2009 - 0 comments

I have been at Sheffield Family Life Center in Kansas City, Missouri for the past 10 years. Two of those were as an intern, but the past 8 years I have been involved in full time ministry for youth and children. November 8th, 2009 will mark my last Sunday at Sheffield. I have taken a [...]

When Is It Time To Leave Your Ministry Position?

October 26, 2009 - 7 comments

They say the average youth or children’s minister stays in a position about three years. Leaving a ministry position is apparently a common part of our ministry lives. Though I never planned on joining the statistic… my family and I have accepted a position at a church in St. Petersburg, Florida and will be moving [...]

Children’s Ministry Rules I Wish I Could Use

October 19, 2009 - 13 comments

Most of us write up and use pretty basic rules for Children’s Church: Don’t talk, keep your hands to your self, participate, limit bathroom use, blah, blah blah. I’m finding that those just aren’t cutting it these days. There are so many issues that the basic rules just don’t cover. I suggest we add the [...]

Don’t Make Permanent Changes For Temporary Situations

October 12, 2009 - 1 comment

Over the last ten years I’ve been in full-time ministry, most of that in children’s ministry, I’ve found myself repeating a few phrases over and over. The title of this post is one of them: “Don’t make permanent changes for temporary situations”. Though I’ve never had a paid ministry assistant, over the years I have [...]

Children’s Church: Should it be Super Fun or Super Serious?

October 6, 2009 - 2 comments

There are differing opinions on the level of excitement and fun that should be used in children’s church. Some would say that it should be filled with video clips, sound effects, games, object lessons and fun. Others would fight against such things by proposing we train children to be able to handle big church by [...]

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