It’s that time of year again when some church leaders try to figure out what to do about Halloween. Do we do a “Harvest Fest”? Do we let kids dress up? Do we not care about Halloween? Do we even say the word ‘Halloween’? Wherever you land on the spectrum—just own and run with it….
I don’t know what your thoughts are on Valentine’s Day. Personally, I think it’s a fun day. Most kids participate in Valentine Cards and this year we thought we would participate as a kids ministry. We made Go Kids Valentine Day cards that our kids could use to pass out to their friends. We have…
This past year we did something different for Easter, but it can be used for so much more. We did an Easter Egg Hunt. Wait! I know what you’re thinking: “That’s hardly something new. We do that every year.” It’s not what we did. It’s how we did it. We are a large multi-site church,…
Here are some pictures to show how we did our stage. Some are fuzzy, but we made a giant working slingshot so kids could launch giant birds at pigs and boxes before service. We made the birds were made out of a medicine ball (body), paint (eyes), half a NERF football (beak) and glue (to…
Easter is upon us and this is for some of those last minute planners out there–no shame, I know you’re out there! 🙂 Here is something we have done before. It’s the Easter message in a non-traditional approach. If nothing else, I hope it spawns an idea or two… Rescued Logo Rescued Junior Lifeguard Certificate…
I thought I would pass along how we setup our children’s ministry organization. We are a multi-site church and so having a clear line of who does what is extremely important. In fact, I know we haven’t mastered it yet, but this gives us an opportunity to do our best and be efficient. When it…
A couple years ago, I started a children’s leaders conference at my church called “Napkin Conference.” Though I have moved on to SoCal since launching that conference, the “napkin concept” which God birthed in me is still alive. I wanted to set this post up this way because many people remember as the “napkin guy”…
Here’s what we’ve got going on at South Hills for back to school. We decided to do a back to school outreach for families and so far the response has been amazing and we haven’t even given any bags out. I’m amazed at the need that’s out there for outreaches like this. Here’s what we’ve…
So, I’ve been thinking and it all started with a phone call to Allyson Evans over at Lifechurch.tv… I took the opportunity over our phone call to ask Allyson a bunch of questions. Since our church has plans to expand beyond our property, I had some good questions regarding multi-site. Not so much on the…
Disney has taken the small moments of truth to an even higher level. They understand the importance that these small moments of truth have on their customers. They train their cast members (Disney’s term for employees) to acknowledge the guest (Disney’s term for a customer) with a smile or facial expression if within ten feet….