We just finished another family experience at our church. Our series was called “Angry Words” and we talked about how powerful our words can be. Obviously, we got the idea from Angry Birds. The kids and parents absolutely loved it. We re-created a giant catapult that launched birds at boxes and pigs. It was a…
Another great question (click here for the first question) I ask myself regularly is “Why do I teach ‘it’ this way?” I wish more children and youth ministries asked that question. Again, the answer is probably “I don’t know” or “We’ve always done it this way”. I just can’t get myself to believe that those…
Have you ever sat back and asked yourself why you teach what you teach? Hopefully you have, but if you haven’t don’t feel bad. You’re probably like many other children, youth, family pastors out there working hard trying to provide the best teaching you can but haven’t found the time to sit back and ask…
“Part of the Disney success is our ability to create a believable world of dreams.” – Walt Disney Let’s rephrase this just a bit. I’m going to replace a couple words and tell me if it doesn’t ring true. “Part of the church’s success is our ability to create a believable world of value.” Disney…
The thing Disney is most famously known for are their characters. In fact, the most famous of them all is…yep, Mickey Mouse! So powerful is the character Mickey Mouse that he is the reason they created their now famous parades. Years ago when asked what people’s number one complaint was it wasn’t long lines, bad…
We just finished off our summer teaching series called Sweet Summer Days and it was a lot of fun! Here’s most the material we used. The messages, except for Week 3 (borrowed from KOTM), were original. Our team researched through the web and their resources to create the take home booklets. It was a lot…
We did a different spin on Easter for Kid Studios Live. We did a two part series called Rescued. We described the story of Easter using a lifeguard-themed teaching. I actually preached from a dunk tank after I “rescued” kids from drowning. Pretty fun stuff. We gave away whistles the first week and beach balls/candy…
We are writing a series called “Juicy” and as we go through the lessons, I’ll post them here for you to do whatever you would like to do with them. (These are all in their rough form. In about 2 months we’ll have the whole series looking pretty.) Here’s the scoop: We basically write a…
We are writing a series called “Juicy” and as we go through the lessons, I’ll post them here for you to do whatever you would like to do with them. (These are all in their rough form. In about 2 months we’ll have the whole series looking pretty.) Here’s the scoop: We basically write a…
We are writing a series called “Juicy” and as we go through the lessons, I’ll post them here for you to do whatever you would like to do with them. (These are all in their rough form. In about 2 months we’ll have the whole series looking pretty.) Here’s the scoop: We basically write a…