by Jared M | Nov 10, 2011 | Creative Ideas
Christmas is considered the most wonderful time of the year. I have to admit that, despite the cold, I agree with that completely. I just love Christmas. But the thing about Christmas is that behind all the beauty and majesty of it, there is a fair amount of...
by Jared M | Sep 29, 2011 | Creative Ideas, Family Ministry / Orange, Small Church Issues
I really hate Halloween. I don’t like scary or gory stuff in the least. I don’t watch scary movies, I don’t play games with zombies, and I don’t like gross-out candy. In fact, that stuff gives me horrible nightmares. I really wish the day...
by Jared M | Jun 28, 2011 | Creative Ideas, Small Church Issues
I’ve wanted to write this post for a long time, I just haven’t taken the time to do it. One of the things that impressed me most about my years spent working in a large church was the kidmin environment. The environment radically transformed the...
by Jared M | Nov 30, 2010 | Creative Ideas
This past Sunday was our monthly Family eXperience. It just happened that we had with us on Sunday a missionary who has been doing children’s ministry for a very long time, so I asked him to stay and speak at our FX in addition to the morning service. We had...
by Jared M | Oct 4, 2010 | Creative Ideas, Resources
Last year, I was unable to attend the Orange conference for a variety of reasons as lamented in this post on my blog. I couldn’t go for the same reasons I rarely attend any conferences. However, I committed myself to still gaining from the conference, just in a...
by Jared M | Aug 27, 2010 | Creative Ideas, Free Resources
I’ve been following today’s resource for a while now and I find it to be very helpful and insightful. Children’s Ministry Talk is a weekly (usually) kidmin podcast produced by Jason Rhode and Dick Gruber. In each podcast they discuss questions sent...
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