Do You Have Eye Problems?
Vickie and I are soon approaching our 36th anniversary of being in children's ministry. I typed the number 36 and so please don't treat me like I'm just a few years younger than the Bible's oldest person, Methuselah. I know that there are plenty of people that have been in this ministry far longer than we have. (Please don't press me for names because right now my mind is drawing a blank.) And, I'll go on record and state that there are MANY more great, powerful years ahead of us. Whether you are in the category of "ancient of days" or "please burp me and change my diapers" (wait, that could...
A Reminder
Sometimes, the best thing that I can do for myself is to take a 5 minute sabbatical from life and remind myself of some things that I know to be facts. Let's face reality. At times, "reality" and circumstances can be daunting. And so, escaping for those 5 shorts minutes can help me to place things back in perspective and help me to regain focus. Here are some things that I have to tell myself: * There is a God * There is a God and I'm not Him * There is a God and I'm not Him who loves me, provides for me, and directs me * There is a God and I'm not Him who loves me, provides for me, and...
What Changed This Child?
I love the story that I've heard over and over since my childhood, the story found in Matthew 21:12-16 where a man's man, John Wayne-type Jesus goes into the Temple and does some housecleaning. I know that you've also heard this story umpteen million times about Jesus turning over the money changer's tables and kicking both the merchants and customers out of the Temple. Hearing about tables flying and people being chased out of church is every boy's idea of an exciting story. But here's the part of the story that your Sunday school teachers and children's church leaders generally forgot to...
Want Passionate Worshipers?
If you've worked with children for any period of time at all then you know that children are imitators. They will mirror what they see others do. And, for those in leadership, we know that this can be for the good or bad of the children in our ministry. Here's a great example. I believe that I can walk into any children's ministry classroom or auditorium during the time of praise and worship and, without seeing the leader on the platform or any of the other teen/adult team members, tell you of the leadership's involvement and passion by solely looking at the children. How? The children are a...
Want to Be Supernatural?
While Vickie and I were Children's Pastors at Trinity, we would schedule an event called Phat Sat for one Saturday each month during the Summer out-of-school months. The event involved taking the boys and girls to a local amusement park that had a lot of video games, go carts, a rock climbing wall, laser tag, and putt-putt golf and then to a county pool for a couple of hours of swimming. It was an activity that the kids always loved. I'll never forget one particular Phat Sat. The pool was filled with kids swimming, splashing water, enjoying the diving board, climbing on my back ... you've...
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