Call 911!
While in Bible College, I was introduced to the writings of Samuel Chadwick. Chadwick (1860-1932) was one of the greatest preachers of English Methodism. Warning: He is one of those writers whose works will cause the reader to use highlighter pen after highlighter pen to capture heaven's revelations. Rather than provide some quotes and commentary, this week I will just share a couple of Chadwick quotes taken from his sermon The Way to Pentecost and ask you to meditate and ask the Holy Spirit to add His commentary. Then, do your ministry team a favor. Pass along the quotes to all those...
Super-Sized Ministry
Here's a short blog entry with a really big concept ... super-size your ministry by using this Summer to move ministry outside of the four walls of your church. Let's look at reality. Most if not all of our ministry is limited to the confines of our classroom or auditorium and the sixty or ninety minutes allotted to our ministry. Am I right? Why don't we super-size or broaden our effectiveness by moving "ministry" outside of the church setting to a Saturday pool party or a Wild and Wacky, Don't Be Tacky Friday night or a tentless campout (no tent, no sleep, but a night of fun and memories)...
Praying Mysteries
I'll be the first to admit that I don't know the name of every child in our ministry. I'm not a bad children's pastor. I'm really not. And it's not that I'm battling some debilitating memory disease. You'll have to agree that it would impossible to know every name of the 1,000+ children who attend our children's ministry. Add to that staggering number, I'm not with every child every week. We do have those who are with us almost every week. Then, we have children who are with us every other week so that they can rotate weekends between divorced parents. Finally, we have the CEO's (Christmas...
Spirit-Filled Kids!
Can children be baptized in the Holy Spirit? Yes. YEs. YES!!! Should children be baptized in the Holy Spirit? Yes. YEs. YES!!! A few months ago, I had a mother stop me to ask a question. She said, "Pastor Billy, can a seven-year-old be filled with the Spirit?" My answer was a resounding, "Yes!" She then began to tell me that a few days earlier, upon returning home from a difficult day at work, her son noticed her fatigue and asked her about what was troubling her. She told him that things were difficult. Being a single mom struggling with the problems associated with life was difficult to...
Here’s to Longevity!
A couple of weeks ago, Vickie and I celebrated our 34th anniversary of being in children's ministry. We are days away from celebrating our 24th anniversary of being the children's pastors at Trinity Church International in Lake Worth, Florida. Those two anniversaries, 34 years and 24 years, contain numbers that you don't hear too often in children's ministry. Many people use children's ministry as a "stepping stone" to the "real" ministry. Others stay in one church for a year or two and then feel "led" to go to another church for a year or two and then feel "led" to ... you know the pattern,...
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