Discouraged?
While there is no spoken competition among churches and their children’s ministries, I know that many children’s ministry leaders feel overwhelmed with discouragement when they consider what they have to offer compared with the church up the road. We can all identify with this. From everything that we hear from the parents who have visited the other church, we know that the church up the road is much larger, their children's ministry has a humongous budget, it appears that they have volunteers waiting for a place to serve, their facilities can be compared to something produced by Disney, ......
It Happened Again
I'm so excited. It happened again this weekend. The Holy Spirit showed up in our three weekend services. It's really not a mystery. We prepared. We prayed. He showed up. This week's lesson was "The Great Expectation" from our series "The Holy Spirit in You". In the lesson, we taught about our "expectationer". While you may not be aware of this, your "expectationer" is a huge part of your daily life. For example, if you were to have a bowling ball in your hands and then released it from your hands, you wouldn't expect the ball to float up into the air would you? No, your "expectationer" would...
A Personal Holy Spirit
Yesterday, Vickie and I ate lunch at a local restaurant that specializes in hamburgers. I believe that they have 50 different types of hamburgers on their menu. Among their list of "gourmet" burgers are Meatloaf (the burger is stuffed with diced green pepper, raw onion and seasoning), Rowdy Reuben ( Swiss cheese, sauerkraut and Thousand Island dressing served on grilled rye bread), and Pizza (grilled onions, green pepper and provolone dripping with marinara). The food was great. The service was horrible. I mentioned to Vickie that the waiter seemed so cold and impersonal. He was far too...
Keepin’ On Keepin’ On
For those keeping count, this is blog post #332. That means for the last 332 weeks, I have posted a new thought/observation/teaching/reflection. And, in those 332 weeks, there hasn't been an exception to my posting schedule. Too busy? Too tired? Not inspired? I'll have to admit, those thoughts have crossed my mind many a time. More than once, I've been tempted to skip a week or two. But, a long time ago, I learned the importance of being consistent. Over the years, I've watched a lot of my peers start a blog. They started off with great hopes and lofty ideas. Their postings were going to...
The Seed
I am a firm believer that you get what you prepare for. If a gardener prepares the soil by tilling the land and then plants watermelon seeds, he can expect to grow watermelons. If you plant watermelon seeds, you don't expect to produce carrots do you? Of course not. For the past few weeks, our children's ministry has been in the preparing-the-soil stage of ministry. We've been preparing for a mighty outpouring of God's Spirit upon our children. How? We've been teaching a series that I wrote many years ago called "The Holy Spirit in You". We've taught each lesson with the knowledge that the...
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