Kids

New UpStreet Postcards!

As always we like to freshen things up for the start of the new school year. We want to set our small group leaders up for success. We want them to be reaching out and building relationships with their kids. You can read more about that here.

Here are a few new postcards that we designed for leaders to send to their kids.

Curriculum Process

If you’ve ever taken on the task of developing and writing curriculum, you know that it is an all-consuming process. Sunday is always coming, so the right content has to be ready. One of the most important things that we do every week is communicate a message. Not just any message—but a powerful message that has [...] Continue reading...

The Never Ending Story of God

This past week we launched the beginning of a new curriculum series for this year. Yes, we are still teaching a big idea each month, and yes, we will still have a bottom line each week. But this year we are going to spend 10 months tying the big themes of the Bible together in order [...] Continue reading...

DON’T be that LEADER!

As we were preparing our small group leaders to start the new school year, there were a few things that we wanted them to remember. Our hosts are opening with a “Don’t Be That Kid” video segment in large group, so we thought it would be fun to play off of this idea. We emailed the [...] Continue reading...

Game Day - August 15, 2010

Today was a great day! Lots and lots of kids…lots and lots of parents…lots and lots of volunteers. God brought a lot of people through our doors. From the youngest baby to the oldest adult, we pray they left with an impression of God’s love and greatness. I was a little camera happy, SO here’s what [...] Continue reading...

So Here’s What Happened!

Last week was a crazy week. It was the last week to get all of the details of promotion finalized. It was a week of massive communication to everyone. It was a week of deadlines. We were ending our summer programming with bang. We are finishing projects so that we can launch the fall in style. And [...] Continue reading...

Starting From Scratch - Part 3

If we were starting from scratch we would focus on three primary areas: leaders, the environment, and creating simple systems. You can read more about leaders and environments in part 1 and part 2. Today, let’s talk systems! Some of you love them. Some of you hate them. You (we) all need them. Systems allow you [...] Continue reading...

Starting From Scratch - Part 2

A few of us have been involved in the process of starting a ministry from scratch, but we work with an incredible team of strategic partners who are doing it! Right now. Everyday! When you are starting from scratch there are a few things you really need to focus on. First of all, you’ve got to [...] Continue reading...

Starting From Scratch

This week we have been brainstorming the content for a new website for our Strategic Partners. We want to offer helpful content. We don’t want to waste time giving them stuff that they don’t need. During these meetings, we really tried to put ourselves in their shoes. You know those “I don’t have a building”, “money [...] Continue reading...

What happened to music in KidStuf Live?

One of the biggest changes we made to KidStuf Live this season was to drop the singing element from the show and people have been asking us why, so we thought we’d blog to explain. First a few caveats. This was a slow evolution over a couple of seasons and it didn’t happen lightly. We, by [...] Continue reading...