Archive | October, 2009
Communicating the Wellness Policy
How do you assure parents that you care about creating a healthy environment for their kids? It’s that time of year when everyone is coming down with something and we are loading up on hand sanitizer! And with the threat of H1N1, we’ve definitely felt the concern of parents. A few weeks ago we talked about the [...]
Continue reading...Kids & Behavior Issues - Part 2
28. October 2009
Have you given your leaders a good plan for walking through behavior issues with kids? In Part 1 of Kids & Behavior Issues we talked about the first two steps you can take to help a child who is exhibiting very poor behavior. Here are the rest of the steps we ask our small group leaders to [...]
Continue reading...Kids and Behavior Issues - Part 1
26. October 2009
What do you do with the KARATE CHOPPING, PAPER EATING, WON’T SIT STILL kind of a kid? I know that it might be hard for you to believe, but from time to time we have a little darling in our children’s environments who is quite a handful. When we surveyed our small group leaders a few years [...]
Continue reading...Budgeting 101: Helpful Hints and a Sample Budget Structure - Part 3
23. October 2009
Adam Flynt is the Family Ministry Director at Access Church in Jacksonville, Florida. Access Church is a strategic partner of North Point Ministries. We’ve asked Adam to share a series about the budgeting process and what he’s learned along the way as they’ve started Access Church from scratch. We know that this process can look [...]
Continue reading...Budgeting 101: Step-by-Step Budgeting - Part 2
21. October 2009
Adam Flynt is the Family Ministry Director at Access Church in Jacksonville, Florida. Access Church is a strategic partner of North Point Ministries. We’ve asked Adam to share a series about the budgeting process and what he’s learned along the way as they’ve started Access Church from scratch. We know that this process can look [...]
Continue reading...Family-Style Seating
19. October 2009
Having a hard time engaging parents in your family environment? Have you tried family-style seating (parents and kids sitting together)? Here’s why KidStuf families sat together in September and why it’s created so much synergy that we’ll be doing it all year round! 1. It makes parents participate. Parents will do almost anything when their kids [...]
Continue reading...Budgeting 101: Why Should I Care About Budgets? - Part 1
16. October 2009
Adam Flynt is the Family Ministry Director at Access Church in Jacksonville, Florida. Access Church is a strategic partner of North Point Ministries. We’ve asked Adam to share a series about the budgeting process and what he’s learned along the way as they’ve started Access Church from scratch. We know that this process can look [...]
Continue reading...When I Grow Up
14. October 2009
What do our children want to be when they grow up? I overheard my third grade daughter playing upstairs with her friends. One of the girls was in second grade and the other fourth grade. They asked if they could do hair and put make-up on each other. After my approval, they began to giggle and get [...]
Continue reading...T-shirts for Volunteers
12. October 2009
Why would you buy all your volunteers a t-shirt? Each year in August, we give all of our volunteers a shirt that proudly shouts the name of the environment where they serve. Does it cost us a chunk of change? Yes. We have to budget for it and usually end up going without in another area [...]
Continue reading...Creation Celebration Extravaganza! Part 2
9. October 2009
How are you making sure that your kids experience creation? The Activities: The best way for kids to learn about creation is for them to experience creation. The activities have been designed to get the kids involved in the creative process. Yeah, it’s a little messy for kids to be swirling blue paint and digging in dirt [...]
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30. October 2009
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