Archive | December, 2009
Personal Development Plan - Part 1
How do you make sure you are living your life with purpose? A great way to evaluate how you’re doing and to set goals for the future is to ask yourself, what are the roles that I play? What are the different “titles” that are connected to my name…to my life? Are you a leader? [...]
Continue reading...Christmas Traditions from our Staff
23. December 2009
I wish that you could meet the people on our team. They are sincere, passionate, loving, and creative leaders. I enjoy coming to work everyday because I look forward to working with this team. One of the things that I love most about our team is their commitment to their own families. They are some [...]
Continue reading...Merry Christmas from UpStreet!
22. December 2009
Every year we grab a fun picture of our staff and create a Christmas card that we can send to our volunteers. Merry Christmas from our UpStreet teams! UpStreet at Browns Bridge Community Church UpStreet at Buckhead Community Church UpStreet at North Point Community Church
Continue reading...UpStreet 2009!
21. December 2009
Philip Daitch, one of our volunteers on UpStreet at Buckhead Church wrote this rap. He wrote it as a review of all our bottom lines, Bible stories, and events from 2009. Once we heard it, we knew it was something to share! Last week we gathered all of our UpStreet volunteers together to challenge them with [...]
Continue reading...Redefining Worship
16. December 2009
Worship is what you do to show God that you know who He is and what He has done. Worship is a critical part of a child’s spiritual growth. It’s just as important as Bible study, prayer, and small group time. Creating environments that allow our kids to genuinely worship God is one of our most [...]
Continue reading...A Plan For Developing Volunteers
9. December 2009
How do you improve the service and excellence of your ministry? Leadership development is one of the best ways to improve the quality of service and the level of excellence that your ministry is able to deliver. And, when you make the development of your leaders a priority, you communicate how much you value them. All development [...]
Continue reading...Attracting Volunteers
7. December 2009
How do you get the volunteers that you need? I’ve never really liked the term “recruiting” when it comes to volunteers. It seems to imply a sense of hunting, finding…which leads to begging and then “guilting.” The word that I like is ATTRACTING! We’ve learned the importance of creating the kind of environments that leaders [...]
Continue reading...Christmas Tradition Fridays
4. December 2009
Are you establishing traditions with your family? Traditions are those fun events, activities, and practices that we do together to create memories. Great memories are what connect us and make us more than acquaintances. Traditions lead to great memories that make us family! I love to hear about the traditions of other families. Many of my own [...]
Continue reading...UpStreet ENROLLED Check-In Process
2. December 2009
Is your Sunday morning check-in process simple and clear? Hundreds of children are enrolled into a small group and attend UpStreet every Sunday. We have learned to be as efficient and as streamlined as possible to make this a smooth process for kids and parents. We’ve learned that keeping things simple and clear helps us create a [...]
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29. December 2009
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