Archive | January, 2010
The Making of a GREAT Preschool Storyteller
What does it take to tell a GREAT story to preschoolers? Today I stood in the back of our preschool large group environment and watched an incredible storyteller capture the attention of about 200 three and four-year-olds. She had them in the palm of her hand. They were laughing. They were touching their nose. They were [...]
Continue reading...Looking for Summer Curriculum?
28. January 2010
Try Superheroes! This 10-WEEK series teaches the super powers of confidence, forgiveness, courage, self-control, and compassion. Every week you reveal a TRUE HERO from the Bible: Elijah, Daniel, Esau, Esther, Gideon, and David. But Jesus is THE ULTIMATE HERO of this series. At the end of this series, every child will clearly hear what it [...]
Continue reading...KidStuf Job Descriptions
27. January 2010
Who does it take to produce the KidStuf experience? A few years ago we changed our approach to KidStuf. You can learn more about that here. We are firm believers that you must have the right leaders in place before starting something new. Mike is our Multi-Campus KidStuf Director. He leads a Production Director on each [...]
Continue reading...Good Leaders, Listen Well
24. January 2010
Last year at Drive Conference, Andy said, “If you fail to listen to those around you, You will soon be surrounded by people who have nothing important to say.” Read that one more time. Aloud. Let it sink in. About nine years ago I was working through a tough transition with one of our teams. [...]
Continue reading...Curriculum on a “Child-Sized” Budget
21. January 2010
This post was written by Patrick Mitchell. He is the Family Ministry Director at Ridge Church, our strategic partnership in Indian Trail, North Carolina. Patrick knows what it takes to start from scratch and build a great ministry. You can learn more from Patrick by checking out his blog renown. Help! How can we [...]
Continue reading...Celebration Time!
19. January 2010
Woo Hoo! Last week, during one of our busiest Sundays ever, I overheard one of our coaches talking to her team of volunteers. She was telling them that one of their teammates, a high school student, was getting baptized next week during the 11:00 service. She wanted to make sure that everyone on the team knew [...]
Continue reading...Teaching Kids to Pray!
18. January 2010
If you want to know God better, talk to Him! All month long we are teaching our kids about the Big Idea of Discipline: doing what you need to do now so you can grow stronger. Things like reading your Bible, memorizing his Word, prayer, learning together, and putting him first. It’s all a part of the [...]
Continue reading...Drive Conference 2010: Getting Ready!
14. January 2010
Are you coming to Drive Conference 2010? We go through a pretty rigorous process as we develop content and prepare breakouts for the Drive Conference. This week we had to turn in the first draft of our outlines. Next, the outlines go through a review process with Andy and then an editing process. THEN, we practice our [...]
Continue reading...Groups Directors: Best Practices
13. January 2010
What are your best practices when it comes to leading volunteers? Once a month we meet with the Groups Directors from every campus for leadership development. It’s the time that we’ve blocked to get together to “work ON it and not just IN it.” A Groups Director is the leader that connects, trains, evaluates, encourages, supports, and [...]
Continue reading...Groups Director - Job Description
10. January 2010
We only hire people on our children’s ministry staff, who will be great at working with volunteers. It doesn’t matter what amazing skills they possess, if they aren’t good with volunteers, they can’t be a part of the team. Why? Because EVERYTHING that we do is dependent on the health and strength of our volunteer teams. [...]
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31. January 2010
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