Archive | February, 2010
A Trip to South Africa
Cape Point, South Africa When was the last time you left the comfort of your world and experienced something bigger? I just got back from a 10-day trip to Cape Town, South Africa. I spent time with the team from one of our international partnerships, South Point Church. Our GlobalX department does an incredible job building partnerships [...]
Continue reading...Family Focused Environments
24. February 2010
Do you have a consistent opportunity to talk to kids AND parents together? Focusing only on children and neglecting parents is not only bad strategy, it is an irresponsible use of a church’s time, energy, and resources. We are not JUST responsible for children. We are ALSO responsible to the parents. Instead of [...]
Continue reading...Be Our Guest
22. February 2010
How’s your first impression? Have you ever wondered what guests actually think when they walk through your doors? You know, did they have to search through several layers of your website trying to find out what will happen with their kids? Were they frustrated by where they had to park? Did someone invite them [...]
Continue reading...Celebrating Volunteers!
19. February 2010
Valentine’s Day fell on a Sunday this year. We decided to take advantage of this opportunity to let our volunteers know how much we love them. First, we created a valentine card for both Waumba Land and UpStreet. We asked parents and staff to write a special message to their volunteers and let them know how [...]
Continue reading...Lost Child Policy
17. February 2010
How do you make sure that your volunteers know what to do in an emergency? A few weeks ago we talked about some of the policies and procedures that are in place to help keep our kids safe from harm. You can read more about that here. We’ve found that it’s important to train our volunteers and [...]
Continue reading...Parent Feedback
13. February 2010
This week we’ve posted about our KidVenture event and Family Birthday Celebration. Whew! It was a jam-packed, incredible weekend. We’ve received several emails. And I thought I would share this one with you. Pay special attention to the P.S.! From a parent: Thank you guys for pulling together such a fun and fabulous Family Birthday Celebration yesterday. [...]
Continue reading...Celebrating Stories of Life Change
12. February 2010
How do you celebrate what God is doing in the life of your kids? One of the best environments that I get to participate in is Family Birthday Celebration. You can see a highlight of what this event looks like right here. One thing that I love about this event is how we capture on video the [...]
Continue reading...KidVenture 2010!
10. February 2010
How do you plan for events? This past weekend we took 2,000 kids bowling with their small group. And YES! They were all returned safely to their parents at the end of the day. It was a great event! The purpose of KidVenture is to help kids build stronger relationships with each other and with their small [...]
Continue reading...Developing Leaders: High Performance Teams
4. February 2010
How do you develop the leaders around you? Every week I meet with three leaders on our team and we work through a specific aspect of leadership development. I thought it might be fun to broaden the learning group and hear from some of you. I am a firm believer in taking what I’ve learned and pouring [...]
Continue reading...Policies and Procedures
2. February 2010
Do you have a volunteer handbook? How do you communicate important policies and procedures to your leaders? While it’s not all that exciting, we all know that you have to have some policies and procedures in place when it come to running a safe and secure children’s area. Here are a few things we communicate both verbally [...]
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26. February 2010
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