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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 [...]
Continue reading...Curriculum Process
2. September 2010
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...So Here’s What Happened!
12. August 2010
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
12. July 2010
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
8. July 2010
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
24. June 2010
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 Do You Do When the Pressure Is On?
16. June 2010
This past month has been a doozie! We’ve been recruiting new volunteers like crazy, leading orientations, training, screening, apprenticing…you know what I’m talking about. There have been several end of the school year events like BabyD and Family Birthday Celebration. And, we have been getting ready for summer programming changes. For us, this means a new [...]
Continue reading...Summer Staff Retreat
14. June 2010
Every summer we get away from the normal routine of the office and spend time looking farther ahead, dreaming for the future, planning, and having fun together. When we are in the office, it is easy for us to be caught up in the “Sunday’s coming” mentality. We know that we need to step [...]
Continue reading...Children’s Ministry Organizational Charts
25. May 2010
I know that you can hardly wait to talk about organizational charts! So exciting! Below you will find our Children’s Ministry Organizational Chart and our Staff to Volunteer Organizational Charts. Here is some additional information that will give you context: * This reflects the children’s ministry staff for all three campuses. * As of spring 2010, each campus has [...]
Continue reading...Sunday Debrief
10. May 2010
As a multi-campus director I get to attend our three campuses and help out in a number of different children’s environments. This past Sunday I was at our Browns Bridge Campus. The sun chandelier at the main entrance Happy flowers down the hallway As I was hanging out in the hallway of Waumba Land with Tracy Stonecheck (Waumba [...]
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7. September 2010
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