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5 Campuses. 1 Mission.

21. March 2012

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Last week we gathered all of the KidMin staff from each campus together for a two-day retreat. We learned, listened, planned, created, laughed, and played. It was a great couple of days! The purpose of this retreat was to help our teams across campuses build relationships and share ideas. We know that collectively we have the [...]

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Top Tips Tuesday!

20. March 2012

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We host an event called Family Birthday Celebration where kids share their faith story and get baptized. It can be challenging to help our kids create a great video. We’ve done this for many years and have learned a few things along the way. Here are the top tips in no particular order from our directors [...]

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FREE Easter Curriculum!

8. March 2012

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Are you still working on what you are going to do for Easter? Last Easter we created this video to share the powerful Easter story with our elementary kids in UpStreet. You could have heard a pin drop as our kids watched. We followed this video with great discussion and learning activities in [...]

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Take A Look @ Sunday, March 4

7. March 2012

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Sunday was a busy, packed day! I had a chance to do a whole lot of observing. Here’s what happened: Launched the Big Idea of Honor Watched KidStuf Live Hosted visiting churches for Sunday’s at North Point Observed the crowded hallways between services Listened in as a large group team debriefed Talked through a tough situation Cleaned up when a child threw up [...]

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Baptism Video

5. March 2012

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Talking About Prayer

29. February 2012

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We are just wrapping up the Big Idea of Prayer with our UpStreet kids. It was a GREAT month. Title Package for Large Group: Every month we send home this Parent Card which includes an overview of what we’re teaching for the month. Here are a few videos we used through out the month as part of the storytelling segment. What [...]

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Storytelling and the Hunger Games

3. February 2012

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A few months ago I picked up the Hunger Games. I started reading it early one Saturday morning and couldn’t put it down. I’ve now read all three books in the series. It’s been a while since a great story has totally sucked me in this way. The over arching theme of these books is not for young [...]

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New Song! Unlock the Power!

9. September 2011

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This summer we produced a new song called Unlock the Power. We’ve been using it with our kids for the past three months and they love it. So we thought we would share! Take a listen: unlock-the-power-final-mix Here are the details: The original music was produced for worship on UpStreet, the elementary environment of North Point Ministries. Each North [...]

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ParentStuf!

7. September 2011

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This year we launched a NEW strategy to connect with our parents. We dabbled in the world of social media with our parents last year and this year we decided to jump in and give it our full attention. We want to partner with our parents. We BELIEVE that they are the greatest influencers and leaders of [...]

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JumpStart Video Invite

25. August 2011

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JumpStart is a 30-minute presentation for both kids and parents where we teach children what it means to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. This is an important part of our strategy to lead children and parents into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. We’ve created a 30 minute presentation [...]

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