Kids

Backstage

Last month I told the Bible story at our Buckhead Church campus. It was fun to teach our UpStreet kids the story of the Lost Sheep. While I was hanging out backstage with the volunteer team, I noticed how they had personalized their space. I loved it! There was an orange Christmas tree! There were verses [...]

Preparing to Communicate to Kids

From time to time I get the opportunity to tell the Bible Story to our kids in both Waumba Land and UpStreet. I love it! As I hang out backstage with our different volunteers, I can see that everyone has a different way of preparing. Some methods work better than others and some people are more [...]

Christmas Ideas for Volunteers

I got an email asking how we have celebrated and appreciated volunteers during the Christmas season in past years. I asked all of our directors and here’s what they said! Volunteer Christmas Ideas from our Directors to YOU! The last couple years we’ve just done a special hot breakfast on the Sunday before Christmas with fun flavored [...]

A Simple Thanksgiving Idea

While meeting with our Waumba Land Team this week, I heard what they were doing for their volunteers for Thanksgiving. I thought it was a great idea! Send each volunteer a personal Thanksgiving card from classroom parents: 1. Order an inexpensive Thanksgiving postcard. (Order enough so that you have three postcards for every volunteer.) 2. Pull three address [...]

Thank you Gordon!

Game Day - September 12

On Sunday I filled in as a Coach on UpStreet at Buckhead Church. It was great to watch some of our first grade small groups in action. Here’s what I learned: When you arrive early and get organized, you give kids and parents the impression that you are excited and that something important is going to happen. Six [...]

Game Day - September 5, 2010

On Sunday I had the opportunity to hang out in Waumba Land at Buckhead Church. It was Labor Day weekend. We were a little short-handed. We were wearing many hats! Good times! PS - These pictures were all taken on my iPhone. Give grace to the photographer. Right away I spotted a few problems… A bug problem. A  frog [...]

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 [...]

Waumba Land: The Logistics!

Have you ever struggled with the tension of how to create a fun environment for preschoolers while keeping systems in place that ensure their safety and then manage the millions of details that go into Sunday morning? OR, have you ever been totally bogged down in the details of preparation that you lose sight of [...]

One-on-One Meetings - Part 2

You should spend time with the key leaders on your team, not only because of what they have the potential to do, but also because of who they have the potential to become.  Remember, every time you invest in one of your key leaders you are modeling what you hope they will do for the [...]