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B52 The Grade 4/5 Experiment: What We've Learned

pricel — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:46:38 GMT

On Thursday, March 19, Mindy Stoms and Jill Nelson will present:

The 4/5 Grade Experiment: What We've Learned About Reaching Our 4/5th Grade Kids

Those attending this session are encouraged to participate in this online forum.

Best Books

pricel — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:02:40 GMT

What is one book you would recommend for any Childrens Ministry Leader?

Conspire '09

pricel — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:55:13 GMT

Have a question? Ask it here.

What are you looking forward to?

How can we best serve you and your team?

Kind-Grade 5 Music

pricel — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:46:59 GMT

Please share questions and comments regarding the Kind-Grade 5 Music available from conspirechildrensministry.com.

Preschool Music

pricel — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:45:46 GMT

Please share questions and comments regarding the Preschool music available from conspirechildrensministry.com

FX

pricel — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:40:08 GMT

Please share questions and comments regarding the FX DVD series.

In The Beginning

pricel — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:38:35 GMT

Please share questions and comments regarding Promiseland's "In The Beginning" Preschool Curriculum.

metamorphosis set photos

jbyerly — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:46:35 GMT

We are doing Metamorphosis for our 3 day summer family production. Does anyone have any photos from the Promiseland Metamorphosis conference that we can reference for set design? The tips on the curriculum CD are helpful but we have a big stage to fill.

Best Leadership Books

pricel — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:23:17 GMT

What is the best book about Leadership that you've read within the last year?

VBS

pricel — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:02:53 GMT

What are your VBS plans for this summer?

Session 4 -- Crayons & Megaphones -- Glen Keane, Rick Dempsey, and Aaron Reynolds

pricel — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:19:50 GMT

Creative story telling is one of the most important tools God has given you for bringing His message alive for your kids.
Learn how to capture the imagination of this changing generation by telling the most important stories of all with new joy and creativity.

Please share your thoughts and feedback.

Electronic Check-In

pricel — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:01:53 GMT

What electronic check-in system does your church use?

Creative Communicator Discovery

pricel — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:26:44 GMT

If you have a great large group Creative Communicator in your ministry, describe what they were doing before joining your team.

Faithful families and REVEAL

Kim Vine — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:50:05 GMT

Hello out there

As I look over my notes and meditate on all the things I heard and saw at the conference last week, I kept seeing two common threads--the need to better equip parents to raise faithful families, and the need to better equip Christians to become fully devoted followers of Christ. I have been led to the conclusion that these two ideas/dilemmas could be intimately related. What if while we met the goals of REVEAL, we were also intentionally providing opportunites for parents and children to discuss and share their growth? It would require integration of all the systems within the church, and what could make it so powerful is that kids and parents would be learning the same kinds of keys at the same time. I am trying to flesh out these thoughts and wondered if anyone else, at Willow or elsewhere, have connected the two in the same way. Is there a plan to integrate the ideas behind REVEAL into Promiseland so that kids can start their discipleship now? Has anyone come up with some truly simple and practical ways to get parents and kids practicing their faith together? Please share your ideas!

Thanks so much!

Kim

Conferences

pricel — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:13:28 GMT

What conferences do you plan to attend in the next 6 months?

Session 1 -- Erase Your Fears -- Christine Yount Jones

pricel — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:14:12 GMT

Children's Ministry leaders today have access to so many great ideas, voices, and training options - sometimes it's hard to know which one is best!
Discover how to find the right approach for your ministry through a confident understanding of your culture and kids.

Share your thoughts and feedback on Session 1

Session 3 -- Color Outside the Lines -- Kurt Bruner and Dr. John Trent

pricel — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:18:45 GMT

Imagine new family initiatives designed to help integrated spiritual formation between home and church and across all the church's ministries!
Explore new and practical ways you can help build a foundation of faith in your kids that lasts a lifetime.

Please share your thoughts and feedback.

Innovations Alliance

pricel — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:11:44 GMT

The Strong Families Innovation Alliance, led by Kurt Bruner and Dr. John Trent, is a coalition of leading churches committed to an open architecture methodology for discovering, implementing and sharing cutting edge family ministry programs targeting three areas of concern.

Strengthening Relationships: Children need to experience a loving relationship between mom and dad that reflects the gospel and between parent and child that makes kids want to embrace their parents' beliefs.
Winning Our Kids: The overwhelming majority of those who ever become Christians do so as children, most before age thirteen. Most parents recognize it is there job to pass faith to their kids in the context of the home, yet feel ill-equipped to do so.
Keeping Our Youth: An alarmingly high percentage of teens raised in Christian families abandon their parents’ faith during the teen and young adult years. And while this is trend has created tension between parents and youth ministers, partnership between church and home is vital to keeping our youth.

Share your thoughts ....

Volunteer Recruitment

pricel — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:27:36 GMT

Share your best ideas for recruiting volunteers.

Top Small Group Challenges

pricel — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:22:57 GMT

What are the top challenges faced by the Childrens Small Group Leaders in your ministry?

Session 2 -- Running With Scissors -- David Weil and Jon Klinepeter

pricel — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:16:49 GMT

A carefully crafted worship experience guaranteed to refuel your connection to God - reminding you that the very best way you can serve your kids is by keeping your personal relationship with God as fresh and alive as He intended.

Please share your thoughts and feedback.