Early Childhood small groups
Say what? Early Childhood small groups? Aren’t you supposed to start this once kids get into elementary? That’s been the given assumption. Some churches are starting to break this mold and give this a try....
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The problem with Sunday small groups
I’m not being a Negative Nelly. I’m sharing the difficulties that come with these models. Yesterday I shared the difficulty with the Sunday School model. It has big enough difficulties that I’d prefer not to be...
Read MoreElementary small groups
Yesterday I wrote about how small groups are where it is at in Children’s Ministry. I also wrote a somewhat controversial post about how Sunday School doesn’t work. So, how do you do small group? It depends on your...
Read MoreFamily small group vidoes?
I had a great conversation with my friend Ally yesterday. We were talking about family small groups. She asked me if I knew of any video based curriculum for family small groups. Essentially the teaching is geared to all ages....
Read MoreHave you published your blog at Amazon yet?
Do you have a blog? Have you published your blog for Amazon’s Kindle yet? What are you waiting for? Do it right now, it only takes a second. Okay, maybe 3-5 minutes. Click here! Do you think people are going to pay $2 a...
Read MoreThe problem with Sunday School
I’ve got a bone to pick with Sunday School. I don’t like it and I wont do it. Sunday School was a big reason why I left one of the churches I was at. Before you get mad at me, please hear me out. It’s not that...
Read MoreSmall Groups in childrens ministry
I’ve been doing small group ministry with kids for the last three and a half years. Before that I was in churches that did Sunday School, but it wasn’t working (I’m going to write a post later about Sunday...
Read MoreChurches who give it back
I follow several people I used to work with at Cross Timbers in DFW and it seems my previous church is getting some media attention. Don’t worry, its a good thing. They’ve been giving money back to the community both...
Read MoreBrainstorming vs. Improv
I was at a birthday party last night and met a guy. He’s a very successful business man responsible for many start-ups. He was recently at a conference where an executive from Google was being interviewed or spoke (I...
Read MoreLet me re-feed you
Okay, in my transformation from www.childrensministryonline.com/blog to www.childrensministryonline.com, I lost some of my reader. Not too many, but some. I think I know what happened. I started blogging in April of 2007, but I...
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