August 2009 - Childrens Ministry Online

New Kids Quest t-shirts revealed!

Well, here they are. We’re offering the shirt in three different colors: Saphire, Hellicion and Atlantis. Cool names, huh? I’d be curious to know what you...

New Kids Quest t-shirt design

Posted by Kenny Conley | Ideas | 1

I’ll admit. I’m the wort at designing t-shirts. I’ve designed many over the years. I like to think I can design a sharp post card or banner, but give me a t-shirt and I lose all confidence. I know what I like,...

Requiring parents to serve: Conclusion

Posted by Kenny Conley | Ideas, Volunteers | 2

This little series turned out better than I planned. The feedback was incredible with lots of good stuff to think about. The funny thing is that none of this was planned. Coming back from vacation, it’s been a little...

Requiring parents to serve: Called to serve?

Posted by Kenny Conley | Ideas, Volunteers | 13

I’ve been enjoying the conversations with several people about the subject of requiring parents to serve in the children’s ministry. Several of you all shared your opinions here. I shared my opinion here. Several of...

Values terminology help

Posted by Kenny Conley | Leadership | 12

Okay, I’ve been working on our ministries vision, mission and values. We’ve settled on our values, but I need help witht he wording with one of them. Currently our values are: Safety and Security Relevant Teaching...

Requiring parents to volunteer: My thoughts

Posted by Kenny Conley | Leadership, Volunteers | 4

Yesterday I wrote this post about parents being required to volunteer. I asked what you thought about it. More people than I expected responded and it seems that most people were against requiring parents to volunteer. What I...

Requiring parents to volunteer

Posted by Kenny Conley | Volunteers | 47

While I was on vacation, I got an email from another church asking me the following questions: 1.Â Do you expect or require parents to volunteer? 2. If so when do you start expecting them (when they become members? after...

Back from vacation: different this time

Posted by Kenny Conley | Random | 0

What’s it like coming back from vacation for you? Most of the time the first day back from vacation is an epic waste. My body is present, but my mind is still asleep. I get little done and it’s difficult to focus....

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-02

Posted by Kenny Conley | Random | 1

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