March 2010 - Childrens Ministry Online

Everyone does better with a coach

This is a simple truth I’ve learned over the past year. Everyone does do better with a coach. I’ve learned this through personal experience. I’ve just entered my second year of Infuse with Jim Wideman and...

A new word for discipleship

Posted by Kenny Conley | Ideas | 4

Words are so interesting. Over time, they change meaning, lose effectiveness or develop a stigma. When it comes to faith, we see this all the time. Pick up C.S. Lewis’ book Mere Christianity and the opening chapter will...

Speaking of revolutions

Posted by Kenny Conley | Family | 0

Have you seen this show? It’s crazy good, one of the better shows I’ve seen on TV in a while. It’s inspiring, it’s funny and it will get your attention. However, as a pastor (specifically to kids)...

And then there were four

Posted by Kenny Conley | Random | 5

In case you haven’t read any kidmin blogs in the last two weeks, there’s this little competition going on RIGHT NOW! It’s the March Madness of Children’s Ministry blogs. I was honored to be among the...

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-29

Posted by Kenny Conley | Random | 0

CMO: #kidmin Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-21 http://bit.ly/dCDRil # CMO: #kidmin Site of the week: Nintendo8.com http://bit.ly/cKnq94 # CMO: #kidmin Why I blog so much http://bit.ly/dgyhvt # CMO: #kidmin Small is the new...

App of the week: Google Docs

Posted by Kenny Conley | Geek, Ideas | 2

You should have expected this from me, right? At times I’m still puzzled when I encounter people who haven’t yet used Google docs. I know it’s not the only or the first online/collaborative tool for documents,...

I NEED YOUR HELP!

Posted by Kenny Conley | Random | 4

A few weeks ago a battle of epic proportions began. Okay, I’m being dramatic. March Madness for blogs about children’s ministry began. Of the 64 featured blogs, mine was one of them. In round 1, I barely won my...

I Loath Algerian Font Day #9

Posted by Kenny Conley | Ideas, Random | 0

Someone is proud to be Chamorro. I’m not sure what that is, but I don’t really care. Algerian is an overused font that doesn’t really “fit” in most uses, like the one here. Come on designers, just...

Orange is EXPLODING!

Posted by Kenny Conley | Family, Ideas, Leadership | 0

Have you ever had really high expectations for something and when you got there it was just… meh? Been there. But there’s something really cool about having a high level of anticipation about something that is GOING...

State of the Gate 2.0

Posted by Kenny Conley | Ideas | 2

Every year my church has a “State of the Gate.” It’s really a gathering one evening of the week, usually at the beginning of the year where we share great stories from the previous year, share any exciting news...