Archive for September, 2011
Doing ministry alone
Posted on 29. Sep, 2011 by Kenny.
I just had lunch with the Austin Kidmin Network. A year ago this group didn’t exist. Currently the group is up to 50 people, represented by about 15 churches. We’ve got a long way to go to connect other churches in our city, but some amazing relationships are developing. Yesterday I spend a few hours with one Children’s Pastor talking about doing some radical things together so we can truly collaborate and be the church in a city. I love it.
You know, I totally get it that there are many who really aren’t going to network a lot online. Some people are going to lurk and read and not really connect online. However, there really isn’t any excuse for not networking with others in your city.… Read the rest
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Preparing for what is most important
Posted on 28. Sep, 2011 by Kenny.
Disclaimer: This post has nothing to do with the rapture or end time’s theology. 
Two days ago my sweet wife sent me this text.
“We are only 62 days from due date. Aaack!”
What she meant by that is “We’ve only got 62 days to get a bunch of things done!!!!”
I quickly responded with this text:
“62 days until we get to meet her. Woo hoo!”
The funny thing is that I’ve been thinking about this silly little text exchange ever since. We do have a to do list a mile long and I’m not quite sure we’ll get everything done before the baby makes it here. Don’t get me wrong, we’ve been busy and we’ve gotten a lot done.… Read the rest
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Top of the list again
Posted on 27. Sep, 2011 by Kenny.
Yesterday, Tony over at Ministry To Children released his top blogs of 2011 post. He spent who knows how many hours pouring over numbers, stats and data to determine a rank for the top 100 kidmin blogs. He’s been doing this for years, but last year was the first year he used a subjective method to consider all the data.
The results? Childrens Ministry Online is the top blog for the second year in a row! Woo hoo!
It truly is an honor. This last weekend I got to speak at a conference where no one knew who I was. Well, maybe there were 2 or 3 people who have read this blog. I encouraged the conference attendees to read kidmin blogs.… Read the rest
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Big Announcement: Illuminate is coming to Nashville
Posted on 15. Sep, 2011 by Kenny.
With two Illuminate Conferences under my belt, one thing is sure… Illuminate is like no other conference. At both Austin (2010) and Birmingham (2011) I heard the same thing over and over.
Amazing!
Incredible!
Inspiring!
Encouraging!
That’s what kidmin volunteers from Texas, Alabama and Georgia all had to say about their Illuminate experience. So, the only logical thing to do is more events, right? That’s what I thought too.
On Saturday, February 18th, 2012… Illuminate comes to the great city of Nashville, TN! Details are still coming together (like speakers and breakouts) but we do have a handful of great communicators already lined up.
- Jim Wideman (General Sessions and Leader Q & A)
- Jonathan Cliff
- Amy Fenton Lee
- I’ll be there too… plus a few others
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Big Illuminate Announcement
Posted on 13. Sep, 2011 by Kenny.
I’m excited about something that is in the works with the Illuminate Conference! It has the potential to make a lot of people very excited. So, what is the big news?
I can’t say. Not yet at least.
I’m not going to make you wait too long though. I’ll make the big announcement on Thursday (10/15), at 10:00 AM CST!
Stay Tuned!
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Pray for Rain
Posted on 07. Sep, 2011 by Kenny.
You’ve probably seen this on the news, but Central Texas has been experiencing wildfires that are devastating homes and communities. I honestly don’t remember the last time I’ve seen rain. It’s been several months for sure and it was nothing more than a flash in the pan. Also, with temperatures over 100 degrees since late May, this area has literally become a tinder box.
Here in Austin, we’ve had fires start up all around the city, several just a few miles from my church and home. Many friends have been evacuated although I don’t know anyone personally who has lost a home yet (although many have). The fires in Bastrop (southeast of Austin) have experienced the worst. The fires have been burning since the weekend at least and firefighters just haven’t been able to contain it.… Read the rest
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