Orange Week 2.0
So last January I was preparing to head up to Dallas for the Orange Tour and in my excitement I flippantly declared the following week “Orange Week.” The folks at ReThink thought it was a good idea, so the...
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Orange Week Concluded
Wow! What started with just an idea for personal thoughts and reflections about a strategy and an upcoming conference experience became a mini-movement in the kidmin blogosphere and twitterverse. Most importantly I’d like...
Read MoreOrange Week: Leverage Influence Recap
Today concludes the primary posting for Orange week with the strategy element of “Leverage Influence.” So here are the blog posts from Thursday, the 5th day of Orange week. I started off Leverage Influence with a...
Read MoreOrange Week: Wednesday Recap
Sorry I’m a few day’s late on Wednesday’s recap. Between traveling back and forth to Dallas, attending the Orange Tour and then coming down with a nasty little stomach bug, I’m just now getting caught up...
Read MoreCan you guess Reggie Joiner’s middle name
So, what do we really know about Reggie Joiner? He started the ReThink group which produces 252 Basics, My First Look, XP3 and the Orange Conference. He worked on staff at North Point for several years, developing the Orange...
Read MoreElevate Community: It’s gotta be in your DNA
It helps when the commitment to community is a part of your church’s DNA. If it’s not, then you need to find a way to change that. Otherwise your effectiveness to reach kids, specifically in student ministry will be...
Read MoreOrange Week: Tuesday Recap
Because I got out of order and messed up the bloggers, this recap will cover the two topics that were blogged today. It was another busy day with all kind of exciting posts. Personally, I’ve seen scores of reader and...
Read MoreOrange Week: Two Post Tuesday
I’d like to spin this in a way saying this is the way we planned it, but that’s just not the case. There was some confusion among the stellar Orange Week blogging team and it looks like I might have been the source....
Read MoreOrange Week: Refine the message recap
So many great posts about refining the message on this second day of Orange week. Let’s take a look. I started off the day with a post defining the strategic element of “refining the message.” Jonathan Cliff...
Read MoreRefine the message: Additional thoughts
I’ve been thinking a lot about this very thing lately. At my church we use 252 Basics and My First Look. It’s great curriculum. However, I do think that every church needs to evaluate their own unique situation,...
Read MoreOrange Week: Integrated Strategy Recap
It was a great start for Orange Week. Sunday’s usually not the biggest day for blog reading, but it was a spectacular day for day one of Orange Week. In case you missed it, here’s the recap. I began the day with an...
Read MorePlans for Orange Week
So yesterday I announced that next week would be Orange week here at Children’s Ministry Online. My reasoning? Well, I just officially registered for Orange 2010 and next week I’ll be hitting the Orange Tour in...
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