Jeremy
Do You Really Believe the Resurrection Story?
What was it like for the disciples when they saw Jesus after His resurrection?
How do we describe the feeling, emotion, and huge importance and historical significance of this dead man coming back to life?
In...
6 Things I’ve Learned About Retaining Volunteers
1] One-year commitments.
McIntosh and Arn (2013), in their book, What Every Pastor Should Know, say that “each ministry position, from the lowest level of influence to the highest, should be a one-year term ...
God’s Son Jesus’ Birthday // Coloring Sheet
My daughter Sari drew this the other day and I asked her if I could scan it in and share it with others.
She happily agreed!
Luke 9:23-24 // Bible Verses
In Main Street @ Hayward Wesleyan we focus on a Bible verse or a set of verses each month. Instead of trying to have students memorize a verse every week, we spend a whole...
Luke 5:31-32 and Luke 6:31 // Bible Verses
In Main Street @ Hayward Wesleyan we focus on a Bible verse or a set of verses each month. Instead of trying to have students memorize a verse every week, we spend a whole...
1 Corinthians 10:13 // Bible Verse
In Main Street @ Hayward Wesleyan we focus on a Bible verse or a set of verses each month. Instead of trying to have students memorize a verse every week, we spend a whole...
How to Handle a Make-Out Session at a Kidmin Event
So you've got an amazing children's ministry outreach event going and something inappropriate is going on...
What do you do?
Well, confront it.
Or you can watch the video for the whole story and some tips...
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olksQds4Un8?rel=0&w=560&h=315]
source YouTube
Responsible Caregivers
Dangerous products should be kept out of reach of children... check.
Parents have known this for thousands of years. So why do we have a news story like this one? Because we are reminded that...
Malcolm Gladwell’s Take on the Story of David and Goliath
Malcolm Gladwell addresses the biblical story of David and Goliath found in 1 Samuel 17.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziGD7vQOwl8?rel=0&w=560&h=315]
In large part, biblical interpretation is an imaginative enterprise. The more one can understand and gather information about how...
“Bulleys” written by my 7-year-old
My daughter Sari, who is 7 years old, wrote the following during her inside recess time at school after her class had talked about bullying. I appreciated the emotion in it!
Bulles are horabill.
Bull are...
Offending Cultures
I'm currently sitting in a coffee shop in Hayward next to a group of people talking a lot and sharing lots of stories. After the group had been sitting for a bit, another member...
“Calling People Out”
A friend of mine was sharing a story about a time (some 20 years ago) when he was at Lake Hayward Beach area (in Hayward, WI) and a mother was asking her older daughter...
