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Parents as the Primary Disciplers of Their Children // CM White Paper Reflections #3
This is the third post in a series of reflections on a Children's Ministry White Paper written by Doug Paul from Eikon Community (you can view the original document here).
In the past 30 years...
Introduction to the “40 Developmental Assets” from The Search Institute
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk6ius0qLv4?rel=0]
The Search Institute is an organization that does research, create tools and resources, and offers collaboration with other organizations that work with youth and children (click here to learn more).
One of the things...
Children’s Ministry Research // CM White Paper Reflections #2
This is the second post in a series of reflections on a Children's Ministry White Paper written by Doug Paul from Eikon Community (you can view the original document here).
We spent 6 months researching...
A 3-Step Discipline Approach
Mark Merrill shares a 3-step approach to disciplining your children:
Remove
Reflect
Reconnect
Read more about these 3 steps @ 3 R's of Discipline
It Starts w/ Discipleship | CM White Paper Reflections #1
This is the first post in a series of reflections on a Children's Ministry White Paper written by Doug Paul from Eikon Community (you can view the original document here).
Ultimately, we want the same...
CM White Paper Reflections
Starting on Saturday, January 21, 2012, a series of posts will go live on this blog over the course of 10 days (10 posts total).
These posts are meant to start and sustain a discussion...
The Orchestration of Salvation [video]
[vimeo 4353484 w=570 h=314]
It's cool to see (and hear) stories of how God "orchestrated" events in the lives of people to lead them to Him.
Everyday your life is filled with seemingly insignificant events, but...
Nerf Guns | Small Group Experiment [1]
If our premise, or core values if you will, for this small group experiment is to:
build community
share life
model Christ-like character
engage in creative content and prayer
radically goof off together
...then with a small group of 6th...
Why We Are, Where We Are? [2] The Current Small Group Experiment
This is the second post in a series on Middle School Small Groups.
CORE group provided something that I had not had up to this point in youth ministry at Hayward Wesleyan Church: a small...
“I’ve Always Loved Jesus!”
For the last couple of months we've been repeating a sort of mantra with the girls at bed time.
We say: "Who loves you?"
The girls reply: "Mom, Dad and God."
Then we ask: "Why did God...
Why We Are, Where We Are? [1] A Journey in Figuring Out Discipleship @...
This is the first post in a series on Middle School Small Groups.
Our intent, for both the middle school and high school youth arenas, was to deepen disciples of Jesus.
Pastor Loretta Sunderland and I,...
The Greatest Commandment
Woah... there's like a TON of rules in the Bible... 613 to be exact.
And some of the rules overlap, so a priority structure was put into place, but then different groups of people argued...
