Sunday, September 30, 2012
VeggieTales the League of Incredible Vegetables Give-Away is Tomorrow!
Saturday, September 29, 2012
How Do I "Shift" My Church's "Resource Base" to "Change the World"?
Friday, September 28, 2012
"Maintenance" or "Change the World"? Which Will You Choose? (re-run)
Thursday, September 27, 2012
The Berenstain Bears - God Made the Seasons - I'm Giving One Away!
Can Manners Help Us Be Real in How We Interact With Children, Volunteers and Parents?
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
American Girl Doll and K'nex Give-Aways on My Other Blog
Who/What Influences Kids and How Does This Change Your Ministry?
Monday, September 24, 2012
Looking for Writers

Let's Let Our Actions Speak!!!
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Operation Christmas Child - Involve the Children and Families in Your Church!

Friday, September 21, 2012
I Have a Winner . . .
Thursday, September 20, 2012
It's Not Too Late . . .
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
This IS Job One . . .
I watched a video by George Barna today and want to share a few of the main points he makes . . . consider the following -
- Children are THE most important mission field you as an adult will ever encounter!
- Children are THE mission field God sent parents to win over for Him!
- Nobody else can have the impact on kids a parent can have!
- the media for eight hours a day
- the schools for six hours a day
- the church for two hours a week
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
How Can We Be More Effective?
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Manners and Children's Ministry
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Operation Christmas Child

Friday, September 14, 2012
Berenstain Bears - Faith Gets Us Through . . . I'm Giving One Away!
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Joy to the World the Lord is Come! Free Christmas Program!
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Please Check My New Post on CM Buzz - Make Your Children's Ministry Volunteers "Visible"
In addition to writing About the Children's Department I also am one of the writers for CM Buzz. Please take a moment to check my new post - Make Your Children's Ministry Volunteers "Visible"! I said, "Last month I asked if your children’s ministry volunteers were 'invisible': I said, 'Are your children’s ministry volunteers "invisible”? By this I mean, in the eyes of the rest of your church, are they invisible? Do the people in your church know who they are? In far too many churches the children’s ministry volunteers are 'invisible'. People do not know who they are or what they do.' I then shared some of the problems we experience when our volunteers are 'invisible', so today I want to share a few ideas of ways to help your children’s ministry volunteers be 'visible'!"
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Book Review - Manners that Matter for Moms
Monday, September 10, 2012
be still - True Beauty Series
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Put Feet to Their Faith with Operation Christmas Child!

Friday, September 7, 2012
Increase Your Awareness of Children In Grave Need
So, the first thing we can do to reach out to children who are at risk and in serious need is to increase our awareness. If we are not aware of a need or problem, how can we possibly hope to respond? Consider the following ways to increase your awareness -
Don't Lose Sight of Children In Grave Need
I’ve served in children’s ministry for 41 years and all this time the kids in the churches where I’ve served have been a mixture of “typical” kids . . . if there is such a thing. Children from homes where their entire family went to church, children from homes where part of their family went to church (most often from homes where their parents were divorced) and children from homes where nobody went to church (community, non-churched kids). But, in spite of all these years of experience with a fairly wide variety of children and families, I have not worked with children who were runaways. Honestly, my exposure to runaways is fairly limited . . . well, when my husband and I had been married for one year, we did work with children who were in a group home for juvenile delinquents and many of these boys were runaways at one time or another . . . but, my overall exposure was limited. I had no idea how many children in this country are runaways. This is until I added a tab to my blog for grandmas where I highlighted missing children so the grandmas (and grandpas, moms and dads) who read my blog could pray for the children and their families. I signed up with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children‘s website so they email me alerts to let me know when and where children are missing. I have to say I am shocked. There are days when my inbox is filled with these alerts. (I’m stunned how many of these children are from the state of Florida)
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Take a Moment to Give Thanks . . .
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
VeggieTales the League of Incredible Vegetables . . . I'm Giving One Away!
Take a Moment to Evaluate . . .
Yesterday I wrote, "Reflecting is all about evaluating and if we do not evaluate the things we do, how will we know if we are "on target" or just throwing everything at the wall hoping something "sticks"? Take time this week to reflect, chew over, think over, ponder and contemplate . . . and be sure to take notes!" and Monday I said, "The Summer is over and Fall ministries are beginning so now is the perfect time to take a moment to pause, reflect, evaluate and give Thanks!" and then took time to consider pausing. Today I want to take a moment to consider what it means to "evaluate" and why we should do so, but first, let's think about what "evaluate" means. I looked on-line and found the following definition . . . "Place a value on; judge the worth of something" So, with this in mind, let's think about taking a moment to "evaluate" . . .
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Take a Moment to Reflect . . .
Monday, September 3, 2012
Take a Moment to Pause, Reflect, Evaluate and Give Thanks!
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Put Feet to Their Faith - Operation Christmas Child
Of course Christmas is far more than giving and receiving gifts, but the gift part is a part of Christmas for sure . . . however; not for all children. There are children around the world who do not receive gifts at Christmas. This is where Samaritan's Purse and Operation Christmas Child come in. Giving gifts to children who otherwise would not receive a gift provides the opportunity to do something which matters far more than gifts . . . sharing Jesus with these children and parents!
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Focus for September . . . God is Great and He Does Great Things!
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