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Today’s the Day


Apparently
I don’t live in South or North America - but Integrity Music assures me Super Strong God is being released today… so visit your local Christian Music Store and pick one up…
(HINT: the DVD is SO much cooler than the CD)

It’s an Ad


Okay, funniest ad of the year award (and it’s only Feb):
Improve your English
Ha.

Podcast site updated


The release of the podcast draws ever closer.
I have updated the site to match this one.
Check it out.
http://childrensministrypodcast.com

Communication Fundamentals


Every time I need to explain something twice to a leader/volunteer/staff member… it says something more about me than the other person…
“I obviously did not explain it well enough the first time”
Now of course its not always me with the issue, maybe people don’t listen to me, maybe they cannot understand my Australianised New [...]

He beat me too it!


I have taken sooo long to get my Podcast going. It is coming… (and so is christmas).
The great news is, others have started producing podcasts for Children’s leaders and pastors.
Tal Burdine is on episode #3 of his Kid’s Konstruction Site Podcast.
Check it out in iTunes and get it on your iPod.
NOTE: His site takes a [...]

Nathan’s Wedding


Well… my blogging buddy and fellow Hillsong Children’s Pastor Nathan McLean got married yesterday in ‘The Blue Mountains‘.

You can read about their engagement here.

Myself and a VERY pregnant Beci.
Now Nathan is not the most ‘prolific’ blogger… in fact I have known pieces of belly button lint post more that him… but he is a [...]

Forget 95%!


Kids forget most of what I say to them during our weekend services.
Right now I am in between Sunday morning and Sunday night church… and I can guarantee that any kids that came to our morning services would have already forgotten most of what I said.
Studies would indicate 95% of information is lost in three [...]

Are we to be destroyed by ideas?


Media in my world is restricted to the ‘G’ kind. I do not want to spend my life on the phone to upset parents explaining why their children were exposed to PG.
When cinema defines most of our pop-culture references this is restrictive… communicating truth visually and cinematically is a powerful way to get through to [...]

What did you Say?


Communication… getting what is in your head into someone elses head.
There is a VERY interesting post on Church Marketing Sucks.
When reading e-mails people in the study understood the intent only 56% of the time, compared to 75% understanding when listening to a voice recording of the same message.
Miscommunication in Text
What DO our kids [...]

Joke #8


I know a guy who called up the Home Shopping Network. They said “Can I help you?” and he said “No, I’m just looking.”
(to read all jokes - click category link at top left)Â