Comments on: Team leading skills

By: Dave Wakerley

Dave Wakerley — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 12:03:52 +0000

Thanks Jessica,

You are exactly right, our programs need to work for us, not us for our programs.

Dave

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 03:33:35 +0000

Dave, this is definitely a GREAT reminder of some important aspects of ministry - it’s more than the Sunday morning programing… So much of our success is based on people and the relationships we develop with them. Without taking the time to be interested in our kids’ lives, we will miss out on valuable opportunities to relate to them and thus influence them in a positive way. Kids are smart - they can tell when they are just one of the crowd and when they are viewed as a special, unique individual who is worth the time to get to know. I think a lot of the time we get caught up in the details of the programs we run and we forget why we are running them. Hopefully, this list will prove as a quick and easy self-check to make sure our priorities are in the right order.

By: Children’s Ministry and Culture

Children’s Ministry and Culture — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:03:47 +0000

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By: Susan Susan — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:38:19 +0000 I think the most challenging thing for a parent and children’s ministry leader is to have a prophetic eye for children. Most of the time parents are busy taking the children from class to class, from dance to football, from piano to gymnastics, from iceskating to swimming….just trying to find out what their children like or what they’re good at. They spend huge amount of money, energy, time and petrol, and by the time they find out what they should be aiming at training their kids it’s most likely already too late and the prime training time has been wasted. If we can have a prophetic eye or ear to know what God has gifted the child, then parenting can be so much easier and it can also be purpose driven! A wise parent knows you can’t expect a child to be extraordinary in every area. But every child is gifted in certain area. God has called every child into greatness, but in a specific area. But the thing is, would anyone, any leader of the church dare to give a child a prophecy? I understand there’s big fear of error. But as a parent I actually don’t mind that as it at least gives me a chance to try that first.