So check out the link and see a short clip of their live recording of Supernatural.

Cover of Supernatural (Hillsong Kiev)

Supernatural at Hillsong.com.ua

Cover of K Mag.

Earlier this year I was invited to be a part of a fantastic new venture… K!

K! Magazine is sweeping children’s ministries around the globe. Each issue is jam-packed with practical articles, great ideas, and the best tips for ministering to 21st century kids and their families.

There are very few magazines of this calibre about ministry to kids in the world!!

So here is what you should do…

Go to www.thekmagazine.com and then click on the “Bulk Subscription” link to learn more about bulk subscriptions and rates… buy some for your whole team!!

In this months edition you can read what I wrote about Private Devotion and Public Passion - Training kids to worship God Monday through Saturday.

And in the next - The Air They Breathe.

I write with my wife Beci about the journey of Hillsong Kids Praise and Worship!

Check it out now.

Album release is coming soon… due before Christmas in Australia, and in April 2009 in the US/UK…

But of course you could order direct from hillsongmusic.com even if you do live somewhere else in the world!

I really am excited about this album, some very different tracks and also my first vocal ever… with Dan Lee-Archer (aka Funny Man Dan), a hip-hop groove called ‘Love Never Fails’.

Album cover for Follow You

A whole week without a phone, a TV or people.

I highly recommend it.

Back into blogging and society in general from Monday this week.

(And if you want to post your answers in the comments).

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Are you growing in your passion to reach children for Christ and grow His church?

We never become mature in our leadership or love for God. The thing about mature fruit is that it is just a few days away from becoming rotten fruit. We have to be leaders that are growing, not stagnant.

Really search your heart and address the issues that are holding you back. This break Beci and I are on right now is time for me to address one of the things that is holding me back. Devotion - I need to develop
the time I spend in devotion to Jesus Christ.

I have something different for our key team meeting this Wednesday.

We will not be meeting at church, instead I would love you to take the time and read this article.

http://www.christianitytoday.com/childrensministry/articles/becominganauthenticleader.html

Then simply reply to this email and write down some thoughts for me about one of the areas Jim talks about.

eg. 2. Leaders are problem solvers. Let me know a challenge or something God has spoken to you about problem solving, or even a problem you have solved in your ministry.

Looking forward to your answers!

God Bless

David Wakerley

I just read a short article in which Mark Batterson was talking about a book by Garry Kasparov titled “How Life Imitates Chess”.

Kasparov won his first world-championship chess match in 1985 and he dominated the chess qworld for several decades. In the book he shares some of the lessons he learned. Here is one of them: “A Grandmaster makes the best moves because they are based on what he wants the board to look like ten or twenty moves in the future.”

That is exactly why I serve children.

In their hands is the future - ten or twenty, or fifty years in the future.

Just finished watching season 6 of 24!

So already now for season 7

But a little teaser for us in this two hour event… nice of them to throw us a bone!

And I always forget who ends up doing what.

So if I write them down here:

1. It might just help me remember them
2. If I forget, they are online for posterity

THE THREE M’S

MC - Responsible for the running of the service, welcomes kids etc. They also do the offering.

Ministry - Does our ask God, thank God prayer requests. And any time of ministry/prayer with the children.

Message - Does the message. Every service someone will bring a message to the children. Some services it may be longer than others.

There are a lot of other roles in a service, but these are three of the main one’s in terms of upfront/platform leaders.

So had to steal a couple of shots from some friends on facebook.

Kidsfest 2008… album recording… the whole day…

God is good. The event REALLY was a huge blessing to our kids and our church!

Hillsong Kids Album 2008 pit choir

Hillsong Kids Album 2008 rehearsal

So once I get a hold of our ‘offical’ photos from the album I will link ‘em here.

It’s a perfect time to assess, dream and strategise about the future. I always have my best ideas in an incredibly busy/creative times…

Here are some thoughts from a staff meeting or something recently… I didn’t make a note in my notes

Leadership is a moral calling

• Leadership is not what I do it’s who I am
• Leadership is a decision to be

Can others SEE your progress… is it evident to all? (1 Tim 4:9-16)

1. Lead in speech - The tongue is a powerful instrument of leadership… It makes words!
2. Lead in life - What word describes your life? (Col 1:10)
3. Lead in love - Be the best lover you can be (does not require Viagra)
4. Lead in faith - We should never live in doubt, always in faith
5. Lead in purity - Draw the line, and keep a marker handy, you will have to keep it from being erased.

Dave out.