Author Archives for Nathan McLean
Fuzion Frenzy
I have found the single greatest children’s ministry game that X-Box has ever made…FUZION FRENZY!!!
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/f/fuzionfrenzy/
It combines the qualities of being an extremely simple game to control (I play it with 5 year olds) as well as being highly entertaining. It includes more than 45 mini-games which can be played with 1-4 players. It is a [...]
Gaining Perspective
Wow! I just came out of one of the most inspiring events of my life and I have to share it with you in hope that you to will be inspired.
This morning I attended the funeral of a child who died just minutes after being born three months premature. To see the love the parents [...]
Who Are You Building On?
At my church I currently Pastor 5 - 11 year olds. We have 5 services across a weekend and at each of these I oversee two seperate programs…one for 5-7 years (Fun House) and another for 8-11 years (All Stars).
Obviously I can’t be at two places at once and cannot personally run 10 programs so to take [...]
Toybox Tales
Unlike Dave I’m not all that great at technical mumbo jumbo… you could say I’m not on the ‘bleeding edge’. However what I do love and am passionate about is leadership and preaching. From my posts you can expect to get leadership tips and ideas on how to communicate more effectively to children.
In [...]
A ‘Shocking’ Plane Ride
Spectacular shot of an All Nippon Airline being struck by lightning in Osaka .
Amazing that the aircraft itself and the people and equipment inside can survive such a hit.
This is in normal time
This is in slow motion
This is a still photo just on initiation of the bolt..
Notice the ground and air bolt feeder strike [...]
Pastor’s Jokes
Well like anyone who has been a part of church for a long time I have come to the realisation that Pastor’s jokes are generally really bad!
Well, now that i’m a Children’s Pastor I thought it was about time for me to give making bad jokes a go so here are a [...]
Here I am at LAST!!!
Well hello there!
As Dave mentioned I’m Nathan McLean the Primary Age Children’s Pastor of Hillsong Church - Hills Campus.
I absolutely love children and Children’s Ministry and could do it for the rest of my life, so that’s why Dave has me joining his blog. I’m not as technical as Dave but I am passionate [...]


