[Kid Inspiration]

Rick Warren article: How to get more out of your reading time
I may be a little biased about reading here. I never had a TV until I was 12… a curse at the time (very embarrassing to try and do an assignment about your favourite TV show), but a blessing looking back. So I got [...]

I have the best team in the world!
Last weekend over 8 services there were hundreds of awesome volunteers serving the children of Hillsong Church.
8 services!
That is two months of church for a LOT of churches around the world.
And that’s what I keep telling our team. My role is to give the ministry away, to our [...]

I just read the best newspaper article ever.
Would you like to read it?
But what if I do and then you don’t read it all the way through… and watch the video clips on the page?
I guess I will have to take that chance.
Pearls Before Breakfast by Gene Weingarten of the Washington Post.
Can one of the [...]

Nice article about ‘contemporizing’ the bible for kids.

A pain-free way to get a little blip on the attention-o-meter is to look for strategic places you can contemporize the language. In other words, add some modern lingo, even pop culture references, to tug them in.

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Author Donald Miller wrote this after attending screenwriting course:

It [...]

A church leader I love hearing and reading is Andy Stanley.
Great speaker and writer…
Here are some thoughts from a conference he spoke at late last year… I know a little behind the times but better late than never.
God works through systems. For example, your body is a complex system designed by God. It’s systematic and [...]

It’s amazing how coincidence works. Here I was yesterday thinking about how the best way to respond when someone tells you bad news, or is grieving. And then today, Rick Warren’s Ministry Toolbox appears in my email inbox with an article titled: What not to do when someone is grieving.
So many times I have been [...]

Children are:
In need of appreciation
Spend time with them talking about their interests
In need of participation
Find things for them to do, and let them contribute to the lesson.

In need of insight.
Talk to them about the running of the kids’ ministry and explain why we do things
Uninterested in my subject at first.
‘Buy’ their [...]

One of the must read blogs on my list is Hello, My Name is Blog.
Written by Scott Ginsberg who is the only person in the world who wears a nametag 24-7-365 (since November 2, 2000) to encourage people to become friendlier and more approachable.

You need to read his blog… great ideas that can be adapted to [...]

Just had to post this video on the blog. Teaching kids to ‘fly’ in life is my purpose!
Note: The Kiwi is a flightless bird… just in case you were confused.

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Great email from my boss, Julia A’Bell Children’s Pastor here at Hillsong Church.
Thinking, dreaming and loving leading in God’s kingdom…
Get this into your spirit…
Proverbs 20:28
“Love and truth form a GOOD LEADER; sound leadership is founded on LOVING INTEGRITY.”
Proverbs 14:28
“The mark of a good leader is LOYAL FOLLOWERS;
Leadership is nothing without a FOLLOWING.”
All from The Message.
Who’s [...]