Kidshaper 09
There is pretty much one conference I attend each year that I have nothing to organise and that is Kidshaper. It is the national ACC children’s ministry conference in Melbourne Australia.
I get to just attend and enjoy it!
Except this year I had the honour of speaking as a keynote to the hundreds of awesome men and women of God who sow their lives into the kids of Australia and New Zealand and the world!
You can read a report from the official blog of Kidshaper CM1234
And follow Rob Bradbury (national grand poo-bah of Kids R Us) on twitter.
But from a personal perspective it was such a great few days receiving leadership and wisdom from Papa Smurf himself Jim Wideman and so many other leaders around this nation.
I really felt God speak to my heart about great steps forward both personally and for our church. It was a profound week and I love seeing the same faces each year knowing there are so many volunteers out there running ministries with a heart for God and kids.
If you are one of those people who perhaps is out there running your ministry as a volunteer without a big network of like minded people around you:
- Find out who is close by you from Kids R Us… make contact and make yourself known. I know Rob and his team would love to support you.
- Contribute – it’s the greatest way to connect. Write a nice comment on someone’s blog, reply to them on twitter. Connection is not all about the phone and face to face anymore. As you give you will receive. Send a resource to another Church, help them out. You may just find a lifetime ministry friend.
- Come to Kidshaper next year and say hi.
Thanks Rob and team!
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…the Scriptures as God’s inspired Word, his authority for all aspects of life; the core of everything we do; the tool we use to introduce children to Jesus Christ and disciple them. A primary goal of our curriculum is to help children use, understand, and apply the Bible in daily life.

