Next Thursday 19 June – Me, George St Sydney, 5pm… Apple store opening!
So I am visiting a leader in the city at about 4pm maybe then I can totally make it a work meeting!!!!!
He he…
Man I am super nerd, king of all nerds… I am about to participate in a line just to visit a store with no intention to buy anything… sigh.
Colour conference was sensational!
I was twittering all week as a little experiment you can check that out here: http://twitter.com/kidinspiration
But just had to post these two images of my newly two year boy having some quality time.
Firstly on the Wii:
Then on Guitar Hero:
Look at that concentration!! What can I say, I’m a proud dad…
Let me give you the run down from last weekend and camp last week!
A lot of things happening:
Two weekends brings up our Vision Sunday weekend… that will be huge!
C Ya
Hung out with friends Matt and Jo Garratt at Dee Why Beach – ah, one of the perks of Sydney, Australia.
Below we have a photo of Brooklyn Wakerley and Daisy Garratt seeing who can get the most amount of food on their faces rather than in the mouth! (Not sure who the Grandmother is behind, but she is somewhat shocked… not that surprising, most of the food didn’t even make it to their faces).
Merry Post-Christmas!!!
OPEN LETTER TO MY BLOG FROM DAVID WAKERLEY:
Dear Blog,
I would like to apologize for my absense, and do realize that part of the joy you receive is not only people reading you, but new content added on a regular basis.
I have stolen this joy from you, but hop you do realize that I am in the middle of preparations for our Kids Album recording which has taken over my life. This recording is happening in two weeks time: Wed 10th October 2007. After that I will have more time to devote to your needs.
Until that time I will most likely only update you about the album.
We have 12 awesome tracks, some older songs from Hillsong albums, plus a bunch of fantastic NEW songs!
More to come.
Yours faithfully,
David Wakerley
It is 9:17pm on Sunday. We have just finished the final of our 8 services for the weekend.
I got up this morning for our 8am service, and 13 hours later we finished packing up from the 7pm service.
This weekend I have experienced more ‘church’ than some people would experience in two months.
But I LOVE IT!
I am part of the kingdom of God, building my little corner of it. Growing what God has given me the grace to lead and joining with a host of people around the world in participating in what Jesus said he would build… HIS CHURCH!
I really wouldn’t want to be anywhere else but right here.
So here I sit in my office having a breather before I head on out to lock up this awesome facility God has given us!
(Although I am glad I only lock up once every two months!) 
So click the link below and you can take your own test… here’s what mine came up as.
| Your Personality Is |
| You are good at expressing yourself and sharing your ideals.You are the most compassionate of all types and connect with others easily. Your heart tends to rule you. You can’t make decisions without considering feelings.You seek out other empathetic people to befriend. Truth and authenticity matters in your friendships. In love, you give everything you have to relationships. You fall in love easily. At work, you crave personal expression and meaning in your career. With others, you communicate well. You can spend all night talking with someone. As far as your looks go, you’ve likely taken the time to develop your own personal style. On weekends, you like to be with others. Charity work is also a favorite pastime of yours. |
In fact I am on a holiday right now, with my family in Christchurch New Zealand. My littlest brother is getting married tomorrow and there is some kind of ceremony that goes along with that so we will be attending the afformentioned ceremony.
Bloggin’ will resume as normal early next week.
Yours in the Lord Jesus Christ and in His mighty power.
The Reverend David Wakerley.
I use bloglines to read all the blogs I participate in in one place.
I thought I might post all the Children’s Ministry Blogs I can find online here, you may find one that you had not heard of yet.
And leave a comment if you know of one not on this list!
Some of these are purely children’s ministry blogs, others like the Strange Games blog is a collection of strange games that every now and then I find a game for use with kids.
Most of these blogs are updated regularly, but a few have not been taken care in recent months. So tread carefully, and if you are some of the bloggers who are neglecting their blogs… beware of the wrath of a neglected internet… it can strike at any time… there is nothing quite as dangerous as an internet that has been forgotten about.
Oh and here is a list of pretty much all the blogs I read!
http://www.bloglines.com/public/kidinspiration
EDIT: So I missed out one the the more prolific CM Blogs, Jaded Children’s Minister Thanks MargieH for pointing that out! It is now added!
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 showed towards that child and the impact his little life has had on our world in such a brief time was absolutely amazing!
This event really made me sit back and gain perspective on this amazing gift we have of life. Not only did I think about my life but the thousands of young lives I come into contact with every week. It inspired me to keep living for something bigger then myself. Keep sacrificing so I can see others find the same life I have found in Christ Jesus. Keep loving even when I don’t feel like it because I know the value of one life!
I know that next time I have another night out ministering to children or meeting with leaders that it’s all worth it. Next time I have to give up my day off to Pastor my kids that I have not wasted my time. Next time I ask my self the question “Why do I do what I do?” I will quickly answer with confidence “I do it because God has given me the revelation of the value of one life!”.
We as ministers to children are truely blessed and have the greatest opportunity to take the kingdom of God forward. Be excited that you are part of changing this world and ALWAYS REMEMBER WHY YOU DO WHAT YOU DO!
Well my kidinspiration.com website has exceeded its bandwidth this month… I actually had too many visitors! (For the not-so-technical among you, it’s kinda like they shut and lock the door on your website until they get some more money from you).
The good news is there is only one day left in August, so the site will come up again as soon as the time ticks over to September.
Dear faithful blog reader,
You may not be aware of this, but I also have a newsletter at http://kidinspiration.com that you can subscribe to. It goes out once a month or so and I even talk about things that I don’t talk about here at this very blog.
But something has gone awry, yes there has been an incident over at my other website. About two weeks ago it stopped sending out emails. You see when you subscribe, you SHOULD receive an email instantly thanking you for joining. But, as I discovered a couple of days ago it has not been happening.
I tried to send out the August Newsletter and it simply sat there with it’s little beady email eyes and laughed at me.
So I am attempting to get it fixed, but fate has placed before me a conference in Melbourne Australia… Kidshaper and I am attending until Friday night. So the newsletter shall wait, and so shall you, and if you have not subscribed yet, make your way to kidinspiration.com and sign up (although you will not receive an email confirmation as outlined above).
Yours Faithfully
David Wakerley Esq.
More photos of the Wakerley’s first born…
Is it just me or is he gtting cuter everyday. I know you may look at these photos and see just another baby, but i’ll have you know, I have no idea how my genes produced such a specimen of human perfection — even when he cries
Part three in the continuing chronicles of Brooklyn Wakerley on flickr.com
(If you haven’t checked out flickr, it’s a brillant place to share your photos).
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