This year, we decided to have our Information and Release Cards printed professionally. It’s actually a much cheaper solution than us running off mass copies on our black and white printing press or copier on cardstock. I created this card for 8.5″ x 5.5″ (half-sheet) size. It seems like the perfect size. Not too large […]
Every year we run through our expectations with our middle school students @ Hayward Wesleyan Church. We call it frontloading. We share with them what our expectations are upfront, instead of chasing their behavior after the fact. We revisit them from time to time as new students show up or as the overall group behavior […]
I made this graphic to show during Backstage With the Bible for our Followers. It has the language the Go Fish Guys use for the Ten Commandments in their “Ten Commandment Boogie” song. You can download the graphic. Or you can download a 15-second, loopable video of the graphic.
Cain and Abel We are using the Gospel Story for Kids curriculum in Main Street @ Hayward Wesleyan. [insert video embed] source YouTube
Adam and Eve Disobey God We are using the Gospel Story for Kids curriculum in Main Street @ Hayward Wesleyan. [insert video embed] source YouTube
That’s a long title, isn’t it? But I wanted to catch your attention by asking you that question: Have You Ever Thought About Scheduling Your Ministry Program for Every Other Week? When I came to Hayward Wesleyan, there was (and still is) a mid-week children’s ministry program called Followers, and it occurred every other Monday […]
Hayward Wesleyan Church has graciously offered its pastors an 8-week sabbatical after 7 years worth of full-time ministry. Pastor Mark and Loretta have taken theirs recently and Pastor Heath is currently on his sabbatical at the time of this post. I will be taking mine starting at the end of January 2013 until the end […]
You might be thinking: “Just give them some pens and let them go at it, right?” Well you could do that… because that’s what I did when I first started working with middle school students. However I quickly learned rule #1 in giving middle schoolers a marking device: Never Use Pens that Click This wisdom […]
When we did the story God Creates the World in Main Street, I walked the students through the creation passage in Genesis 1. We charted what happened on what day, and what filled what day. We also tracked how many times the text said “good” as well as “God said.”
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In college my professors talked about typology, seeing Jesus as a type in the Old Testament. However, the more I read Scripture, listen to folks like Tim Keller and N.T. Wright, the God revealed in Jesus is more than just a study of types, rather one continual and cohesive compilation of grace, faith, and love. […]
My apologies. Sometimes links and videos get taken down or turned off, and it looks like that is the case here. Sorry about that! Woah. Grace and Gospel centered parenting. Wow. To be honest, I’ve got some talking to God to do about how I parent… HT Lifetogether source Vimeo
God Creates Man and Woman We are using the Gospel Story for Kids curriculum in Main Street @ Hayward Wesleyan. [insert video embed] source YouTube
Notes from Session #5 Sticky Faith // Parent Curriculum DVD Ultimately your main goal with your child’s faith is that their spiritual journey leads to adopting your faith as their own. We can’t control our kids faith development because ultimately whether or not they will have sticky faith rests on them and their decision. Our […]
Notes from Session #4 Sticky Faith // Parent Curriculum DVD Segregation in the church is causing kids to shelve their faith. “High school and college students who attend church-wide worship services and have intergenerational relationships, tend to have more sticky faith.” Not just sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with kids in a worship service setting, rather: “The number […]
Notes from Session #3 Sticky Faith // Parent Curriculum DVD Imagine a microphone in your car recording the conversations… What would the mike record? Mainly logistics? What percentage of these conversations would you talk about God or faith? What’s your answer? How do you feel about your answer? We wished we talked about faith more […]
Notes from Session #2 Sticky Faith // Parent Curriculum DVD Who am I? is a question of identity. Am I what my hair looks like? My makeup? My clothes? The music I listen to? The friends I hang out with? Tim Clydesdale is a sociologist who did a study of 125 students who graduated from […]
Notes from Session #1 Sticky Faith // Parent Curriculum DVD 40-50% of young adults will want to stick with their faith Fuller Youth Institute did a study with 500 youth group graduates through 3 years of college. Your kids are more connected to you (parent) than you might think. You (parent) are the most important influence […]
God Creates the World We are using the Gospel Story for Kids curriculum in Main Street @ Hayward Wesleyan. [insert video embed] source YouTube