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A New Ministry Volunteer Training Welcome Video
What a great idea! HT [kidinspiration] source Vimeo
Google and Your Memory (infographic)
I still like what Einstein is often credited with saying: “Don’t fill up your brain with information you can easily look up.” I wonder if services like Google and its intended and unintended effects on our memory might just help our society (even humanity) better synthesize the vast amounts of information out there, rather than […]
A Little Detective Work
I was making Mac & Cheese for lunch. Sari was sitting at the table ready to eat and she said: “Mom said I could sit on my blanket in front of the fireplace.” Okay. Here we go. This wasn’t an unrealistic claim. Amanda could have told Sari this, but I wasn’t sure. Amanda was not […]
We Hear What We Want to Hear
Macie had taken a bite of her string cheese, then set it down on the counter and was chewing next to me sitting in front of the fireplace in the living room. Sari walked by and noticed Macie chewing on something and asked me if she could have a piece of gum because Macie had […]
Trunk or Treat 2011 Promo (video)
Every year on Halloween, hwc Youth ministries pulls off an event called Trunk or Treat. About 4 years ago I had my 1st grade Sunday morning class help me make a video promo for that event. This year, I decided to “refresh” that old video and use it as the promo video for this year! […]
Jesus Delivers the Gadarene Maniac
This past weekend in Main Street, we did the story where Jesus meets this wild and crazy demon-possessed guy and delivers him from “Legion.” We showed a clip from The Story Keepers, which did a great job telling the story in under 2 minutes. Additionally, we showed a video from about 4 years ago. At […]
The Valley of Dry Bones // Ezekiel 37
Woah! This is an incredible video that depicts such a descriptive passage! Well done! HT ChurchMag source Vimeo
Using Facebook Pages in Ministry
I currently manage two Facebook “pages” through hwcYouth. They are for our Followers and Middle School Youth programs. I created them for a couple of reasons: As a way to share pictures, videos, and ministry announcements A different way of connecting with people other than email… it’s adding in that connection that is intuitive for many […]
This Blows // Game
How to Play “This Blows” Game: Set up a number (you can decide how many) plastic cups in a row across a table. When the game starts, the players may grab the balloon and begin to blow it up. The participants may only knock cups off the table by using air from the balloon and […]
Jesus Does Some Miracles #1
This past weekend in Main Street, we recounted some of the miracles of Jesus. He healed: a lame man by a pool a man with a shriveled hand (on the Sabbath) a paralytic let down from the roof by some friends a blind man (again on the Sabbath) We learned that “miracles” are REAL unlike […]
Drag Races // Game
This was a fun activity we did a couple of weeks ago @ msy. Jen C. had the idea to have the students push two cars in neutral across the church parking lot in a race. It was fun. The video is tough to see because it got dark so quickly, but you get the […]
If “the act of creation” Were an 8-Bit Video Game
HT ChurchMag source Vimeo
A Parenting Tactic: The Worst-Case Scenario
Parents say some of the craziest things. When I was a kid, I remember thinking my parents were crazy sometimes. I thought some of their responses to things were exaggerated and extreme. And now that I’m a parent, I understand! When you are a parent you are “on” 24/7. Your children need to be parented 24/7. This […]
Blow Your Nose // Game
How to Play “Blow Your Nose”: You take a self-wadded up piece of tissue and a coffee stir straw and have the students try to blow the tissue off of a defined space (we used a table) through the little straw. We like having competitions (going head to head with another student). But you can […]
Patience and Rest | Can Words Mean More Than One Thing?
“I am NOT Patience!” Sari exclaimed. “Not Patience. Patient.” I retorted. There was a girl named, Patience, in the church nursery. So whenever we would ask our girls to be patient, or to wait, we would get the response: “I’m not Patience!” Macie, our youngest, had no idea what she was saying, but because she […]
Galileo Talks About What it Feels Like to Do the Opposite (video)
Galileo was our special guest @ Main Street a couple of years ago and he shared about his experience doing the opposite (having a different theory of geocentrism than the leading minds of the day). He connects and relates his experience with what Jesus experienced, particularly in Jesus’ message entitled: “The Sermon on the Mount.” […]
Sermon on the Mount
The students in Main Street learned that the main point of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount was (and is): “Repent, for the kingdom of God is near…” 180 degree turnaround. Do virtually the opposite of what we would humanly (or in our flesh) want to do. We reviewed the four categories of people Jesus encountered […]
What Do Teenagers Do w/ Email? Or Not Do?
There’s a good conversation going on in the comments in the link below if you are interested. Take a look! via Churchm.ag
Dead Sea Scrolls Go Digital
The Internet (aka Google) has brought us a treasure here recently. They have digitized the Dead Sea Scrolls and made them available and searchable online: It’s taken 24 centuries, the work of archaeologists, scholars and historians, and the advent of the Internet to make the Dead Sea Scrolls accessible to anyone in the world. Today, […]