What was it like for the disciples when they saw Jesus after His resurrection? How do we describe the feeling, emotion, and huge importance and historical significance of this dead man coming back to life? In Main Street, I told a story about being at a funeral all sad and in mourning… someone everyone loved […]
1] One-year commitments. McIntosh and Arn (2013), in their book, What Every Pastor Should Know, say that “each ministry position, from the lowest level of influence to the highest, should be a one-year term [so the volunteer] can try a new activity and have the freedom to leave without guilt at the end of the […]
My daughter Sari drew this the other day and I asked her if I could scan it in and share it with others. She happily agreed!
In Main Street @ Hayward Wesleyan we focus on a Bible verse or a set of verses each month. Instead of trying to have students memorize a verse every week, we spend a whole month focused on one set of verses. For November 2014, we chose Luke 9:23-24 in the NIV: “If anyone would come after me, […]
In Main Street @ Hayward Wesleyan we focus on a Bible verse or a set of verses each month. Instead of trying to have students memorize a verse every week, we spend a whole month focused on one set of verses. For October 2014, we chose Luke 5:31-32 in the NIV: “Jesus answered them, ‘It is […]
In Main Street @ Hayward Wesleyan we focus on a Bible verse or a set of verses each month. Instead of trying to have students memorize a verse every week, we spend a whole month focused on one set of verses. For September 2014, we chose 1 Corinthians 10:13 in the NIV: “No temptation has […]
So you’ve got an amazing children’s ministry outreach event going and something inappropriate is going on… What do you do? Well, confront it. Or you can watch the video for the whole story and some tips… source YouTube
My daughter Sari, who is 7 years old, wrote the following during her inside recess time at school after her class had talked about bullying. I appreciated the emotion in it! Bulles are horabill. Bull are mean. If I see one I will skreem! And then I will comdonw and tack a depbreth but seeing […]
How to play the “Cookie Flip” game: Supplies cookies (chips ahoy seem to work the best) flat cookie cooking pan Instructions start with a cookie on the cooking pan participants must flip the cookie up in the air, then flip the cooking pan over, and catch the cookie the goal can be to flip and catch one […]
Back in 2009, I made a sort of memory video of the previous ministry with the purpose of promoting the next year’s ministry cycle. Recently I was cleaning out my Vimeo account (deleting videos I didn’t want online as well as recategorizing everything), and I came across this video. It was nostalgic for me. I […]
When I taught on the Tabernacle back in May 2013, I wanted the students to get a sense of the actual size of the Tabernacle. Now I couldn’t build a Tabernacle, but I could stake out the dimensions of the Tabernacle. So I went to the local hardware store in Hayward and bought some supplies: […]
“Dave Kinnaman’s recent book You Lost Me offers [a] sobering look at the status quo of the church. Based on an extensive survey, Kinnaman notes six primary factors for students disconnecting from church. Devoting a chapter to each, he summarizes the six as: over-protective toward youth; shallow in their teaching aimed at students; antiscience (just […]
We have a tradition at Hayward Wesleyan Church…the week before the teenagers head back to school we put on what we call the… Back 2 School Bash The staple at this annual event is playing with mud. We have devised several muddy and gross games to enhance this unique, fun, one-of-a-kind event. And, for your […]
History of Main Street In the summer of 2003, I chose 39 stories in the Torah (Genesis through Deuteronomy), 39 stories in the Writings (Joshua-Nehemiah), and 39 stories in the Gospels and Acts. These 117 Bible stories comprised the core curriculum for Hayward Wesleyan Church’s Sunday school program that we eventually called Main Street (and […]
So I guess the story is that a former Yankee player, Robinson Cano, was traded to the Seattle Mariners during the off season for a large 10-year contract (I think it was somewhere around $240 million over the ten years). This was going to be his first game as a Mariner playing in Yankee stadium […]
About a month ago I was able to sit in on a high school health class while they were discussing abstinence. The instructor used a video-based teaching series from a woman named Pam Stenzel. She is hilarious! Here are a couple of quotes I wrote down that I wanted to remember: “Opposites attract in personalities, […]
At Youth on Wednesday night, we recently engaged in the story found in Mark 10:46-52 that shares the account of a blind man receiving sight from Jesus. In order to better prepare ourselves to step inside and understand the story, we thought that a little exercise might be in order. Let’s experience blindness, if but […]
Stories of Elisha 1 Kings 19:19 – 2 Kings 8:6 Last week’s story was centered around the prophet Elijah. In this week’s story, the main character is Elisha. Elisha is Elijah’s successor and this prophet does some fascinating miracles. What’s even more remarkable is the kind of miracles he does and who does similar miracles […]
Story of Elijah 1 Kings 16:29 – 1 Kings 19:18 Last week the kingdom divided. Ten tribes in the north remained Israel, while two tribes in the south, Judah and Benjamin were renamed Judah. Elijah was a prophet to the northern set of tribes, Israel, primarily during the reign of King Ahab, who did evil […]
I was posting some training materials over at wesleyankids.org about a month ago and came across an interview of a man named Dr. Tim Elmore. He had some phenomenal things to say regarding technology and a growing “artificial maturity” he sees among late adolescents and young adults. You can watch the interview here. I wanted […]