Sam Luce wrote a great post on the “why” of discipline versus the “what” of discipline. You can read the post here or below: I don’t want to go down the road of what type of disciple you should do for your kids because every kid is different and every family is different. What I […]
I came across this music video a couple of months ago and have been playing/listening to it in the background before and after ministry events. It’s a really catchy tune and I love that it is a verse! I haven’t looked in to what else they offer, but this would be a neat way to […]
We have done this a lot the past couple of years with the Followers. We’ve combined kinetic movements with Scripture and it really makes memorizing fun and engaging. I’m curious if it sticks with the kids long-term, however; especially if you add new ones every week. Anyway, here are some tips to doing your own […]
As a parent who is almost done with the messy diaper changes, I laughed because I can’t wait to not have to do this again. I find it amazing that there are willing volunteers in our church nursery who do this on a regular basis with babies! What a way to kindly serve in one […]
David encounters a “fool” (Nabal) and almost succumbs to a rash decision. Thank goodness for Abigail! source Vimeo
I love football season (both college and professional)! The TV is on all day on Saturdays and Sundays at my house and it’s great! I’ve never really claimed allegiance to one team over another (other than OU). Until this last Sunday. I’ve lived in WI almost 8 years now and I’ve enjoyed the rivalry between […]
King Saul was actively trying to kill David and he had numerous chances. In these two stories (1 Samuel 24, 26), David had a chance to end Saul’s life and chose to follow God and not himself. David would not lay a hand on the LORD’s anointed. source Vimeo
David is successful in whatever Saul sent him to do, then Saul got jealous and tried to kill David a number of times. In the process, David and Saul’s son Jonathan became best friends and looked out for each other. This is the story of that friendship… source Vimeo
I found this video fascinating for a couple of reasons: I’m used to reading statistics in black and white numbers and percentages. Sometimes they are given in a graph or a chart. But never like this! We live in an interesting time where population growth is unprecedented (meaning: the world has never had this many […]
@ msy YOUTH this past school year, we have been thinking through the statement: “The Bible is about God continually working to fix this world through his kind of special people in order to make his kind of world.” We’ve interacted with this statement by walking ourselves through Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, […]
Followers Skate City adventure outing, Sunday, January 16, 2011 from 12:30-5:00pm.
This past December, for the Followers Christmas Parties, we made gingerbread houses. It was a blast! We had done this activity before, but this time we gave the students a little more freedom with what they wanted to create. There was a simple example, which some students attempted, while others dreamed big and created stadiums! […]
It’s not often that I get to hang out with Heath Davis on one of our children’s ministry events, but this past Sunday he came along with the Followers as we headed down to Skate City to do some roller skating. Some students handed us some mustaches and snapped a picture. My mustache didn’t stick […]
I came across this incredibly encouraging article the other day about parenting. It’s been my experience as a parent that this job is equal parts overwhelming, daunting, frustrating, fulfilling, dramatic, enjoyable, and a plethora of other adjectives that fail me at the moment. Reading this article validated some of my feelings and gave me some […]
I’ve been thinking about these kinds of things a lot lately: I just read this article about a mom who decided that she and her 3 teenagers were going to take a 6 month break from technology. ”My concern,” she says, “was that we had ceased to function as a family. We were just a […]
It’s tricky, cancellations. I’ve had to do it twice this school year. The first was back in November. We were scheduled to take the Followers students (grades 3-5) about an hour south of Hayward to Skate City (roller skating rink) and it had snowed considerably the night before (and was still snowing). The decision was […]
Young David does what King Saul is supposed to do: Fight Goliath, defend Israel Instead, Saul depends on David to fight for what is right. And David does so with courage and conviction. David would not let Goliath get away with cursing God and His people. And the compare and contrast saga between Saul and […]
Rachel South interned @ Hayward Wesleyan for a couple of months last summer. She had the opportunity to experience the end of our Main Street Sunday morning ministry in May, and then she “created” and crafted a curriculum for the students over the summer months. She ended up self-publishing her curriculum: This past fall semester […]
This is important for me; both as a parent and as a husband. Prior to both (marriage and kids), my life was ordered, controlled (for the most part) by me. I managed myself and my things. When I left my keys on the desk, I knew the keys would be there the next time I […]