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Manage Your Time Like a Pro

I’ve recently come out of one of the busiest seasons of my life. Here is what has gone on in the past few months. Written...

Capturing the Hearts of Preschoolers

by Cass Brannan One of the greatest responsibilities that the church seems to overlook is that of preschoolers. They are in the most foundational years...

Investing in Staff, Leaders, and Volunteers

Last week I wrote about policies your church might have about taking staff, leaders and volunteers to lunch. I received some great feedback, so thanks to those of...

Ministering to Special Needs

by Meaghan Wall and Amy Fenton Lee While there are extra demands and differences for parents of children with disabilities, an Orange approach to parenting...

Working Together: Children's and Student Ministries

This post I’m happy to say isn’t the picture of Brookwood Church from my perspective. I also think that Student Ministry and Children’s Ministry...

Leading Under Pressure

by Dan Reiland How much pressure are you under today? No leader escapes pressure, in fact, if you don’t experience pressure you are likely not...

How Do You Teach Your Kids the Bible?

Just a simple question today . . . How do you teach your kids the bible? What’s more important: that they hear the bible,...

What Makes a Kid Unique?

by Bre Hallberg Did you know that the fittest kids in America are graduating from Naperville high schools? According to the book Spark by John J. Ratey...

Sparking Your Creativity

In ministry, sometimes the grind of it all can you down. Whether it’s coming up with another leadership training or going through attendance numbers again, it can...

Kidmin Networking in Alabama

Did you know that Southwest Airlines offers $5 all day wifi? Love it! Okay, so now you know where I am. This morning I’ll be...

4 Rules of Refreshment

How can such an amazing, exciting, honoring, respected position of “senior pastor” simultaneously be so difficult, stressful, lonely and destructive? There is a weight that...

Should You Pick Your Child's Friends?

Tonight in our couples small group we were talking through the idea of Providential Relationships. The study that we are participating in says that...

The Secret to Success in Ministry

My good friend Sam Luce wrote a great post last week about adult ministry. He’s been a campus pastor now for more than a year and...

Balance

As I’m spending a bit of time outside this afternoon writing for a side project. It occurred to me just how much I enjoy...

The Parent Rap: Misdirected?

This video has been making it’s rounds, over half a million views in the last six months. Honestly, I saw it yesterday for the...

Making the Connection

Too often, our goal is to transition our kids into a church service, rather than the life and body of the Church (with a...

This is What the Tee Shirt Means

So a little while ago I thought it would be great to create a video to inspire our Hillsong Kids Volunteer team. As I was trying...

Surrounding Yourself with the Right People

We were talking with Chris Burch, our Axis (7th + 8th) intern this week, and were talking about the importance of volunteers. He just pulled...

Your Ministry Title Confuses Me

Some people get really creative with their job titles: Director of Smiles, Ministry Ninja, Director of Amazement. These are hilarious, and I’m sure they make having the title...

Favorite Ministry Apps

This week, I thought I’d highlight some favorite apps related to the various themes I like to cover on my blog. The following is a repost...

Remains of Pastor’s Wife and Friend Identified; OK County GOP Chair...

News surfaced this week that Tifany Machel Adams is the GOP chair for Cimarron County, Oklahoma. Adams is one of four suspects charged with kidnapping and murdering pastor's wife Jilian Kelley and Kelley's friend Veronica Butler.

Rebecca McLaughlin on Whether Christians Can Agree To Disagree About Same-Sex...

Dr. Rebecca McLaughlin joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about how church leaders can respond to common arguments that use the Bible to affirm same-sex relationships, the “why” behind God’s design for marriage, and the “beautiful and glorious vision” Christianity has for friendship.

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