Posted on October 30th, 2009
I remember going to a youth conference years ago in Baton Rouge, LA. The main speaker was Erwin McManus. I had read a few of his books and liked him as an author, but never heard him speak to a live audience before. I had my doubts he would be able to connect with High [...]
Posted on October 29th, 2009
What Hienz Ketchup taught me about preteen ministry…. Hienz Ketchup had a slogan for years (not sure if they do): Good things happen to those who wait. We live in the age of technology and information where we want it all and we want it now. But the truth is that anything worthwhile takes time to [...]
Posted on October 27th, 2009
What my wife and daughter taught me about preteen minsitry… It’s flu season and niether my wife, three kids nor myself got our flu shots. I was expecting the best but not planning for the worst. Bad idea. Jena, my wife, woke up Sunday and was in bad shape. She had fever, cough, body aches, chills, [...]
Posted on October 23rd, 2009
A boogie board to preteen ministry analogy. This morning I went boogie boarding and it was rough. Way rough! Usually that’s a good thing, but not today. The water was high and there was a strong rip tide going inland. The rip tide was so strong I would paddle my hardest barely moving at all. [...]
Posted on October 22nd, 2009
As many of you know, I recently moved from New Orleans, LA leaving a church I was on staff at for nearly 10 years. I now live in San Diego (love Southern California) and am working at La Jolla Presbyterian Church. Lots of things are different at the new church. One huge thing is that [...]
Posted on October 21st, 2009
In my 20’s I could create programs, come up with games and build a lesson mostly from instinct. I didn’t have to do much research on how preteens ticked. I knew what music, movies and TV shows were popular. I could easily use them to drive home the point of a lesson. For the most [...]
Posted on October 21st, 2009
Ten years ago I started a preteen ministry from scratch. It started out small but quickly grew. For most of those years it was one of the most vibrant and healthy areas of ministry in the entire church. I’m now on staff at a new church and have the opportunity to do it all over [...]
Posted on October 21st, 2009
Tapping into your creativity is just the beginning. You’ll also need to work on the mechanics of building a preteen ministry. Putting Together the Nuts and Bolts Putting together the nuts and bolts helps create an identity for a preteen ministry. When done right, preteens feel they are apart of something greater than themselves. What [...]
Posted on October 21st, 2009
Another important component of building a preteen ministry from scratch is vision casting. Vision Casting Despite the many books and conferences on the subject, a surprising amount of leaders fail to formulate and cast vision. Here are a few questions to ask yourself: What is the vision?Brainstorm with your team, colleagues and supervisor. Pray. Write [...]
Posted on October 21st, 2009
For 10 years I was on staff at a large church with lots of kids and lots of responsibility. My wife and I quickly got married and had three kids almost back to back. The church was growing even faster going from 200 to 2,000 people in the matter of a few short years. At [...]
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