Archive for May, 2010

More On The Preteen Conference

Posted on May 20th, 2010

Some more I gleaned from the preteen leaders conference last week: Awesome to see the recent room upgrades.  Love the theme.  Also think the painting/design on the floor was super.  Gives me some ideas of how I can make little changes to our area, which is al we can do at the moment.  Long term [...]

Preteen Ministry in Rocklin, CA

Posted on May 17th, 2010

Just got back from the preteen leaders conference in Rocklin, CA.  My third time there.  Really enjoyed it.  Throughout the week I will be blogging what I gleaned from the conference.  So, keep coming back for more. I drove to the conference with my three young kids (8, 6 and 4 yrs. old). My wife [...]

Promotion Ideas

Posted on May 8th, 2010

Are you crazy busy planning summer like me?  You probably are.  One of the trickiest things to do is transitioning preteens into middle school/junior high ministry.  If you have a healthy preteen ministry, the last thing you want to happen is preteens to fall through the cracks in the transition process. Here’s what we are [...]

Consistency

Posted on May 8th, 2010

When I first came on staff at La Jolla Pres 8 months ago, X-Zone (our preteen group) was dead.  It had been around for awhile but was struggling to survive.  There was no vision and had a high turnover of leaders.  It took a few months to gain some momentum. Things are much better now. [...]