Posted on January 30th, 2012
Most of us realize that parents continue to have the most influence on young people. In fact, research continues to prove the influence of parents trumps the influence of peers, the media and even the church. With big publishers like Orange and D6 being the leading voices in this area, a case for the argument [...]
Posted on January 28th, 2012
As I dropped off my preteen son to school on Friday, something caught my eye. Ethan was holding his sisters’ mini-beach girl (not a usual thing), and something looked different about it. I looked closer and realized he had given the mini-beach girl a buzz cut (see the above picture). Ha! You got to love [...]
Posted on January 26th, 2012
I confess that I am a coffee addict. It all started a few years ago when the church I worked at had really good free coffee – all day long, everyday. We even had 3-4 various flavors of creme to choose from. I got hooked pretty quickly. Lately, I’ve been exercising more often and am [...]
Posted on January 23rd, 2012
In a previous post, I wrote about the first 4 steps of Responding to Preteen Craziness. These are steps to take when, despite your creative programming success, preteens get out of hand. Keep in mind this works best when followed as an escalated response, which is why the first four should precede the below responses. [...]
Posted on January 21st, 2012
My son, Joey, had a his 8 year old birthday party last night. He was given the choice to either have a really cool party or get some good gifts from us. He chose a party. And not just any party, we rented the Game Truck. Simply put, it was the most fun kids had [...]
Posted on January 18th, 2012
No matter how fascinating we are as speakers, or how interesting the content is, or how engaged most of the preteens in your group might be, there are always students who will go off-track. It’s a mistake to take this personally, and it’s a mistake to chock it all up to misbehavior, too. I mean, [...]
Posted on January 16th, 2012
I’m two weeks into living a slower, more relaxed life. As I mentioned in a previous post, The Power of Focus, I’ve begun to eliminate much of my work-related activity – becoming less productive, but enjoying life much more. I’m focused on the most important stuff and have begun to let go of everything else. [...]
Posted on January 15th, 2012
Wanted to give you a heads up that the EPIC ONLY144 Children’s Ministry & Preteen Sale launched last Friday. The sale includes $1,678 worth of resources for only $97 and it’s only available for 144 hours. I’m super pumped about this sale, because it’s got so many great Preteen Ministry resources. Hope you can take advantage [...]
Posted on January 12th, 2012
How many times have we seen this in preteen ministry? The large group teacher begins by saying, “How are you guys doing this morning?” And the preteens answer, usually half-heartedly, “Good…” And the teacher says, “Oh, come on – you can do better than that! HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING THIS MORNING??” And the preteens [...]
Posted on January 10th, 2012
Get $1,687 worth of Preteen & Children’s Ministry resources for only $97. Starts this Friday, January 13 at noon thru Jan. 19. No joke, over $1,600 worth of preteen and children’s ministry resources for only $97. The promotion only lasts 144 hours and ends on January 19. The first 200 people who order get: [...]
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