Posted on April 26th, 2012
After the 2012 preteen leaders’ conference, which ended last Friday, the FourFiveSix team, who coordinated the conference, got away for a few days. We drove from Sacramento to a town called Truckee (near Lake Tahoe) in northern California. We hung out together, played SuperSmash Brothers (yes, on the Gamecube…the cabin even had a [...]
Posted on April 23rd, 2012
Last week, the FourFiveSix team led the Preteen Leaders’ Conference in Rocklin, CA. We had 160 leaders from around the country (and some Canadians) gather to learn how to take the next step in their preteen ministries. By the way, the dates for next year’s conference is April 17-19, 2013 and it will be hosted [...]
Posted on April 23rd, 2012
The preteen leaders conference ended on Friday and it was awesome. The night before the conference I had the opportunity to visit Elevate, a preteen ministry that Sean Sweet leads. I took some pics, so if you want to check them out, scroll down to the bottom of this post. Here’s my thoughts after sitting [...]
Posted on April 18th, 2012
I am really excited about the Preteen Leaders Conference, which officially starts tomorrow – April 19th. Tonight I (and anyone else attending) get to see a preteen ministry, Elevate, in action. Elevate will be having their midweek service and us leaders get to sit in the back and soak it all in. Two years ago [...]
Posted on February 21st, 2012
Katie Gerber created a leadership group, called Fusion, for preteens at Mount Pleasant Church. She knew preteens could take on a leadership role within her preteen ministry, Mount 54. And she knew that equipping preteens to lead would help them own their relationship with Jesus. How did she do it? What lessons did she learn? [...]
Posted on November 14th, 2011
Listen as Nick Diliberto, creator of PreteenMinistry.net, interviews Mike Sheley. This episode’s title: Extreme Preteen Ministry-Space Makeover. How can you intentionally design your preteen ministry space? What makes a room preteen friendly? Mike and Nick discuss these questions and more. FourFiveSix On-the-Air is a preteen ministry radio show brought to you every other Thursday by [...]
Posted on October 31st, 2011
Listen to the podcast as Nick Diliberto, creator of PreteenMinistry.net, interviews Heather Dunn. Join us as they talk about Ideas for a Nomadic Preteen Ministry. Do you have a preteen group that doesn’t have a dedicated space? Maybe you’re tight on space or have other issues that prevent you from having a preteen specific room. If [...]
Posted on October 8th, 2011
Watch this quick interview with Kenny Conley, childrensministryonline.com blogger, at the KidMin Conference 2011. (Note: If no video appears below, watch it here: http://www.vimeo.com/30222110) Share on Facebook
Posted on October 3rd, 2011
Listen as Nick Diliberto, creator of PreteenMinistry.net, interviews Sean Sweet, Preteen Pastor in Rocklin, CA. Sean has recently revamped his preteen midweek service. He’s tried a completely new approach that has been extremely successful in helping preteens own their faith in Jesus. Join Nick and Sean as they talk about the FABULOUS REINVENTION OF PRETEEN MINISTRY. [...]
Posted on September 19th, 2011
Listen as Nick Diliberto, creator of PreteenMinistry.net, interviews Jim Kast-Keat, Preteen Pastor in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Jim discusses what he did to kick-off fall programming and how to be intentional about it. What works? What doesn’t work? How can launching the fall set you up for success the rest of the year? [...]
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