BEING A DOER OF GOD’S WORD
BEING A DOER OF GOD’S WORD “Knowledge comes by taking things apart but Wisdom comes by putting things together.” (E. C. McKenzie, 1800 Quotable Quotes) So often when it comes to God’s word, people can read it and feel that they know all about God and they know all about the Christian way but […]
Cost of Children’s Ministry
COST OF CHILDREN’S MINISTRY “The bird with the largest bill isn’t the pelican – it’s the stork.” (E.C. McKenzie, 1800 Quotable Quotes) Of course, this is a play on words, the bill being the cost of something. In this blog I want to talk about the cost of children’s ministry. Churches who want to […]
Foolish Things
FOOLISH THINGS “If 50 million people say a foolish thing over and over is it still a foolish thing?” (E.C. McKenzie, 1800 Quotable Quotes) We can say YES. Only God’s word is settled forever. Anything contrary to his word is a foolish thing. The most important thing we can teach our kids is that God’s […]
OPEN MINDS
OPEN MINDS “The trouble with most open minds is that they are open at both ends.” (E.C. McKenzie, 1800 Quotatable Quotes) It is impossible to believe everything because of the contractions that lie in all the different teachings. People often try to pick and chose what they want to believe. After reading the book titled […]
Saint Patrick’s Day Theme
Saint Patrick’s story is a favourite of mine, especially since I am from an Irish background. Here is a link to some interesting ideas you could do with your class to celebrate the life of Saint Patrick. https://revivalfire4kids.com/2018/02/26/planning-a-kidmin-st-patricks-fun-sunday/ Click here for Children’s Ministry Resources
Setting High Expectations
Setting High Expectations Here is an article from Focus on the Family encouraging moms to be firm (mean) in a good way. http://www.focusonthefamily.com/parenting/parenting-roles/why-kids-need-mean-moms The same principles apply in Children’s Ministry. I have seen many teachers let the kids “run all over them” in an effort to be seen as “nice”. The best teachers have class […]
Create What You Love | 7 Habits of a Good Artist | Andrew Price
Create What You Love | 7 Habits of a Good Artist | Based on Blender Foundation Speech by Andrew Price (view full speech on youtube.com) Habit # 7 Create what you Love As people who are serving the Lord we have a strong sense that we are called to something unique and special for […]
Feedback | 7 Habits of a Good Artist | Andrew Price
Feedback | 7 Habits of a Good Artist | Based on Blender Foundation speech given by Andrew Price (view video on youtube.com) Habit #6 Get feedback Andrew says, “You want true honest feedback.” In my efforts to cartoon the bible, I found the kids I am reading the stories to, to give me […]
Rest | 7 Habits of a Good Artist | Andrew Price
Rest | 7 Habits of a Good Artist | Based on a Blender Foundation Speech by Andrew Price (You can view full video at youtube.com) Habit #5 Rest Andrew says, “Take a break from your work then go back and take a look at it with fresh eyes.” He uses the example […]
Conscious Learning | 7 Habits of a Good Artist | Andrew Price
Conscious Learning | 7 Habits of a Good Artist | Based on Blender Foundation speech by Andrew Price (view full videos on youtube.com) Habit #4 Conscious learning – not practice, practice, practice I heard a saying “It is not practice that makes perfect, but perfect practice that makes perfect.” Andrew uses the example […]
Stealing | 7 Habits of a Good Artist | Andrew Price
Stealing | 7 Habits of a Good Artist | Based on Blender Foundation Speech by Andrew Price (video series can be viewed on youtube.com) Habit 3 – Get good at stealing Andrew says that we build on the stuff we have learned from others. Find your idols, copy the stuff you love and put them […]
Volume Not Perfection | 7 Habits of a Good Artist | Andrew Price
Habit #2 Work on Volume not Perfection 7 HABITS OF A GOOD ARTIST based on Blender Foundation Speech by Andrew Price (You can find the series on Youtube.com) Habit #2 is to work on Volume of pieces and not perfection of each piece of art that you do. Andrew Price uses the example of Picasso […]