(Posted July 5, 2016) Each year I try to keep you updated on the options available for electronic record-keeping for your Awana club. I strive to maintain an accurate list with a basic description of each on the record-keeping page of the site. If you know of a record-keeping program that is available that I … [Read more…]
Today, Awana announced a new CEO and President/COO. You can read their press release here. Valerie Bell, who has been serving as the interim President and CEO since March, was named the CEO of Awana. I had the privilege of meeting Valerie at the AwanaYM Summit this past April. I must admit that it was … [Read more…]
Today I have another guest blogger. Awana has come out with a new training for all leaders entitled LEAD:Equip. I have asked Nikki Baughman, a director of Student leaders in PA to write about the LEAD training that she attended recently. These are her thoughts…. I recently attended a leadership conference. I love leadership … [Read more…]
This is the third post in a series talking about family ministry. The first was entitled “Family Worship – Good or Bad” in response to a meme that was making the rounds on Facebook. The second was entitled “Why I will never be a Family pastor”. As I mentioned previously, a focus was briefly placed … [Read more…]
I know, never say never. Today I continue my brief series on Family Ministry sharing “my story”, my perspective, regarding Family Ministry. As I noted in my post Family Worship Service – Good or Bad?, everyone approaches this topic from a bias, and I hope by sharing my story, it opens honest dialogue and helps … [Read more…]