One of the parts of attending the Children’s Pastors Conference (CPC) that I really enjoy is seeing friends in ministry that I haven’t seen in a while as well as meeting new friends with the same passion, reaching children for Jesus. We can gather together and share about our ministries and encourage one another. We … [Read more…]
Unfortunately, sometimes parents and kidmin leaders aren’t sure how to teach children about global issues, and fall back on telling them how bad people in other countries have it. It’s especially easy to fall back to this tactic when kids get too self-focused. While it’s certainly true that our kids enjoy a high standard … [Read more…]
This evening I was going to post about the first general session which was held Wednesday night. There was a lot of great information and insight given to all those in attendance, too much to record here. To see a glimpse of the first general session, I will defer to GJ Farmer’s who did an … [Read more…]
The conference has not started yet, but they hold “pre-conference” (pre-con) workshops on various topics. This year I attended the one offered on the small church. I have always had a heart for small churches and the struggles they face. I grew up in a small church (never more than 100 people) and I have … [Read more…]
The theme for the Children’s Pastors Conference 2016 is “We Are One” Throughout the conference we will here this theme echoed in many ways. We are one: with God Himself Oneness defined with the families we serve with this generation with the kidmin community with the global church and our mission This theme resonates … [Read more…]