If you subscribe to several children’s ministry e-mail lists, Facebook groups, newsletters, etc, then I am sure that you find your e-mail inbox full of solicitations from ministries. Sometimes it can be overwhelming. I will always remember standing in the funeral home around Christmas Eve as my phone rang a little before visitors would be … [Read more…]
We all have seasons of life. In this breakout, Brent Dumler referenced four seasons of life that we all go through. Being on the mountain top where everything is going well. On the mountain top, we don’t always seek God as we should because we are comfortable and think that it will stay that way. … [Read more…]
The conference began Monday evening with a main gathering. The main gathering gave the hundreds of people who served in children’s ministry over the weekend a time to take a deep breath and just focus on Jesus – not schedules, volunteers, or events. There was a wonderful time of worship and then Brad Tate brought … [Read more…]
We will all face the decision of whether to stay or if it is time to go. Whether in ministry, your job, your home, in many areas of life, the day will come when you need to make the decision. At the 2016 Children’s Pastors Conference, I attended a breakout session entitled “How to Know … [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…]