As we enter a new year, I find myself reminiscing to my days as a youth growing up in a small church. We would gather together at the church on New Year’s eve and play a few games and just in general have a time of fellowship. Then about 11:30’ish or so we would head … [Read more…]
The week between Christmas and the new year is generally a time when we look retrospectively at the year which is about to end. As we look back at 2020, I see two main lessons that we learned as we endured a global pandemic. My concern is that many will forget these lessons and go … [Read more…]
This is a quote from Proverbs 29:18 that is often misquoted and used improperly. I will openly admit that I am not using this quote as a scriptural reference, simply as an oft used quote that is familiar to people. This is also not a blanket analysis of children’s ministries, simply observations from a distance … [Read more…]
In March, many ministries became faced with the challenge of reaching people when they would no longer be able to come to the building. They now needed to reach out to people, they had to “go to them” instead of having them “come to us”. This was a seismic shift for many. Some struggled, some … [Read more…]
Today, Awana makes a bold move as they formally enter the heavily saturated weekend curriculum market in the United States. They also enter at a time when many children’s ministries are not meeting in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That may be seen as a hurdle to some, but it could also be seen … [Read more…]
