KidMin Backstage

Today I'm joined by Bro. Steve Arter and we talk about perspective. How we see things often effects how we act.  In youth one time I did an example; I had a sketch of a woman, but it was drawn three different ways. It was generally the same sketch, but one way emphasized different lines and another one was more filled in on certain areas, then there was the final sketch that kind of combined...

Coming up! I'm joined by Steve Arter and we talk about perspective.

Today I'm joined by Bro. Kyle and we're talking about discipleship. As Sunday school leaders we have two primary missions: Evangelism and Discipleship. These go hand in hand as we read in Matthew 28:19.  We have bus or van ministries, we go door-knocking, we create kids’ events, we have VBS, and we try to evangelize and reach out to kids who don’t go to church. So, the next step is to te...

Coming up! I'm joined by Bro. Kyle and we talk discipleship.

Today I'm joined by Evangelist, Joey Boggs! It's been a long time coming! Bro. Joey has a lot of Sunday school experience and expertise. He's been on the evangelistic field for several years now and he has even applied some of his Sunday school experience as an evangelist. Today we reminisce a little and we talk about collaboration. Two heads are better than one. No such thing as a...

Coming up! I'm joined by Evangelist Joey Boggs!

Today I'm joined by Bro. Myles. We’ve all heard the saying, “jack of all trades, master of none”, and it kind of puts a negative light on those that can do a lot, but maybe are not super good at any one thing. And there’s the quote, master. The one who does one thing, but they’re the best. They’re the ones you hire if you want the highest quality. I think we tend to place a high value on thes...

Coming up! I'm joined by Myles.

Have you ever seen the beginning of a boxing match where the opponents are just kind of dancing around just out of reach of each other? As an audience, it’s easy to want to push them to, “Go, go, go!” But it looks a lot different from inside the ring. When you’re inside the ring, you’re acutely aware of the danger, of the fact that one misstep could cause severe pain.  But the winners are the ones...

Coming Up! I'm joined by Bro. Aaron and we talk about the Bashful Boxer - it's all about confidence.

Today I'm joined by Bro. Brennen and we talk about going the extra mile. In Matthew 5:41 Jesus talks about how if someone asks you to walk a mile you should go two.  Scholars say that there was a Roman law where any Roman soldier could order a Jewish civilian along the road to carry his baggage, often containing armor and weapons, for one Roman mile, which would be just under one of our miles...

Coming up! Brennen and I talk about going the extra mile.

Today I'm joined by Matthew and we're talking about the king inside of us and inside the kids we work with every week. We all know the story, one of the greatest stories ever recorded, David and Goliath. David with a sling stands up to the giant and is victorious.  David was anointed to be king way before he ever stepped foot into the palace. He fought Goliath when he had no position or...

Coming up! I'm joined by Matthew!

Today I'm joined by Kyle and we talk about Imposter Syndrome! Have you ever finally stepped out and taken a risk only to be knocked down? Maybe you decided to speak up for once and someone gives you that look; the look that says, “Who do you think you are?”  Here in our church, I have been a pioneer in many endeavors; some a success and some failures. I am very familiar with this phenomenon k...

Coming up! Kyle and I talk about Imposter Syndrome

Today I'm joined by Bro. Brent and we talk synergy. Have you ever been in a rut? I think sometimes we can get stuck doing things a certain way. One argument is that if it’s working, why try to change it? Another dynamic that can happen in a group is when someone presents an alternate point of view, we can become defensive of quote, “our way” and reject outside opinion.  We’re blessed to have...

Coming Up! Brent and I talk about Synergy - not sin and not energy...

Today I'm joined by Evangelist Bro. Bryan Critcher and his wife, Sis. Autumn Critcher. Sunday school can be a lot of fun. Around here we have some pretty crazy Sundays. We have a lot of sword fights, interactive dramas, and some outrageous doctors. We get carried away with silly jokes, funny characters, and comedy sketches.  But in all of that we have a purpose, bring kids closer to God. We h...

Coming Up! Bryan & Autumn Critcher.

Today I'm joined by Matthew Critcher. In this day and age there seems to be a culture of quote, instant success or overnight success. I think that there has always been that element, but with social media etc. we “see” it so much easier.  Years ago, I heard an interview with Ann Rule, the renown True-Crime author. She was asked if the murder rate was getting worse and worse and she said, “No....

Coming up! Finally got Matthew Critcher backstage!

Today I'm joined by Bro. Aaron and Bro. John, the kings of ad-lib! So today we shouldn’t even have an outline since we’re doing the topic of ad-lib. We have a script every Sunday, except for on rare occasions when we don’t. But our scripts are more like detailed outlines with bullet points. We hardly ever script our dialogue, and we don’t have verbatim scripts at all. We loosely use a method...

Coming up! This one gets pretty crazy with Aaron & John!

Today I'm joined by Bro. Steve Arter. Winners and losers have the same goal, but they don’t have the same outcome. Some people come to play a game and they’re not fully invested; they half-heartedly go through the motions. Then there’s the ones that show up and they have their special gym shoes, they’re stretching and warming up before the game. And when the game start, they’re all in-you can...