by churchhires | Mar 31, 2016 | next gen
This week we had an awesome kid’s ministry podcast with Kellen Moore from South Hills Church in CA, who recently has been a part of the Orange Conference Tours as well. We talked all about what’s next for kid’s ministry and one of the things we came to is that...
by churchhires | Mar 24, 2016 | next gen
One Saturday night not so long ago, I lost a kid. I didn’t just lose the child “on my watch”. I was literally the person responsible when things went awry. The small group leader had to go a few minutes early and asked if I would watch the rest of...
by churchhires | Mar 17, 2016 | next gen
Today, I’m going to tell you a story. It all started last summer in a tiny town in New Jersey. It was the week of Kid’s Camp and (gasp) we still took the kids from our church to sleep away camp. I know this idea isn’t as popular as in year’s past, but I wholeheartedly...
by churchhires | Feb 17, 2016 | next gen
There is a very traditional thought about high schoolers. The thought is that high schoolers are always a part of some type of clique. In the movies, high school cliques are notoriously known by where they sit in the cafeteria at lunch. I’m thinking of the type of...
by churchhires | Feb 10, 2016 | next gen
The past is always iconically cool. In my life this has been consistently true. We always look back to previous eras as if things were better then. Truly, some things might have been, but of course many things were worse too. This is definitely true of one’s own...
by churchhires | Jan 15, 2016 | leadership, next gen
I have this awful habit on the internet, maybe you have it too. The problem is I’m a “clicker”. I get sucked into clicking on linked articles. One moment I’ll be reading some enriching article, and suddenly I find myself reading about celebrity pop culture...
