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 | Jan 25, 2016 | leadership
Love is the antidote for anger. In ministry it’s really easy to be consumed, as a children’s ministry leader or even a small group leader, by what you have to do, and forget that children need love. Instead we find ourselves consumed by tasks. tasks task...
by churchhires | Jan 19, 2016 | leadership
In case you haven’t seen it under the title of this post, my name is kind of complicated. It’s Stacia. (Pronounced ‘Stay-sha’) I once interacted with a volunteer who was very sweet and wanted to be helpful, but was a little “weird”. Someone introduced me...
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...
by churchhires | Jan 5, 2016 | events and holidays
Rest is very subjective. Everyone approaches it differently. Some people find rest solely in doing nothing, literally they need to stay home in their pj’s and do nothing. Some people are rejuvenated by spending time with family or catching up with old friends....