Back on June 5th I did a post on a book I was reading that had me on the census bureau website looking up the number of kids there are in Madison Co.(12,490) as a part of an exercise on Children's Ministry Leadership & team building.
Well, let me just tell you that God is sending us kids and I feel honored that He trusts us with His little ones! Tonight I updated the attendance from June & July (with Aug 3rd attached)since we're ending our year this Friday with our Graduation and completion ceremony! When I finished updating everything, I realized that we saw 91 different kids over that 2 month time period! WOW!!! That's a record for us!
I said that not to "toot our horn" or say "wow look at us"... I said that to say this: God is sending us kids who need to hear about Jesus and we need to be ready to deliver! I want to make sure that the kids who come to MCC feel loved, welcomed, accepted, valued and most importantly learn that Jesus is REAL, He loves them and will always be with them - no matter what!
With that in mind, I'm PUMPED to see what's going to happen next and am really excited to get our "back-to-school series" underway. We will be developing everything over the next weeks, so remember to keep us in your prayers.
As we prepare to minister to the kids of Madison Co., I'd like to say this...
1. Bring on the kids... and let us introduce them to Jesus!
2. Only 12,400 kids to go...to spread the gospel to all kids in Madison Co.!
-AND-
3. It's gonna take major teamwork to do this...and I'm glad I'm not in this alone!
Be Blessed :)
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Monday, August 4, 2008
New pics are here!
Ok, so I'm now back from vacation and decided to update you on KidKonnect and give you a chance to see some new pics of the building.
First off, we are absolutely having a blast! The first two Sundays were a little rough 'cause everything was so new to us. Our main obstacle to overcome was nailing the flow of the service (including hitting our cues, transitions, etc.) BUT by the third Sunday we finally NAILED it and have been moving forward ever since.
I'm really thankful for so many people who are beginning to catch the vision and run with it ...and for dedicated volunteers who have stretched themselves to learn some new skills in unfamiliar areas. In a nutshell, we are really starting to work together as a team and it feels great!
So far, I've been the only "storyteller" (which will change in August) so I haven't had the opportunity to see the faces of the kids as they worship during the worship segment of the service, BUT as I stand backstage in the wings I can certainly hear them and it blesses my heart to hear them singing at the top of their lungs.
You see, for the first 7.5 years of this ministry the kids didn't have the opportunity to have such a powerful worship time during their Sunday morning service, as we were operating with only a small-group-style Sunday morning service [not because we necessarily wanted to only have this component, we just didn't have the space for large group until now!].
So far, I've heard lots of feedback from Crew Leaders (small group leaders), and parents alike, that tell of how the kids (after they leave the kid's service) can't quit singing the songs...even as they go out to lunch with the family after church! And it's awesome to hear that they are excited about the stories & science experiments that they've experienced! Wow! God is good!
I am so PUMPED to see how things are developing & can't wait to transition to our next series which will begin in September. BTW - we are writing and implementing our own curriculum! This is largely in part to some help we received in curriculum writing (and encouragement to do so!) at a conference at NewSpring church in SC back in March.
Our first series has been a great success, we recreated our summer VBS Power Lab stage & turned it into "Bexter's Laboratory", complete with a 3-D time machine that teleports characters to the lab to deliver each week's Bible story. As we begin the process of writing for our next series, please pray for us as we create and develop everything over the next couple of weeks.
I'll go for now...leaving you with some new pics of the KidKonnect building. :)
Media Booth
Sitting Area
Stage
Office
First off, we are absolutely having a blast! The first two Sundays were a little rough 'cause everything was so new to us. Our main obstacle to overcome was nailing the flow of the service (including hitting our cues, transitions, etc.) BUT by the third Sunday we finally NAILED it and have been moving forward ever since.
I'm really thankful for so many people who are beginning to catch the vision and run with it ...and for dedicated volunteers who have stretched themselves to learn some new skills in unfamiliar areas. In a nutshell, we are really starting to work together as a team and it feels great!
So far, I've been the only "storyteller" (which will change in August) so I haven't had the opportunity to see the faces of the kids as they worship during the worship segment of the service, BUT as I stand backstage in the wings I can certainly hear them and it blesses my heart to hear them singing at the top of their lungs.
You see, for the first 7.5 years of this ministry the kids didn't have the opportunity to have such a powerful worship time during their Sunday morning service, as we were operating with only a small-group-style Sunday morning service [not because we necessarily wanted to only have this component, we just didn't have the space for large group until now!].
So far, I've heard lots of feedback from Crew Leaders (small group leaders), and parents alike, that tell of how the kids (after they leave the kid's service) can't quit singing the songs...even as they go out to lunch with the family after church! And it's awesome to hear that they are excited about the stories & science experiments that they've experienced! Wow! God is good!
I am so PUMPED to see how things are developing & can't wait to transition to our next series which will begin in September. BTW - we are writing and implementing our own curriculum! This is largely in part to some help we received in curriculum writing (and encouragement to do so!) at a conference at NewSpring church in SC back in March.
Our first series has been a great success, we recreated our summer VBS Power Lab stage & turned it into "Bexter's Laboratory", complete with a 3-D time machine that teleports characters to the lab to deliver each week's Bible story. As we begin the process of writing for our next series, please pray for us as we create and develop everything over the next couple of weeks.
I'll go for now...leaving you with some new pics of the KidKonnect building. :)
Media Booth
Sitting Area
Stage
Office
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