KidMin Backstage

Today I'm joined by Aneisha & Shaylee - back by popular demand!!!So much of what we think of as “cool” isn’t cool at all to kids. And sometimes the things we think of as messy or “unprofessional” are exactly what kids think of as cool. We promote professionalism in our Sunday school, but we need to remember what kids are thinking and what they’re looking at. We talk about how the details matter because kids hone in on things we might not even notice. With this in mind, we try to crea...

Coming up! I'm joined by Aneisha & Shaylee and things get a little crazy.

Today I'm joined by Bro. Kyle and we're talking about goals.Big goals are not accomplished overnight. If your goals can be completed in one week then your goals are not big enough. Sometimes we can look at everything that needs to be done and it can seem overwhelming. Our task list can seem daunting, and we don’t even know where to get started. We all know the key is just that-get started. But one thing that can help is to focus on those areas where you can improve just a little bit and ...

Coming up!I'm joined by Bro. Kyle and we talk about Big goals in bite size pieces.

Today I'm joined by the Legendary Boggs Brothers!!!Bro. Aaron Boggs and Bro. Joey Boggs.We're talking about NOT having boring Sunday school.I read somewhere that the best way to start a story is as late as you possibly can without completely losing your audience. You want your audience to have to struggle just a little bit to play catch up. If you over-explain the story, your audience gets bored. And Sunday school should never ever be boring. This also applies to how long a story is draw...

Coming up!I'm joined by Bro. Aaron Boggs & Bro. Joey Boggs. This one goes off the rails!

Today I'm joined by Bro. Myles and we're talking about why the details matter.Little things can make a big difference. Have you ever told a joke and forgot the crucial part to the setup? Or maybe you give away the punchline to early. In our family we’ve often listened to audio stories, and I really enjoy them. But I’m the kind of person that would prefer to sit down and do nothing else-except maybe snack-and listen to the story. I’m the guy that if a story is playing and people are talki...

Coming Up!I'm joined by Bro. Myles.

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 the two. We had two groups split up and one group was shown the first sketch, and the second group ...

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 teach these kids about Jesus and how to live for him.And if you’ve been in kids ministry for any length of...

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 stupid question. Brainstorm the problem to find a solution. These are all things we’ve heard of and maybe have been...

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 these “specialists” and rightly so, but specialists are not the right fit for every situation.There are som...

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 who have prepared before they ever stepped foot in the ring. They’ve pushed their selves to ...

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. Whomever the Roman soldier recruited would then have to carry a load that could easily be 80...

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