One of the first things we share with a new volunteer in our Children’s Ministry is our philosophy on discipline in the classroom.  It’s really very simple: “We believe that every child has the right to hear the Gospel uninterrupted.”  What do we mean by that?  Well, first of all we believe that what we [...]

When I was in Jr High (circa 1974) my brother and I became interested in Puppets. We began by performing puppet shows in our garage for our friends in the neighborhood. The Muppet Show came into existence in 1975 and became one of our favorite television shows. Jim Henson and his amazing creativity with characters, [...]

I spent the morning in our Kid’s View Theatre room doing a little painting.  Over the summer we had been utilizing Big City Studio’s material for our Elementary kids.  It was great fun and at the beginning of the summer we had “installed” a “Shout It Out” board on our main wall.  This included attaching [...]

This summer I took on the challenge of a new “skill” – Balloon Twisting!  I know you may be asking… What? Why? What were you thinking? As a Children’s Pastor I’m always reading about kids, watching kid’s television (of course with a 7 year old daughter & 10 year old son it’s not like I [...]