John Saddington said everything that I wanted to say about GLO!
Main thing I will add is WOW!
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Skye Jethani
Nines has released their videos online!
Here is Skye Jethani who I thought did an excellent job talking about the fact that we equate “large with legitimate”. Skye is the author of the Divine Commodity
David Crowder Band’s New Album
What about the Sermon?
munny speakers, originally uploaded by fungus amungus.
I’ve had this on my mind for awhile now and just wanted to compose my thoughts a little bit before I threw it out there.
So here we go…
Obviously our world is changing. Our culture is changing. Technology is making alot of things easier and yet it’s making others difficult. Kids and students are not as interested in being sponges any more. They watch television on average 7 hours less than their parents during the week. Now when you combine other media they consume like video games, online connection, and music then those totals are crazy unbalanced in the favor of kids but overwhlemingly kids and teens see television as white noise. They don’t feel changed or grow because of what they see on the tube.
Also because of technology, the way kids and students learn is changing. Lecture based learning is still in place today even though those educational models were created in the 1950s! They read on a screen rather than a page and read short blips rather than long novels. Some studies suggest that this has dramatically affected their attention span. But here is my question really based on a few thoughts.
First you can see some things are changing. Tony Morgan posted a survey wanting to know if people read or listen to books. Not only that but John Piper put his umm… err… not so favorable thoughts on using “video and drama stuff” in your sermons.
But if kids and students minds and brains are changing to learn in new ways… where will the 25-35 minute message go? Where will the sermon/message/preaching time go?
Not really a knock on anyone but are we prepared for this next generation to hear the message of God? What’s next?
What are your thoughts? Will the sermon die?
I’m Chasing the Lion
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpMzP_yxpbs&feature=related
I am reading this book right now and it’s just downright awesome. You should most definitely check it out!
Here’s the site if you want some more info! chasethelion.com
Patternwall.com
Pattern Wall, originally uploaded by jcisonline.
I haven’t highlighted enough resources lately and here is one that I think is incredible. Patternwall.com is an awesome site where you can download more than 150 wallpaper textures to use in your design work. With my limited range of Photoshop skills, this site is a must for me because it makes it pretty easy to give your work some depth and then allows you to use blend modes to work with color.
It’s fun and I love going here and picking out some textures to use for anything that I need to design.
You should check em out!
Birthday Wish List
Dinosaur Birthday Cupcakes, originally uploaded by abakedcreation.
Ok…so I was gonna tell everyone what I wanted for my birthday, which is exactly 2 weeks away, and some wishes and dreams to accomplish over the next year but then I ran across something so incredibly interesting that I decided to change my entire post content to show it to you. Unbelievably funny.
I was searching for autograph copy and then to my eyes amazement on Google it ended with “of the Bible”!
This link led me to a Craigslist page. Very funny and probably illegal but I laughed. Hahahaha
Fun Cheap Idea #1
Slaughter Salon: Centri-Kid Camp 2009, originally uploaded by jcisonline.
OK so I love fun cheap stuff. It’s builds memories, anybody can pull it off, and it’s something that you can do again and again. I am totally stealing this one from Lifeway but, it’s too awesome not to tell you. Basically tons of hairspray and temporary hair color and charge $1. It all goes to missions, it’s awesome and unbelievable how much the kids enjoy it of course the leaders need to get their do done as well, but it’s worth it. Builds tons of memories and is super fun for Cheap!
got any Children’s Ministry or #kidmin fun cheap ideas?
Link Love
Link, originally uploaded by Dunechaser.
I’m gonna throw out some go to websites for different parts of my job that are absolutely must reads. Check them out and let me know about some of your favorites.
John Saddington:
Human3rror and ChurchCrunch
WordPress Master lvl 99 and incredibly nice and intuitive about where the church falls in the web world
She’s a wiz at communication and if you don’t subscribe to her blog you are a bunch of characters short of a complete thought.
Yeah they’re trying to fix it, you should listen.
A student ministry site ran by the Brookwood Student ministry. Great writers, wish they would post more. Really on the verge of something huge in Student Ministry
Oh yeah and you can definitely subscribe to my site cuz I heard it’s pretty sweet 
Networking tips…
Now I’m not an expert but I like people so I will offer some insight and tips for those who are going to the Orange Conference:
- Meet, greet, smile and talk with as many people as possible
- The worst conversation that you will have, is the one you choose not to have.
- Try and connect with others in the breakouts, they are peeps w/ similar interests.
- Come to the bloggers lounge even if you are not a tech savvy peep. It will be a networking petri dish.
- God created us for a relationship, it makes sense for us to cultivate relationships w/ others.
- Grow w/ your team during this time. We did & will.
- Prepare questions… you have them, find a person that might can answer them.
- Bring business cards. That is what they are for after all
Just a few tips for you guys.
Remember the contest!It’s for an autographed copy of Reggie Joiner’s unreleased book called “Think Orange”
