Tag Archive - Brookwood

Little Big Planet over 1,000,000 levels!

July 22, 2009 in Family Ministry, Lead, Tech 1

I saw this article in USA Today talking about how Little Big Planet a game for PS3 with the tagline “Play, Create, and Share” has received over 1,000,000 levels to play online.

Just goes to show you that media creation is at an all time high. With only 2.4 million (insert overstatement joke here) people playing this game. That is a great ratio of level created to player.

This is where our KiDs and Students are headed. How can we develop this and put some structure behind it without totally killing their desire to do so?

MGMT vs. TRAIN

June 25, 2009 in Family Ministry, Lead 1

abundant growth, originally uploaded by carolg2007.

When I worked at UPS as a part time supervisor we had a job motto:

“70% of your time you should be training your employees and the other 30% you should be figuring out a way to better train your employees.”

Training was a value that we spent our times perfecting. We had a person whose sole purpose was to train new people. As a result we were the best or second best hub in the region for awhile.

I am a trainer it’s what I do best. My gift is teaching people. So this was right in my sweet spot.

But I wonder how many times in “church world” do we get caught up more in managing than training?

Our job is to develop people and push them to grow in Christ. Or as Paul says “equip the saints” Ephesians 4:12

Too often especially in Children’s Ministry, we get roped into managing or spot filling. I pray alot that all over the world on Sundays, #kidmin peeps would pour into their volunteers instead of being only concerned about them being there.

But I want to know, what are you training your volunteers to do? What are a few must have skills of your volunteers? If you’re in a higher position of leadership, what are you pouring into your staff? What are you teaching others?

Barf Control

June 24, 2009 in Family Ministry, Lead, Life 0

Photo 7, originally uploaded by jcisonline.

So I’m at camp and on barf control right now cuz one of the kids is throwing up. Feel bad for the kids but he’s being a trooper.

Couple things I’ve learned:

* I’m terrible at barf control. I don’t know what to say or do.
* I remember my mom telling me to drink a sprite.
* I remember when I had serious stomach issues to sit up and don’t lay down.
* I asked other people what to do.

Totally on another world with this one. But it seems that too often I can’t or don’t know how is followed up by that’s ok or quitting.

Use what your given instead of given up.

By the way, didn’t mean to get Jesus up in here but He rooted His way into my thinking as I wrote this post.

I love Jesus :)

Completely Exhausted

June 19, 2009 in Family Ministry, Life 2

I am completely exhausted right now. Incredibly awesome week but incredibly awesomely exhausted. Luckily I can relax for a few days with absolutely no work to do. It’s pretty awesome. I am pretty excited to get back into the blog world as well.

I’ve missed it and I’m sure ya missed me too ;)

Incomplete Adults

June 11, 2009 in Family Ministry, Lead 1

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQak6ng0RXQ&feature=player_embedded

So basically I’m stealing this video from two places:

I saw it on Henry Zonio’s Blog

and he saw it on Scot McKnight’s Blog

But it’s awesomely funny and it will let you know that kids pick up on so much more than you give them credit for. So here is what I want you to think about: If you are in a relationship with God you are called to serve (my belief based on scripture you can go here to see a ton of verses and questions if you are wondering about our call to serve).  If kids can have a relationship to God do we give them opportunities to serve?

Again this is a different direction than the post that Henry gave, which by the way is incredibly awesome. I’ve been thinking about this so much with kids and teens that somehow they are only viewed as Henry says “incomplete adults”. However if we felt like these “incomplete adults” can have just the same impact on the kingdom as “complete adults (haha)” then would we view our preparation and time the same as we do now? I mean do we really believe that we are equipping, preparing, instilling, and developing servants for Christ?

I hope that this view of kids and teenagers as “incomplete adults” and thus less important members our the body of Christ doesn’t continue to be the majority view in the church. Because then the Missional Church that many church members have been praying for might never be realized.

I mean you have a generation desiring to help people and they may have to flesh out that desire somewhere other than the church because they aren’t complete adults yet. What are your thoughts?

Link Love

June 4, 2009 in Resources 2

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

Kem Meyer

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.

Church Marketing Sucks

Yeah they’re trying to fix it, you should listen.

StudentsbyDesign

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 ;)

Cluttered Desk

June 1, 2009 in Life 0

IMG_0264, originally uploaded by jcisonline.

Alright here is why I haven’t been blogging much over the last three or four weeks…

My desk is a mess. In about two weeks we will have had an 800 person Adventure Week event and a couple days to rest right before Summer Camp at Centri-Kid Ridgecrest, NC. Some of you might be thinking this is cleaner than your desk right now and that might be true but I generally keep a pretty sweet and clean workspace.

So I’ve got some stuff on the docket but I’m also developing some content for you guys…

  • Some edgy decorating tips for your children’s areas.
  • A before and after look at our Upper Elementary Worship Areas
  • A Motion 3 tutorial that will show you a write on technique for illustration

But I want to know from you all if there is anything out there that is on your mind? Is there something that I might be able to help you with in your area of expertise.

I know it’s like a deadly blogger sin to let readers dictate your content in any shape or form but I’m feeling spicy so gimme what ya got.

Motion Graphics help

May 15, 2009 in Family Ministry, Tech 0

Ipod_BlueI’ve realized that in the church, Motion Graphics is quickly becoming as popular as the Overhead Projector was in the good ole days. So I want to give you my go to guy for FCP stuff everywhere. Especially his Motion 3 stuff.

Here is his Youtube page where I discovered him online.

And here is his website. Get over the look and feel and go straight for the content.

If you do anything video related or are interested in getting involved with some Motion Graphics software, I really recommend that you check him out, He rocks! But don’t tell him that you use a PC ;)

What are the best things that you’ve seen in a blog?

February 8, 2009 in Tech 0

I really need some feedback on this one… What would you love to see on a blog? What are some things that you find extremely interesting on a blog like mine? Besides my incredible commentary ( :) ) Sarcasm being used there.

All this because I’m looking to upgrade the blog a little and had some ideas but would love some feedback!

So I’m pretty excited a few things!

February 5, 2009 in Life 0

  • First day of filming for Adventure Week 2009. It will be incredible!
  • Orange Conference is coming! If you are going let me know what you are most excited about.
  • I’m excited to get to hang out with our CM staff and the SM staff at Brookwood and not be in a work environment (and worship together!)
  • Getting ready to write some stuff for our Easter Curriculum.
  • First Valentine’s Day with my wife as a married man! (Can’t wait Kristen!)
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