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Who Fits Best In Ministry?
Parents or Volunteers The topic of Parents or Volunteers is always heavy on the mind of the pastors to students of all ages. Who fits where and why as the teacher, motivator, discipler, craft person or creative genius in the preteen ministry? I have read Collaborate and right now I am reading The Future of [...]
The First Date
April 8, 2011 I proposed to my beautiful fiancé, Tina Clucas. My elaborate plan involved Tina following clues to different locations that were significant to us. At each location there were friends or family waiting to hand her the next clue. It ended with her arriving on the church grounds where we met as staff [...]
Pointless Teaching, Better Discussion
My messages rarely have a point. Well, they have a point, but I don’t use it. And to be honest, the entire ministry is better for it. I recently began to purposefully erase the main point from my messages when speaking to preteens so that our small group leaders could deliver that point. I was [...]
We are all disciples
Preteens. Preteen Ministers. We are all disciples. So as we teach and as we lead worship, allow yourself to learn from them as well. Be humble enough to let the young kids you teach to teach you. Follow them in their simple, pure worship. And have fun! Be a disciple alongside them; don’t just teach them to [...]
Boring is (not) my middle name
I’ve been there, trust me, I’ve been there. The well thought out lesson, great Biblical content, and some nice power point slides. You are ready to teach God’s Word! Except Sunday comes around and, well, you know how this goes. Some kids look asleep, others look like they cannot stop moving, and the same two [...]
It’s Coming. Are You?
We are just over one hundred days away from the 2012 FourFiveSix Preteen Leaders’ Conference. (103 days, to be exact.) On April 18-20 in Rocklin, California preteen ministry pastors and leaders from across the country will gather to share stories, experiences fresh ideas, and connect with other people who share an affinity for this awkward-yet-amazing [...]
The Almighty Bible Club
A while back we posted a brief promo about The Almighty Bible. What we didn’t tell you was they also have The Almighty Bible Club, an online space for preteens to explore Bible stories. Only it’s one thing to tell you all to go check it out. And it’s an entire other thing to check [...]
2011 Top Posts
With Letting Go of the Bike and the Map of Preteen Ministries dominating as the top posts of the year, here’s a glimpse at the top ten FourFiveSix blog posts from 2011: Bean Bag Chairs The Almighty Bible 9.5 Theses of Preteen Ministry One Balloon Why – When Preteens Ask Questions Stories Worth Teaching Small [...]
Just Pray It
Righteousness. Salvation. Justification. Melchizedek. (Okay, maybe not.) But these are the kinds of “Christianeze” words that we use on a consistent basis, that hopefully we are clearly defining for our preteens, especially to those who are unchurched. We are all probably pretty conscious of explaining these difficult words and often times then supplementing an easier [...]
New Year, New Ideas
Time Machines From September to December I try things out and learn along the way, wishing I had a time machine so I could go back and try again with the things I’ve learned. Only here’s my secret: I do have a time machine. I call it “January.” And instead of going backwards, it takes [...]
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Why – When Preteens Ask Questions [Guest Post by @jcisonline]
- Pointless Teaching, Better Discussion
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Bean Bag Chairs
- It’s Coming. Are You?
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The Almighty Bible
- Who Fits Best In Ministry?
- The First Date
- Pointless Teaching, Better Discussion
- We are all disciples
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Boring is (not) my middle name
- laurie: YES!! if you still have the tickets. I will give y...
- Audra Hatch: Free tickets??? Um, yes please! I'd even buy you...
- adam sharp: Dude I would love to go I just started in preteen ...
- Chipper: Yeah, I like that idea Matt. We are always trying...
- Jason: Attn Conference goers! I have 2 tickets to the ...
