Posted by aaron on Apr 30, 2012

Thinking Orange

I never had any formal training in children’s ministry. (I don’t think it exists, really. That’s another conversation.) My study was actually in student ministry. I had worked at children’s camps, been involved with children’s ministry, but never considered it to be something I desired to do. But one day, I was sitting in a church in Pittsburgh, and it clicked. It more than clicked....

Posted by aaron on Apr 12, 2012

FUSION: Create a Rhythm

FUSION is our family worship experience for kids and parents. It all goes down on Friday, April 20th at 7pm (doors open at 6:30pm). We’ve even had a celebrity (of sorts) weigh in on the event! Make plans to be there! (Seriously…right now…mark it on your calendar or you’ll...

Posted by aaron on Apr 9, 2012

Easter: He’s alive?!

Yesterday, we celebrated the resurrection of Jesus. I love this because it’s guaranteed that we are going to explain Jesus’ sacrifice and what it meant for us in our Journey Kids environments. We often talk about it throughout the year here and there. Jesus and His Word is always at the center of what we do. But we really got to spend some time on it yesterday. Whitney and I were talking...

Posted by aaron on Mar 26, 2012

The Dailies

Your daily walk with God is not only to build your relationship with Christ, but also to build your relationships with other believers and other people. It enables you to have a connection with another person in a way all together unique to Christians. There is an element of matching another person, understanding another follower, spiritually, to establish and maintain that connection. Iron sharpens...

Posted by aaron on Mar 5, 2012

I Skipped Church on Sunday

Okay – I didn’t really “skip church”. I went to church, just not my church. Yesterday, I went to visit another church in the RDU area – Summit Church. I had the great privilege of hanging out with Jeremy Pollard, the children’s pastor there. After spending a few days in Tennessee learning from other children’s pastors all over the country (through a coaching...

Posted by aaron on Feb 20, 2012

Choose…

Every day, we encounter situations where we try to weigh out the best option. I think I am most aware of it at the grocery store. If an item is offered in three sizes, I’m the guy that will stand there with the calculator and try to figure out if it’s worth it for me to buy bigger, while factoring in other variables like 1) will it be used before it expires, 2) can I get this cheaper elsewhere,...

Posted by aaron on Feb 13, 2012

The Value of Parent/Child Dedication

Yesterday, we had an event that we do twice a year. It’s called Parent/Child Dedication and it is one of my favorite Journey Kids events. Some churches do a “Baby Dedication” in which families of newborns are invited to stand on the stage during a regular adult worship service. The pastor prays for all the new parents and kids and the whole bit lasts about five minutes. It seemed to me that a...

Posted by aaron on Feb 10, 2012

Fight for the Heart – Part Three

Proverbs 4:23 says to “Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life.” The NLT says it this way, “Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.” If that’s true (and it is) then we have to also believe there are some things worth fighting for. There are some things that are not worth fighting for. There are people I’m not going...