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Read MoreSmall Group Supplies, by Age
If you weren’t able to attend Orange Conference 2013 this year, we missed you! In the Ages and Stages breakout about elementary kids, two of the things that seemed most helpful to leaders were: How to set up your environment with favorite supplies for each of the three main age groups (K-1, 2-3 and 4-5). How to give your small group leaders extra age-appropriate game ideas they can use if they have more...
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Read MoreSummertime at 252 Home
Summers are so much fun! Splashing in the water, eating watermelon, wearing sunglasses and flip-flops. The smell of sunscreen, the sound of a baseball bat hitting a ball, the feel of fireflies dancing in your hands. Love summer! For most families, summer brings a more relaxed routine. Early morning bus stops are replaced with leisurely trips to the library. After school homework is forgotten on warm bike...
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Read More6 Ways to Support the Family of a Child with Special Needs
Both the number and percentage of Americans with a disability are on the rise (1). And with the skyrocketing rate of autism diagnoses—1/50 children; 1/31 boys, (2)—every children’s ministry leader can expect to walk alongside a family touched by disability at some point or another. Consider the following ways your ministry team can support the parents of a child with special needs: Reach out to a family...
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Read MoreFirst Impressions
It’s amazing how strong a first impression can be. Stop and recall some of your best first-time experiences as a kid. Teachers, sports teams and more, all hold either really great first impressions, or negative impressions for us all. It’s true that you never get a second chance to make a first impression. As we do ministry, it is so easy to get caught up in the urgency of the “now.” We can forget that...
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Read MoreSummer Blues Turned to Cues
The summer months are quickly approaching. I know it from the fabulous frappuccino happy hours at Starbucks, the climbing temperatures, and the mass exodus I feel knowing so many of my volunteers are taking the summer off as families are booking vacations left and right! In years passed this time has left me stressed and weary of what that meant for the children’s ministry in my church. It’s...
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Read MoreThinking About Moms
I’m writing this blog four days before Mother’s Day. My kids are frantically planning how to honor their mother. I’m trying to help them without pushing them to a particular choice. And one thing happened this year that I really didn’t expect. I miss my Mom. She passed away 11 years ago. I think this year she has come to my mind more often than in the last few years because I’ve seen her. I’ve seen...
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Read More“Focus” on New Resources
Have things become a little blurry? No, we’re not talking about your vision, well, at least not your physical vision. But maybe you need some help renewing your focus. What is that one idea, that one key difference, that could breathe new life into your ministry? What idea can bring clarity to you, your volunteers and families in your church? Maybe you were inspired by something at this year’s Orange...
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Read MoreScope and Cycle
Every year we review the 252 Basics scope and cycle. We wrestle with the Life Apps and ask many questions about the stories and principles we cover over a given three-year period. We want to be sure that our scope and cycle is the most strategic way you can implement Orange Curriculum with kids, and—more importantly—best share God’s big story with them. The scope and cycle not only shows what stories...
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