Friday, October 17, 2008

Sonshine Avenue Seminar

One classroom- decorated as movie theatre- even has theatre seating inside

The stage in the large worship room- actually moves

The characters were true to their parts.

Here are some pictures of the Sonshine Avenue Workshop that I went to at North Cleveland Church of God. The place was awesome. Bro Keith Mcmanus is truly annointed. It just pours out of him! I sat in wonder at the amazing things God has done for that Children's department. My feelings? I was totally and completely overwhelmed. Heard wonderful uplifting and encouraging things. I just kept thinking "This will never work at Skyline." " For one thing, we have very little money." " It will be close to impossible for people to jump on board, especially since they have never seen or felt the awestruck wonder of a place like this." ( Yeah.... I know that is Satan casting doubt and discouragement. But , boy, It's hard not to listen to him sometimes). So, for now, I am waiting. To see what God has in store for the Children's Ministry. I brought back some ideas that I think are gonna work nicely on Wednesday nights- countdowns, candy cash reward system, 3 strike discipline program, memory verses, repetitive themes in our lessons. Small baby steps, one at a time.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Children's workshop

Laura Olinger and I are attending a children's seminar for the next three days. The workshop is at North Cleveland Church of God, just above Chattanooga. We leave this afternoon and will not return until late Saturday evening. We are hoping for uplifting and the installation of creative ideas so maybe we can better minister to our children. The class itinerary looks great. They have several classes that you can choose from, depending on your point of interest, so our plans are to catch as many different classes as possible between the two of us. I hope the class proves to be wonderful. However, I have never been away from my family for that long. SO I am having some major anxiety over that aspect. Please pray for my peace and reassurance over this matter so that I may fully receive from the Lord during this seminar. My desire is to move our children out of "play", from candy, movies, and bible stories into active worshipers, prayer warriors, and praise facilitators. I just don't know exactly how to accomplish that yet.