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When I was a kid I loved the Chronicles of Narnia written by C.S. Lewis. I still love the books, but when I was young they completely captivated me. Long before I could read on my own, my mom used to read to me. Whenever we would go on long car trips she would choose books to read to my brother,  sister and me. (these were the days before in car DVD players) She read all types of books but the Chronicles of Narnia were always my favorite. In fourth grade my teacher, Mrs. Vincent, read us the book... more

I’m continuing a series of post on what I’ve been learning about recruiting volunteers for children’s ministry. You can check out the earlier posts below. “Need more volunteers?” “How not to recruit” A couple of weeks ago Rick Warren posted a tweet that went something like this, “You don’t have a giving problem, you have a vision problem. People don’t give to need they give to vision.” I’m not sure you could say that any better and with the situation... more

I’m continuing a series of post on what I’ve been learning about recruiting volunteers for children’s ministry. You can check out the first post below. “Help we need more volunteers!” So, what are we doing to recruit volunteers? I’m glad you asked… but let me start with what we haven’t done. We haven’t publicized our need. We haven’t asked for help from the pulpit or in the bulletin. We haven’t held any enlistment campaigns. We haven’t sent letters of flyers... more

My wife and I were talking after dinner and got into a funny conversation. We started by discussing how to explain who certain prominent children’s pastors were to her nursing colleagues. You know like Jim Wideman might be Bret Farve. (not that he has trouble making up his mind but he’s been around a long time and has had a lot of success) Reggie Joiner might be Peyton Manning (very cerebral). It kind of  broke down after that maybe you have some better comparisons. Anyway, after a couple... more

Now that I have a little more time on my hands, (You can see why here.) I’m going to try and finish a couple of blog topics I started earlier. First up… recruiting Everyone who serves in children’s ministry has one thing in common. We need more volunteers. I’ve heard of the elusive “waiting list” to serve in children’s ministry, and I’m sure it exists somewhere,  but I’ve never seen it. What I’ve seen more often is that as soon as we enlist... more

I have big news I wanted to pass along to everybody. I’m moving on from Brookwood Church. This isn’t a good place to get into all the “what” and “whys,” but if you’re interested you can contact me and I’ll let you know more. I do want to take a minute and say a few things though. First, I completely support Brookwood Church. Brookwood is a great church and even though they’re going through a rough patch right now, I know that God is going to continue... more

Guess what… nedgable (or “nedjible”) isn’t dead. Even though it has been quite a while since I’ve posted a blog. Between Adventure Week and writing our fall curriculum I’ve been pretty busy. I’m still busy but Gina McClain has coaxed me out of hiding. I had the chance to meet her at Orange and she encouraged me to keep blogging. She said I ought to just check out what people are talking about on cmconnect.org and post my thoughts. We’ll I’ve ignored that advice for about 6 months... more

Had a great night last night. A lot of that is thanks to a couple young guys that I work with at Brookwood Church, JC and Josh. They’ve been using blogs and social media to connect with people for years. So, after watching them for a couple of months I decided to join twitter about a year ago and I started blogging about 3 months ago. The result of all this is that last night I got to meet an incredible group of children and student pastors that I may have never met if it weren’t for... more

Inspired by Pudge and JC here are 5 things you might not know about me… 1. I attended the University of South Carolina on a Tuba scholarship and majored in Tuba performance. 2. I learned to tie my shoes online… when I was 31 (really, check this site out you may have been tying your shoes wrong all your life) 3. A couple of my more colorful hobbies are balloon art and origami. 4. I once attended a wedding where Hulk Hogan was the best man and Howard Stern attended. (it was kinda weird... more

One of the volunteers in our children’s ministry is the CEO of a large company. I had the opportunity to meet with him yesterday to talk about the children’s ministry at our church. I thought I was meeting with him to help him understand what we’re trying to do in children’s ministry… That’s not exactly how it went down. Instead he spent an hour and a half telling me why our children’s ministry wasn’t as effective as it could be. Now, You have to know this guy to appreciate him.... more