It's nearly October ...  Childrens Ministry Leaders are fully engaged in the ministry year.

Give us a glimpse into your world.

What are the "hot topics" facing you and your ministry team?

As Fall quickly approached and I began to plan yet another ministry year. I began to get overwhelmed: there are so many redecorating projects to be done, volunteer positions to be filled, programs to restart after taking a hiatus over the summer. The list of people I needed to connect with kept getting longer and longer.

It’s times like that when it is easy to throw my hands up and have my very own pity party. I even begin to wonder what it would be like to work a “normal” 9-to-5 job.

As I watched my calendar for the next 12 months quickly fill up, I couldn’t help but think back to some of the general sessions at the Conspire Conference last April. I kept thinking of Christine Yount-Jones challenge for us to face our fears and the story she told of how she survived the grief that came from the death of her husband by putting her faith in knowing that God was in control. I was also impacted by Phil Visher’s transparency as he shared how God humbled him by allowing him to lose Big Idea and through that learn that God was the one in control. My dread at the challenges ahead of me turned into excitement to see what God has in store for me this year. I’m not saying that I don’t think this Fall will not be hard… I know it will be. I also know, though, that God is in control and will see all that needs to be done to completion and provide what I need.

Henry Zonio
Pastor of Children's Ministry
Redwood Park Church
2609 Redwood Ave
Thunder Bay, ON P7C 1Y9
(807) 577-3463
www.redwoodpark.org
www.redwoodkids.org

We are very thrilled to announce that our good friends at Timbuktoons have been honored for their creation of the 2008 Conspire Conference logo.

LogoLounge is a respected online resource for sharing ideas and researching trends. They also publish a best-selling design book series by the same name. The book contains designs judged by a panel of exceptional designers and firms.

The Conspire logo was one of over 33,000 entries submitted and was chosen to be featured in an upcoming LogoLounge publication.

Congratulations guys!

Motions greatly enhance any Childrens Ministry Music!

 

You can view many of Promiselands favorite motions at:

Touch The Sky

Reach Up High

Have You Heard

It's the middle of August.

Many of us are returning from vacations and preparing for the start of a new ministry year.

What are the best books you read this summer?

Share some some ministry initiatives that you tried for the first time ....

What made Summer '08 memorable for you?

Risk Taking, Barrier Breaking, Bold Leadership
-  Interview with Catherine Rohr

At age 30, Catherine Rohr is the CEO and founder of the nonprofit Prison Entrepreneurship Program (PEP). Under her leadership, the program recruits volunteer senior business executives who provide training, mentoring, and support to prison inmates.

“The path to God’s will is achieved one act of obedience at a time.”

1 in 15 Americans will go to prison
Over 50% return in 2 to 3 years

Our society’s attitude and titles about prisoners contributes to the problem.

“If we are Christians are really all about grace, why are we willing to forgive ‘old-school murders like Moses and David, but not modern day murders?”

"God doesn’t need me. He needs me to follow instructions."

"I Dare you to pray 'BRING IT ON GOD!'"

Defending The Faith -- Chuck Colson

Chuck Colson is the Chairman and Founder of Prison Fellowship Ministries.

"The reason we are not making disciples is that we’ve transferred our allegiance from truth to therapy."

"You’re a leader, you job is not to pander to your people but to lead them into faith."

"What is Christianity? It is a world-view to see all of life through... it's not just a religion, a belief in Christ, or fellowship.... Every area of life is under the lordship of Jesus Christ."