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Archive for April, 2010
Free Ministry Resource
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
One question I’m often asked as a Children’s Pastor is “How do you stay current on the cultural trends of families today?” With culture changing at what seems to be a daily basis, this is becoming harder and harder for many leaders to stay current. Here are a couple tools I used every day to stay up-to-date with the trends in society. Hope they help.
Owned by God,
Joe
Google Alerts
(know when someone is posting an article, blog post, book, etc. on a particular topic you’re interested in)
RSS feed
(keep up-to-date on blogs you follow)
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Your Family Road Map
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
In the back of my van, I have an old beat-up Road Atlas. I lost the cover somewhere in Arkansas. It’s missing a large part of Michigan, and Lord knows, I hope I never need it in Kentucky because the pages are so worn I’ll never find my way. I’m having a hard time getting rid of it, even if highways and bi-passes have replaced many of country roads that once existed. It’s been a trusted resource for over thirteen years now.
Do you have a resource like this atlas? What I mean is this: do you have a resource you come back to over and over again? Maybe it’s a recipe book, an owner’s manual, or Day Timer. It’s comforting to have something to fall back on when you need it.
As a parent, do you have something that you fall back on? Is it the input of what other parents think? Is it the advise of Dr. Phil, Oprah, or the Super Nanny?
What’s your goal, your objective, your plan? Have you ever sat down and discussed with your spouse “What do we want our children to look like when they’re adults.” Surprisingly enough, I have found that although many couples have individual thoughts on this topic, few have actually sat down together and put it on paper.
Awhile back, my wife and I did just that. We sat down and talked about how we were raised. What we like and disliked about our experiences as children. We talked about goals for our family, who we want our children to be, and more importantly, how we plan to get them to that place.
In May of 2009, we finished The Family Road Map- a step by step guide for planning the purpose and direction of your family. This Road Map walks a couple through the process of discovering your family purpose statement and values, and then placing these values on your calendar in the form of actual events and practices. It offers couples the opportunity to create plan that they can fall back on when needed.
I encourage you to pick one up, work through it, and use it till the cover falls off!
For more information about The Family Road Map Seminar
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