by Tom Bump | Apr 10, 2013 | Kid Ministry Helps, Kids Ministry, Leadership Lessons
I’m going to be sharing a series of these posts on some thoughts that I’ve been having recently about when I first started in Children’s Ministry. There were not many resources, conferences, websites, etc. You basically had to create your own way,...
by Tom Bump | Mar 15, 2013 | Kids Ministry, Leadership Lessons
In children’s ministry things are changing. It is truly amazing the amount of resources that are available now that were not available 5 or 10 years ago. It is also amazing to see the changes in strategies and philosophies as well. From kids centered, to...
by Tom Bump | Mar 5, 2013 | Leadership Lessons, Life
Everyone needs encouragement in some form or another. I was reminded of just how blessed I am with friends who choose to encourage me as I walk through some tough stuff. Encouraging Tweets, emails, texts, and phone calls, each and every one of them lifts my spirit...
by Tom Bump | Mar 4, 2013 | Kids Ministry, Leadership Lessons
Are you a Lone Ranger type? You know, the I can do it all, don’t delegate, no one does it better than me type? OK, that might have been extreme but I know you get the idea. Often times in children’s ministry, we as leaders tend to grab on to way to many...
by Tom Bump | Feb 27, 2013 | Book Review, Kids Ministry, Leadership Lessons
I just finished Larry’s newest book in his “Rock-Solid” series and after reading all three, this is his best work yet! ( I do hope he has more for us!) Larry covers seven Biblical principles that will help both the rookie and veteran kids worker. ...
by Tom Bump | Feb 22, 2013 | Leadership Lessons
I am often reminded of how complicated life is and how it often carries over to our local church and its ministry. Why does it have to be this way? Why do we get so busy? How do we keep it simple or as I like to say, “Keep the Main Thing, the Main THING?”...
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