FourFiveSix.org: Great Ideas for your Preteen Ministry

Have you ever gone through a week of ministry work and said, “Where did the week go?” Are you prone to wasting time or jumping from action item to action item without much prayer, organization, or thought?

On today’s podcast, Sean discusses a couple of tools to help you get organized. Here are two of them:

The Beautiful To Do list: Suru

A tool that combined to do lists, calendar, and e-mail: Handle

Without a Driving Purpose, however, we can be very productive, but not be doing what we should be doing. Driving Purpose is a GREAT PLACE to start any discussion on being a good steward of our time.

What kind of tools do you use to optimize your time and be a good steward of your time? Share with us.

Have a question about preteen ministry or a unique preteen ministry idea that we can feature on our podcast? Send it to [email protected]. Looking for a great community of preteen leaders that you can plug into? Join us at http://fourfivesix.org/.

In a recent podcast, entitled “Folder of Encouragement”, we looked at the idea of receiving and keeping notes of encouragement for ourselves. Today, we flip that idea on its head!

Today’s podcast is short and simple and can summed up in one sentence: Write a note of encouragement to somebody on staff at your church. BAM!

A couple of announcements from today’s podcast:

Have a question about preteen ministry or a unique preteen ministry idea that we can feature on our podcast? Send it to [email protected]. Looking for a great community of preteen leaders that you can plug into? Join us at http://fourfivesix.org/.

Background music in today’s podcast is compliments of Purple Planet.

Sometimes, we can beat ourselves up over what happened on a Sunday morning or at an event, but what we really need is just a systematic and meaningful way to process (even when things go well).

See - there are really three services each Sunday:

When a service or event is over, is it over? Or do you process what’s happened in order to evaluate and plan future services and event.  If so, how do you go about processing all the different ideas that are floating around in your mind?

Today on the podcast, we discuss a way of thinking about thinking. J  The Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono gives you a way of understanding how to process and plan.  This amazing strategy can be used by yourself or with volunteers.

In other news…

TODAY, September 22nd, is the Launchinar!  Patrick Snow from Christ in Youth and Sean Sweet from FourFiveSix are leading this webinar and mentoring program!  Don’t miss it!

The AWESOME preteen ministry event - SuperStart! - is coming to the Sacramento area this weekend, and it may be coming to your area.  Just check the FourFiveSix Map to see what preteen ministry events are in your area.  Also, you can add YOUR preteen ministry events to The Map.

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Tomorrow, September 22nd, is the Launchinar!  Patrick Snow from Christ in Youth and Sean Sweet from FourFiveSix are leading this webinar and mentoring program!  Don’t miss it!

Today on the podcast, we discuss an international event that your preteens can participate in: See You at the Pole.  This isn’t just a youth ministry event! On this podcast, you’ll hear Sean share some his memories of powerful moments in preteen ministry that happened because of See You at the Pole.

Have a question about preteen ministry or a unique preteen ministry idea that we can feature on our podcast?  Send it to [email protected]. Looking for a great community of preteen leaders that you can plug into? Join us at http://fourfivesix.org/.