KidMin Backstage

Coming up! I'm joined by Aneisha & Shaylee and things get a little crazy.

Today I'm joined by Bro. Kyle and we're talking about goals.

Big goals are not accomplished overnight. If your goals can be completed in one week then your goals are not big enough. 
Sometimes we can look at everything that needs to be done and it can seem overwhelming. Our task list can seem daunting, and we don’t even know where to get started. We all know the key is just that-get started. But one thing that can help is to focus on those areas where you can improve just a little bit and then be consistent and improve a little more next week. 
As long as you have a direction and a vision, just take the goals in bite sized pieces and start working on them. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. 

Some of the things we try to cover:

• Don't be distracted by the "BIG"
• Outline the big goals for your Sunday school
• Work backwards
• Each small bite creates momentum

Coming up!
I'm joined by Bro. Kyle and we talk about Big goals in bite size pieces.

Today I'm joined by the Legendary Boggs Brothers!!!
Bro. Aaron Boggs and Bro. Joey Boggs.

We're talking about NOT having boring Sunday school.

I read somewhere that the best way to start a story is as late as you possibly can without completely losing your audience. You want your audience to have to struggle just a little bit to play catch up. If you over-explain the story, your audience gets bored. 

And Sunday school should never ever be boring. This also applies to how long a story is drawn out. 
While there is a balance to all of this, I think most Sunday school teachers tend to lean toward the "long" explanation. 

We try to keep the pace moving fast which also makes it more interesting for the staff. If the staff are bored, the kids will see it and become restless. We keep it fast and we try to have enough variety so that we don’t get stuck in a rut. 

A few of the things we try to cover:

• Why Sunday School Shouldn't be Boring
• Fast-Paced Sunday School
• The Level of Interest from the Staff is Translated
• Stay Unpredictable

Coming up!

I'm joined by Bro. Aaron Boggs & Bro. Joey Boggs. This one goes off the rails!

Today I'm joined by Bro. Myles and we're talking about why the details matter.

Little things can make a big difference. Have you ever told a joke and forgot the crucial part to the setup? Or maybe you give away the punchline to early. 

In our family we’ve often listened to audio stories, and I really enjoy them. But I’m the kind of person that would prefer to sit down and do nothing else-except maybe snack-and listen to the story. I’m the guy that if a story is playing and people are talking over it and being generally noisy, I’ll turn it off. This is because the details are important to me. 

I think kids can be even more focused on detail than we might imagine. There are things that stick out to kids that we don’t even notice. We need to take a step back and doublecheck; are we paying enough attention to detail? 

A few things we try to cover:

• Little Things Add Up
• Kids Notice
• Power in Perfection
• Manage the Details

Coming Up!

I'm joined by Bro. Myles.

Today I'm joined by Bro. Steve Arter and we talk about perspective.

How we see things often effects how we act. 
In youth one time I did an example; I had a sketch of a woman, but it was drawn three different ways. It was generally the same sketch, but one way emphasized different lines and another one was more filled in on certain areas, then there was the final sketch that kind of combined the two. We had two groups split up and one group was shown the first sketch, and the second group was shown the second sketch; this gave them a bias. Then we brought the two groups together and displayed the final sketch on the screen in the sanctuary. 
I asked, “What do you see?” It was hilarious to have them defend their point of view and argue. Group one saw an old, ugly woman with a large chin and group 2 saw an attractive young woman with a necklace and a Victorian style hat. While this example is hard to convey via audio, we have situations all of the time where we-quote- “see” things dramatically different than our peers simply based on perspective. 

Some of the things we try to cover:

• THERE’S MORE THAN ONE SIDE TO THE STORY
• WHERE ARE THEY COMING FROM?
• THEIR POINT OF VIEW
• APPLYING IT TO STAFF

Coming up!

I'm joined by Steve Arter and we talk about perspective.

Today I'm joined by Bro. Kyle and we're talking about discipleship.

As Sunday school leaders we have two primary missions: Evangelism and Discipleship. These go hand in hand as we read in Matthew 28:19. 
We have bus or van ministries, we go door-knocking, we create kids’ events, we have VBS, and we try to evangelize and reach out to kids who don’t go to church. So, the next step is to teach these kids about Jesus and how to live for him.
And if you’ve been in kids ministry for any length of time you have the terrible experience of a kid growing closer to God and ready to take the next step and then suddenly they disappear, their family moves away and you can’t get ahold of them. 

There’s another side to discipleship, and while it’s not necessarily separate, it should be considered. There are our church kids who do come every week and are most likely not going anywhere. We need to capitalize on this stability and turn our church kids into disciples. 

Some of the things we try to cover:

• It Starts With Me
• Learning About God's Word
• Develop a Relationship With God
• Teach How To Be a Christian