This week on the show we're excited to welcome Amber Pike.   

Amber serves as a Director of Family Ministry, and is the executive editor and operations director for Kidzmatter. She’s been a contract writer for Answers in Genesis’ VBS, a curriculum writer, conference speaker, and has just published her first book, Exploring the Bible through History.   

Amber has been married to her husband Ron for 11 years and they have two amazing kids that they homeschool. In this edition of the KidMin Tribe podcast we talk about Creative ways to Engage families in your kid’s ministry.

This week on the show we welcome Hunter Williams. We will be talking about the power of discipleship and really taking a look at what discipleship means and how it plays out in the local church.

Hunter serves as a missionary with Awana and sees himself as a child discipleship advocate. His calling is to elevate the view of children and the quality of discipleship they receive in the church and in the home.

Hunter graduated from Moody Bible Institute with a B.A. in Biblical and Theological studies and is currently working on his MDiv through Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He loves connecting with people, trying new things, reading, and going on adventures with his family.

We will be talking about the importance discipling children and give you some very practical ideas on how to do it.

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This week on the show we welcome SQuire Rushnell and Louise DuArt from Godwinks. We will be talking about the importance of keeping things simple.

SQuire is a popular speaker and the New York Times Bestselling author who introduced the word “Godwink” into the language and dictionaries—“A coincidence that's not coincidence but an astonishing event from divine origin.” SQuire has more than one-and-one half million books in print and his monthly Godwinks on NBC Today Show has been one of the most streamed for five seasons.

Louise DuArt is known as “One of The World's Best Comedic/Impressionists," Louise DuArt co-starred with Tim Conway and Harvey Korman for fifteen seasons. Clean and funny, Louise dazzles audiences with fast-paced conversations between Bart Simpson, Judge Judy, Barbra Streisand, Barbara Walters, and dozens more.

Louise has co-authored six books with her husband SQuire. She is also Executive Producer on the Hallmark's Godwink Movie Series and a Netflix film for 2022.

This couple has a huge heart for the local church and children’s ministry specifically.

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Welcome back for another episode!

Today we're talking bout Self Care for leaders and how to overcome burnout. And to do so, we welcome our friend Dr. Michelle Watson Canfield from the Dad Whisperer and the Abba Project.

We will also talk about how to effectively equip dads so they can be the best that they can be. When a dad is healthy, this can transform the whole family.

Dr. Michelle is a Licensed Professional Counselor, speaker, author and radio host of the Dad Whisperer Podcast. With the Abba Project, she is passionate about equipping and inspiring dads to dial into their daughter's hearts intentionally and consistently.

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We've got a great episode this week with The Skit Guys!   

Thats Tommy Woodard and Eddie James who have been best friends since high school. They fell in love with acting through the school theater production and found out they have a knack for making people laugh.   

Through guidance from their youth pastor, they started creating skits for their youth group. They then continued to make meaningful skits, and even videos for the church and through their website. Tom and Eddie have preformed live at conferences and church events, and all of their content, skits, scripts and short films, can be found online.   

Today they will with us about their story, as well as their new movie, Family Camp, which release everywhere on June 28th. They'll give us some behind the scenes into the movie as well as remind us how we can encourage the children in our ministries to start to live into their God given potentials.   

Thanks for joining in and being a part of the tribe.

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 This week on the show we have Dave and Jess Ray, the founders of Doorpost Songs! They are incredible friends of 12:30 Kids and the Kidmin Tribe Podcast.

Dave and Jess are worship leaders from Houston, TX and the founders of Doorpost songs, a ministry that creates Scripture-based worship songs and resources for the church and for the home.

They have been in ministry together since college and have served on a church staff for 16 years. They’ve released nearly 40 Scripture songs and have a growing collection of kid-friendly versions of some of today’s most popular worship music. They are passionate about supporting both ministry leaders and parents by providing them with excellent scripture-based resources to raise up a new generation of worshippers.

On the podcast we really dig into the importance of equipping and raising kids to serve in the church, and what that looks like. You will see the passion they have for worship, and you are also going to love their heart to raise kids up for ministry and the practical ideas they share with us on the podcast.

This podcast will be encouraging and challenging. Share this podcast with every Kidmin leaders you know.

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This week on the show we welcome Michayla White!

Michayla is the Chief Executive Officer of the International Children’s Pastor Network or INCM. INCM is also the organization behind CPC. Children’s Pastor Conference happens at the beginning of each year in beautiful Orlando, Florida. CPC is one of the premier children’s ministry conferences for Kidmin leaders and pastors in the nation.

For the past 15 years, Michayla has served in children’s ministries and family ministries in various capacities. Her passion to ensure that all leaders who serve kids and families have what they need to shape the Church of today and tomorrow. Michayla has also such a heart to see leaders and children connected to God.  Michayla and I have a great conversation about getting back to what really matters in Kids Ministry.   

We're so excited to have Michayla on the show today. You are going to love her, and her incredible heart for God. She loves God and and will encourage you in your relationship with God and encourage you to get back to what really matters in Kids Ministry today! Buckle your seatbelts and get ready for an incredible episode. Share this podcast with every Kidmin Leaders you know.

This week on the show we have Brian Dollar!

Brian is the founder of High Voltage Kids and has been in Ministry as a children’s pastor and now an associate pastor at the same church for 23 years. He has a heart to equip kidmin leaders with great resources and curriculum.

On this episode he is going to be challenging us with the topic of Creativity Killers. Prepare to be challenged, encouraged, equipped and resourced.

We pray this conversation could reawaken creativity in you. Brian will also help us identify what might be killing creativity in you as a leader. Buckle your seatbelts and get ready. Don’t miss a single moment! And don't forget to share this podcast with any KidMin Leaders you know!

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This week on the show, our guest is Yancy! Yancy has been in Children’s ministries since she was born! She has been writing, producing, and leading kids in worship for many years. Before she started Kids music she wrote music for some of Christian Music’s most well loved artists. In 2021 she won a dove for “Ready, Set, Go” one of her newest Little Praise Party projects.  Her music is being used in churches in 167 countries. Yancy is also an author and recently released her first book “Sweet Sound: The Power of Discipling Kids in Worship.”

We are so excited to have Yancy on the show today. We love her heart and what God has been speaking to her about Discipling our kids in worship. We are going to dig into what it looks like to Disciple Kids in Worship. This week could change your perspective on worship and how you disciple kids in your ministry. Don’t miss a single moment!

Please also share this podcast with every Kidmin Leaders you know.

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This week on the show we welcome the founder of Twelve Thirty Media and Twelve Thirty Kids, Carl Barnhill. Carl has a heart to resource the local church especially in the area of Kid’s Ministry. Carl and Jason met a couple of months ago about doing a podcast for Kidmin Pastors, leaders, and volunteers and the KidMin Tribe Podcast was born. Equipping and helping Kidmin leaders runs deep in the veins of our host and we are so excited to kick off this venture.

Today we will be talking today about the heart behind the Kidmin Tribe podcast and some of the exciting plans we have ahead.

We also dig into why using media in Kidmin is so important, and how to use it well. Maybe you're just getting started, or you're a veteran, Carl shares some great ideas and tools that you can start using right away today!