Woodie Stevens, Sunday School & Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI) director, is pleased to announce the Board of General Superintendent's election of Leslie M. Hart as Children's Ministries International (CMI) director. The election of Hart follows the recent retirement of CMI director, Lynda T. Boardman.
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Join the CURRENT to impact the next generation at the ignite Summit 2010 in Grove City, Ohio, October 4-11. Not another mega-conference, ignite is a power filled recharge. Develop relationships with other Nazarene children’s ministry leaders as we grow and learn from the experts and each other.
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Guess what? It’s time for Children’s Week, June 6-13. All of your weeks of planning and preparation are coming together for a wonderful time of celebration and praise. Here is your church’s opportunity to let the children of your church and community know they are important to your church and to God’s kingdom.
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A portion of the Kids Reaching Kids Mission Offering Project is set aside each year for VBS Grants (formerly the VBS Pioneer Program). Since the financial downturn occurred in 2008, a larger number of churches have needed financial help in order to hold a Vacation Bible School. This includes churches both in the United States and around the world.
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All of us want our lives to count for something. If we minister to children, we want to make a spiritual impact upon their lives. At the Nazarene Educators Worldwide Conference in Tempe, Arizona, on June 12, you can learn how to “Be the One. . . Make a Difference!”
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When churches are evaluating the effectiveness of their Vacation Bible School, several areas of concern are often raised. How many children attended? Was it supported by the local congregation? Did the children have fun? Where any new families introduced to the church?
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The by-laws of Nazarene Educators Worldwide mention both a district and a local Nazarene Education Director. Nazarene Educators Worldwide is an organization that resources and provides networking for Nazarene educators in public schools, Christian schools, home schools, preschools and early childhood learning centers, the college/university education departments, and global and international schools. There are thousands of Nazarene educators.
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It is our vision to participate in a fresh move of God upon the Church of the Nazarene in the United States and Canada. We minister in a period of time with a unique opportunity to impact our world. This event has tremendous potential to shape and mold us more clearly into the people and church that God envisions.
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Some of the many factors that cause children to be at risk and fail to thrive are: parents with alcoholism or drug abuse, poverty, physical or mental disabilities, extreme neglect emotionally and/or physically, sexual or physical abuse, violence in the community or school, war and conflict, and homelessness.
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This series of articles has given those who minister to children some practical ideas to be successful in teaching students with disabilities. In previous months, we discussed students with behavior problems, learning disabilities, and emotional problems. This month we will discuss children who experience physical disabilities for long or short periods of time.
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I didn’t go into Shrek Forever After with very high hopes. The first Shrek film will likely be remembered as one of the most important animated movies of the last 10 years, and the second movie was no slouch either. Shrek the Third, however didn’t make much of an impact on me or many other people. It never justified its own existence beyond the obvious purpose of making more money for Dreamworks. I left the theater in 2007, reflecting that I was probably done with Shrek forever.
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Global Nazarene Publication, formerly World Mission Literature, works with Nazarenes in every world region to translate discipleship materials into various local languages. The D-Code Challenge, the 2008-2009 Kids Reaching Kids Mission Offering Project, has produced a joint effort between GNP and Children’s Ministries International for the translation of children’s Bible Quizzing materials into Global English, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean and French.
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The Pledge of Allegiance was first published in 1892 in The Youth's Companion magazine in Boston, Massachusetts to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America. It was used first in public schools to celebrate Columbus Day on October 12, 1892. The Pledge received official recognition by Congress as an Act approved on June 22, 1942. The phrase "under God" was added to the Pledge by a Congressional act approved on June 14, 1954.
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