For the past 3 weeks we’ve been teaching the elementary aged kids about connecting with God, moment by moment. Instead of using beeping watches, we’ve used our “don’t forget” sticky notes. This last week I’ve heard some fun and encouraging stories from parents about how their kids are using the sticky notes to connect with [...]
Continue reading...24. October 2008
The Austin Duck has served us well. This Sunday will be the last Sunday we’ll have the Austin Duck as a shuttle bus. The bus we have been using has some other commitments and it’s getting a little cold to depend on an open air shuttle. We hope to bring the bus back when the [...]
Continue reading...16. October 2008
Gateway currently has thousands of people participating in Soul Revolution and the 60-60 experiment. In the planning process, we began asking ourselves how the kids could even participate. Certainly they aren’t going to read the book, and every kid isn’t necessarily going to have a watch that beeps. However, we wanted to create a way [...]
Continue reading...14. October 2008
In the past 4-5 weeks, I’ve met with a lot of parents who are having their children dedicated this week. One thing I really emphasize is that the task of spiritually leading and guiding kids is the responsibility of parents. Statistically speaking, the majority of parents depend completely on the church to do this job. [...]
Continue reading...14. October 2008
This Sunday at our 180 service, we’ll be dedicating over 30 children. If you’ve never experienced this, you should definitely come and check it out.
Child Dedication is a special service we hold two or three times a year where the church and parents partner together and dedicate their children (usually infants and young children) to [...]
24. October 2008
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