by Jim Wideman | Feb 26, 2019 | Leadership
Life can get wild and ministry can get crazy. When you don’t think things can get any busier, they can and they do. In my life I’ve learned “busy” is a relative term. What one person calls busy is not busy to another. The fact is no matter how you define busy it...
by Samara Ashley | Feb 12, 2019 | Parenting
You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house,...
by Rob Rienow | Dec 12, 2018 | Parenting
Imagine if your pastor shared the following message the week before Christmas. “Here is our plan to celebrate the birth of Jesus this year as a church family. We have scheduled a ‘decoration day!’ You are all invited to join us as we decorate the...
by D6 Family Ministry | Oct 4, 2018 | Christian Living
A message from one of our D6 Conference sponsors EVA BOSSENBERGER IS USING HER TALENTS TO BRING GLORY TO GOD THROUGH OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD. EVA CELEBRATED HER 101ST BIRTHDAY ON SATURDAY, OCT. 28. Most mornings 100-year-old Eva wakes up between 3-4 and heads for...
by D6 Family Ministry | Sep 24, 2018 | Leadership
D6 Spoken Word A growing sense of urgency, not anxious emergency But an emerging scene immersing teens in enough uncertainty That leaves them afloat. Tossed on waves too large for their boat And another coat of paint won’t fix the problem. It starts from...
by Corey Jones | Jul 12, 2018 | Leadership
Ever notice how your team is working exceedingly hard, but pulling in different directions? How would your job feel if your team was challenged to all move to the same goal? When your entire ministry team comes to one conference to learn, dream, and grow together you...
by Rob Rienow | May 22, 2018 | Parenting
Most of the time when we need to discipline our children, we are confronted with both an incorrect action and an incorrect attitude. Sometimes, however, we encounter a right action with a wrong attitude. For example, suppose you tell your son to apologize to his...
by Christina Embree | May 18, 2018 | Leadership
I often get asked the question, “What ministry conference do you recommend?” I’ve been to quite a few! As a church planter, I’ve done that round of conferences. As a children’s ministry director, I was able to attend quite a few focused on that area as well as those...
by Scott Kedersha | Apr 4, 2018 | Family Ministry, Parenting
I need to start off by confessing this was not our idea. We stole (ahem, borrowed) it from some friends (thank you, Kyle and Sarah). A few years ago, my wife and I took a parenting class at our church and this was our big aha moment, our top takeaway, our immediate...
by Lena Wooten | Mar 5, 2018 | Family Ministry, Parenting
My husband and I both work full time in ministry. We are the proud parents of two teenagers. Often, as a family, we are pulled in different directions. Sports, jobs, theatre practice, music lessons, church events, and so on. We get caught up in all we have to do; all...
