by Christina Embree | Feb 20, 2018 | Children's Ministry, Family Ministry
The other day, my kids broke a glass in the living room. We immediately sprang into action, protecting bare feet, sweeping up broken pieces, vacuuming up the tiny shards, and mopping up the ones we couldn’t see. To the best of our ability, we cleaned up the mess....
by Christina Embree | Feb 6, 2018 | Children's Ministry
I got down on my knees in front of her, her eyes locked on mine in anticipation of what I was about to say. She didn’t know what was coming—after all, it was children’s church and I had singled her out in front of everyone. There was a hint of trepidation in her...
by Brian Haynes | Jan 23, 2018 | Parenting
One of the most frequently asked questions we have received after the release of our new book on parenting teens is, “Should we require our teenaged son or daughter to go to church with us when they do not want to go?” It’s a great question and believe it or not, we...
by Christina Embree | Dec 13, 2017 | Children's Ministry
It’s Christmas Time! Oh, how we love to tell the Christmas story. We share it in pageants and cantatas; we read it in bedtime stories and Advent prayers, we sing it in carols and choirs. What a beautiful story it is of Love sent down, of Joy proclaimed and of Peace...
by Corey Jones | Dec 6, 2017 | Christian Living
If you’re like most people alive today, Christmas is a scheduling nightmare with parties, pageants, purchasing of presents, and preparing pastries. You know that Christmas should be a time of prayer, peace, and the presence of God but every year seems to become more...
by Marianne Howard | Nov 30, 2017 | Children's Ministry, Family Ministry
“And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger” Luke 2:12. This Friday begins the season of Advent. Advent is a time to prepare for the birth of Christ. It means “coming.” It is an...
by Christina Embree | Oct 24, 2017 | Children's Ministry, Family Ministry, Student Ministry
Whenever I’m faced with a big project, I try to approach it in pieces. I break it down into doable parts and work my way towards finishing the whole. When I heard Dr. Richard Ross speak at D6 Conference, I couldn’t help but think that what he shared was basically the...
by Christina Embree | Oct 9, 2017 | Family Ministry
Since 1900, the average life span of an American has increased by 33 years. 33 years. Why does this matter in ministry? More specifically how does this matter to family ministry? I heard this interesting fact this week at D6 Conference in Dallas (where,...
by D6 Family Ministry | Oct 3, 2017 | Christian Living
We often think of generosity in terms of financial giving, which makes it difficult for children to participate and experience the blessing of meeting others’ needs. What if we broaden our definition of what it looks like to be generous? Instead of only looking at...
by D6 Family Ministry | Oct 2, 2017 | Christian Living
By CHM member Tim Marshall Pasadena, Texas We served as pastors in Indiana for nearly 10 years. Then, eight years ago, we felt the Lord calling us to make a change in our ministry. That’s when we decided to pursue evangelism full-time. We hadn’t had a health care plan...
