by Christina Embree | Nov 16, 2015 | Parenting
And with the stroke of midnight and the turning back of the clocks…it happened. Somehow we magically moved into the mysterious time we call the “holiday season.” In just three days my Facebook feed has lit up with posts about Christmas, posts against...
by Ron Hunter | Oct 21, 2015 | Family Ministry
Today’s date, October 21, 2015, is significant for all “Back to the Future” enthusiasts. In the second movie of the franchise’s trilogy, Doc Brown, Marty, and Jennifer go forward from 1985 to 2015. You can see a small clip of some of the many predictions they made...
by Sam Luce | Oct 20, 2015 | Family Ministry
In over 18 years of ministry, I have come to understand that what I believe about God will be seen most clearly not in my life or the lives of my kids but in my grandkids. What I believe about faith is passed on to the next generation who then passes it on to the next...
by Pat Aldridge | Oct 13, 2015 | Family Ministry, Leadership
I attended the D6 conference. It’s billed as Children’s, Youth, and Family Ministry conference based on the concepts of Deuteronomy 6 where parents are reminded to be the primary spiritual influence of their kids. The conference lived up to it’s billing…and so much...
by Christina Embree | Oct 6, 2015 | Children's Ministry, Family Ministry, Parenting
If Jesus were the guest preacher at your church, what would you do with your kids? Let that question sink in for a moment. This question was posed by Rob Rienow to a group of ministers and parents yesterday and I literally watched the reactions go from “Bring them of...
by D6 Family Ministry | Sep 30, 2015 | Children's Ministry, Family Ministry, Parenting, Student Ministry
Planning Center loves churches. In fact, two thirds of our team have worked on staff at churches. We know what it’s like to be in the trenches, struggling with the complex problems a church faces. Sometimes, adding a complicated management system on top of the mess...
by D6 Family Ministry | Sep 28, 2015 | Leadership
Nine-year-old Faith Russell was born with the worst form of spina bifida. She endured three surgeries within her first year and then amazed her doctors by learning to walk at 21 months, even though she has no feeling in her feet. When Faith was 4, her older brother...
by Christina Embree | Sep 24, 2015 | Marriage
Marriage is hard. We’ve been told… Half of all marriages end in divorce, and that’s true, even within the church. Second marriages are even more tenuous. Happy marriages are treasures, but few and far between. The institution of marriage is falling apart in America....
by D6 Family Ministry | Sep 21, 2015 | Children's Ministry, Family Ministry, Parenting
We loved being at D6 with all of you who attended the D6 Conference! It was an amazing experience full of great conversations about the many challenges and opportunities you face in family ministry. We are excited to share more about What’s in the Bible? and our...
by Linda Ranson-Jacobs | Aug 27, 2015 | Children's Ministry, Parenting
Many little girls dream about what it’s going to be like to have their own family when they grow up. Perhaps you were one of those dreamers. Or maybe when you fell in love with your children’s father, you had dreams of the happy family you and he would one day have....
