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Back row: Joey, me, and Ernesto.
Middle row: Kevin, Emon, Katrina, Alexis, Alayna, and Alex.
Front row: Tony, Troy, Robert, and Lisah.
Rockstars is the name of our childrens ministry at church (one of the places I serve). The "Rock" is Jesus Christ, and the letters S-T-A-R-S stand for the five purposes that drive the ministry:
S - Share Christ with others.
T - Team up with other Christians.
A - Advance in our knowledge of Christ.
R - Recognize our gifts and use them for God.
S - Surrender our lives in worship to God.
On Sunday mornings we focus on Team and Advance, and I work with the 3rd through 5th graders during the first service (at 9am). Today we had all 9 of our regular kids present at the same time, so we took a picture of the whole group, along with my fellow leaders.
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cool. what church?
Venice Baptist.
gotta watch them baptists.
;-)
'course i work @ a foursquare.....
I love it - I teach music to the kids at our church, and I like to see other people who are having success with children's ministry.
We're getting ready to do our Christmas program - 1st-5th graders.
Cool, what kind of Christmas program is it? Some of our kids are going to do some singing (I think -- I'm not involved with it). I'd lov eto do a play or something like that, but it takes so much time that I don't think it's practical this year.
20 yuears in youth ministry....i'm gettng old....
.......and I can't spell, either. That's what those 20 years will do....
What ages have you worked with?
elementary to college
mainly with junior high and high school at the current time
Sounds like me too. I'm working with the 3rd - 5th graders, and leading a college-age small group.
the big question...which age group is more mature? (only half kidding :-) )
Hmmm, it's close. I can tell you which is less moody!
Let me Guess!
Elementary....
we only had the arcadia PD out @ the church 4 times last night after a bunch of kids stole my keys...and then returned all but the master! Which, fortunately, was "found" after much prodding, (by us) and threatening (by APD).
...and I just returned from hanging out with them (some of the aforementioned bunch) @ the church and baking pizookies with them (ya know, the things ya get @ BJ's that are a cookie with ice cream)..and spending some of the best ministry time in months with one of them.
Yeah, it can be a lot of fun and very rewarding. I've had the police called to the church when we've done sleepovers before. Heh.
'Course this was only the normal Jr. Hi group!!!!!
(Jr. Hi...NORMAL? only thing more oxymoronic is...microsoft works! HAHA) well, seeing as the group is, at this point, at least 70-80 % non-christians...
That's great that you've got so many non-Christians; people must be bringing their friends.
this is true...interesting change...the average age of the church is 68, so most of the kids aren't churched. Having been there for the last 24 years, it's been interesting watching the change...and how the standard "church" answers ain't no good for these kids...
The average age of the people in your church is 68? That's incredible.
Ten years ago our church was similar (maybe 45-50, but not 68), but now it's around 30-35.
the new pastor is 40-ish, so maybe that'll help. the other church (in eagle rock) i do media stuff @ runs the gamut...from jr.hi-ish kids to real old in the service.
and the services are real loud :-)