Posted in photograph on March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday we took the 3rd and 4th graders to Chuck E. Cheese as a reward for winning the contest of raising the most money for Malawi. It was a lot of fun!
There is a kid in the middle (who is frowning) that is NOT with our group. I think he got trapped. His [...]
Posted in photograph, team work, urban children's ministry on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last Friday we had a Math Dare competition against other after school programs in Camden and our Eastside team won! Grades 1st – 8th competed in math problems and “physical challenges” that were super messy and fun.
I’m so proud of our team and I discovered that um…Ms. Jenn is kind of competitive!
Posted in personal on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am horrible at remembering birthdays, but my friend Craig is really good at it and celebrating people. And since I have no money for a gift, I’m going to gush about him on the internet as my present. All Praises to Craig!
Today is Craig’s birthday! When we met while working in [...]
Posted in urban children's ministry on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our Spring Break trip to coming up in 3 weeks! We’ve raised about 40% of the funds, but still need more $$$ to be able to go. If you are interested in donating, leave a comment and I’ll be in touch!
Posted in ideas, videos on March 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m an information junkie, so I found this really fascinating.
Link via Already Been Chewed
Posted in ideas, photograph on March 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
You cram as many people on the slide as you can and try to push the last person off the slide. It was pretty fun.
Posted in urban children's ministry on March 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve noticed something interesting regarding the behavior of the kids who attend my after school program. Over all, I would say our kids are well behaved. Obviously, they are not perfect and some are more fiesty than others, but in general, almost all of the kids listen and follow directions.
Recently, I was looking at report [...]
Posted in personal, recommended websites on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I attend an awesome church called Vineyard Community Church – West Philly. In previous posts I have written about how it’s my church soul mate and have given reasons why I like it.
They just upgraded their website and it’s great. It even has access to recent sermons from our pastors Brad and Becca.
Even [...]
Posted in recommended websites, urban children's ministry on March 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I googled “urban children’s ministry” and there were only 28 results. Seriously?!
I skimmed through and noticed a lot of newsletters, links to a couple of children’s ministries, and a few college ministry groups.
Seriously? Is it because of lack of interest? Is it because we’re not meta-tagging properly? Or is no one discussing this niche?
Where would [...]
Posted in quotes on March 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“For centuries Christians have prayed that God will help them know themselves because they grasp the mystery that deep self-knowledge leads to deep God-knowledge.”
-Ignatius of Loyola-
