Northwest Conference Children

& Family Ministry News

Monthly Children & Family
Ministry Connection

Thursday, May 15 - Leading Up: How to lead well from the second chair

led by Tiger McLuen from Youth Leadership (www.youthleadership.org)

Noon to 3 p.m. Bring a lunch.

Northwest Conference office, 3106 47th Avenue S., Minneapolis, MN 55406 612-721-4893

Leading well when you are not always given a seat at the decision-making table can present challenges. As an associate, part-timer or volunteer, how can you be an advocate and strong voice for children and family ministry? What are some practical ways you can influence those you work with to get stuff done, implement changes, and work with teams so ministry can go forward?

Anyone who works with children and families is welcome to attend this connection, including volunteers, parents and ministry leaders. We hope to see you there!

Mission Moments for VBS

Are you looking for a way to make your VBS more intentional? The Covenant church supports a Mission Moments for VBS project each year, now available for download here:

http://www.covchurch.org/mission/projects/vbs-project/

This years project will go to help support the Colombian Covenant Church as they work to strengthen their children's ministry. Contact Covenant World Mission with questions about how you can be involved in this project (773-907-3321)

Technology and Teens Seminars

Led by Youth Leadership

4 metro locations, May 12, 14, 19 and 21

Our culture is changing at an incredibly fast pace. Being naive about technology is not only unhelpful, it is dangerous in today's world. Our kids are immersed in this culture-and any caring adult, parent, volunteer or grandparent will benefit from the information presented in this seminar in order to love, protect, guide and support our kids.

Visit http://www.youthleadership.org for more information.

NWC Family Go: Serve

Our first NWC Family event, Go: Serve, happened on Saturday, April 26, at Redeemer Covenant Church in Brooklyn Park, MN.

Highlights included packing enough food to feed 63 kids for a year at Feed My starving children, sorting 3,000 pounds of clothing at ARC, preparing 600 sandwiches for homeless people and collecting 310 pounds of food for the Brooklyn Park Area food shelf.

In addition, families were sent to local markets to purchase different ethnic food items to eat and share with others, with opportunities to share publicly about how their family plans to continue to live a life of service.

Read a full recap from the day on our Go: Serve page.

If you attended Go: Serve and have a story to share about how God is working in the lives of your kids and families, please send that to Kara Stromberg - kara@northwestconference.org.

Plan ahead for Imagine

Nov. 8, 2014

Salem Covenant Church, New Brighton, MN

Imagine, a one-day training event to celebrate your entire children and family ministry team, is returning this fall, and will be held at Salem Covenant in New Brighton, MN, on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014. We are excited to have speaker Jim Wideman, children's pastor, author, speaker and ministry coach, join us. Think practical, encouraging training from someone who has been doing this for a long time. And it's FREE! Detailed information coming soon.

http://jimwideman.com

Social Media

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Did you know there is also an ECC Children's Ministry Facebook page? This is a closed group, so if you are interested in joining (all are welcome!), send an email to kara@northwestconference.org and you will receive an invitation. This is a great way to collaborate on a national level.