Gnarly Imagination.

--Here’s a note from our Director, Sherri Uhrig. Stay tuned for more great devotionals, advice, and fun articles from her in our Kids Ministry Idea Magazine! 

As I was standing at our back windows blankly staring out into the forest suddenly I saw it!  I took a quick breath in… yes!  There it was looking right back at me.  I called my 15-year old granddaughter to come quick and see.  We stood side by side and I guided her eyes to see what I was seeing… she found it too!  “Doesn’t it look like a snake?,”  I asked.  She cocked her head from side to side and said, “No, it looks like a squirrel.”  We were both silently looking at a big gnarly shaped burl on one of the trees in the forest and were quickly lost in our thoughts.  We both felt that wonder and whispered; “isn’t God an amazing artist?”

We are never too old or too young to use our imaginations and wonder about all that God has created for us.  After all, He is the God of Wonders!  Recently I read a great article by Rachel Carson, author of The Sense of Wonder. In it, she writes,” A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood.” Carson also concludes that “if a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.”

My friends, stop what you are doing right now… really!  Go to the window.  Lift your eyes to the lofty skies and wonder about the shapes of the clouds, the splash of the raindrops, or the dance of the flowers in the breeze.  Take a deep breath and reclaim your imagination.  Find the wonder and awe as you read God’s Holy word… find the extraordinary in the ordinary.

It may be just an ordinary gnarly hunk of burl on a tree but in my imagination it is a huge snake slithering and winding itself around the tree… or a squirrel. 

My prayer for you is that today, you will sense the ‘wonder and awe’ of our amazing God!

To Empower.

To empower.

Children's Ministries in the North American Division have made it their goal to Empower our leaders so that they can impact our kids. A task we don't take lightly. 

The definition in Merriam-Webster's Dictionary for the word empower simply means; "to give power to (someone)". 

Words like, entitle, entrust, grant,  legitimize, permit, vest, accredit, charge & commission all come to mind when thinking about this privilege we have as a team to better serve our purpose. 

In such a rapidly-growing world, we have decided to bring our magazine to an easy-to-access platform. Available right at your fingerprints wherever you are, our magazine will be brought to you on a weekly basis with a variety of tools to help empower YOU to lead in your ministry. 

These tools will hopefully remain relevant and useful to you in your ministries, churches, homes, schools, and even in your communities as you relate with kids.

If you have an suggestions of topics you wish to learn more about, let us know! We will do our research and find the experts for you!

Welcome & Enjoy.

-The Editor.

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COMING SOON. JUNE 2016!

Kid's Ministry Ideas is a children's religious education resource dedicated to bringing teacher/leader growth and continued training to those in the forefront of children's ministry.

KMI will now be published strictly digitally in blog-format and we can't wait to share all the amazing articles with you. 

Stay tuned!