We are back to work after the holidays and already overwhelmed with meetings and list making. I am shocked! How did all this creep up on me? I thought I was running ahead of schedule. I just walked out of my fourth meeting today and juggling all the ...

  Many teachers are just sorting through great ideas to use this month, so I want to offer a few I learned from my good friend, Carrie Wood. She does a fantastic job at First Baptist Church of McAlester, Oklahoma and has for many years.

    My friend, Carrie Wood came up with some terrific ideas to use in the classroom and they help us all to remember what we are thankful for this year. I plan to use a few of these with my kids this November as we get closer to Thanksgiving.

We have families coming to our churches that are looking for a church home. How do you measure up?  Have you thought about how your ministry is being perceived? What does the physical appearance look like? What does your promotional material look like?...

I hope you will enjoy this encore podcast about starting a new year of school and a new year of classes at church. I have been teaching Kindergarten each week, as well as fourth graders on Wednesday nights.

Mr Mark, Have you worked with people who are always talking about their successes? For Months? Makes me wanna barf! The thing is, they are self-promoting to feel valued so I guess they are insecure with who they are or what they do.

  Are you easily distracted?  I know I am. Often, I get my best work done the last hour of the day when I’m all alone in my office. I used to work later and later, but Connie, my wife, made a rule that I had to be home to eat supper at 6:30 pm. […]

  It is scary to think we could be looking at the first generation of biblically illiterate kids. Yes, the kids we are teaching right now. I’m not even convinced their parents are biblically literate. These are the future leaders of our churches.

  Three things to know when you begin to gather and provide parenting helps: What is the age group you want to target? Younger Preschool, Older Preschool, Younger Children, or Older Children What needs do you want to address? Physical, Mental,

  “Marketing is a contest for people’s attention.” – Seth Godin   Jesus…the Public Relations Guru Jesus was a leader of people, not things. Mark 12:37b “…the large crowd listened to him with delight.” Calling and leading of the 12 disciples Always had ...