35 years ago today Jesus gave Julie & I a wonderful gift. A wonderful, healthy, baby girl. We named her Yancy after my Step Dad. (A wonderful Godly man that Jesus sent into my life, Yancy was his last name.) But not only is today Yancy’s birthday but it marks 35 years of getting to […]
As I get ready to celebrate America’s Birthday this weekend I can’t help but stop and say thanks to the countless men and woman who fought and paid for the freedoms we have as Americans. When I was younger I thought there really was such a thing as free stuff in the world but as […]
I had no ideal in 1977 when I said yes to my Pastor to covering Children’s Church for a Sunday that 38 years later I’d be writing this blog post. I also had no idea what God had in store for me. I’m thankful for all the wonderful doors, like this one that He would […]
When I started in Ministry back in 1975 I really never thought much about the future. I was young and thought I would always be young. I ministered in the now and really until a few years later did I really start see the importnce of visionary thinking and about working on the ministry I […]
The other day I was sent a link to The History of Children’s Ministry by my friend Dr. Rick Chromey. Rick listed this as a brief history of U.S. children’s ministry, since the 1800s. Includes references to Sunday School, VBS, International Network of Children’s Ministry, Children’s Ministry Magazine and more. I thought to myself I need to watch […]