Month: June 2012
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If You’re Happy and You Know It: Extreme Version
Read More: If You’re Happy and You Know It: Extreme VersionI call it “HAYKI.” I have used this song for years on kids and they can’t get enough of it. I have written 400 lines to the song and here they are for your use with kids groups. I just ask that you don’t sell this in any way, shape, or form. You can freely…
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Freeze Dance
Read More: Freeze DanceHere is a brand new game (to me) that worked GREAT at all the summer camps I’ve spoken at so far this summer. You can play this in most any setting with kids and with any number of kids…. Name of the Game: Freeze Dance Point of the Game: Dance when you hear the music.…
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Just a Mouthpiece
Read More: Just a MouthpieceI learned a few things this week: First, that we are simply God’s hands, feet, and mouthpieces on this earth. We don’t deserve it, but by His grace He works through our fallen lives. Secondly, that prayer works. All week long while speaking at camp I requested prayer to simply speak what God wanted me…
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Why Large Groups of Kids are Easier than Small Groups of Kids
Read More: Why Large Groups of Kids are Easier than Small Groups of KidsWhen I say, “easier”, I am talking in terms of speaking to them and keeping them safe, controlled, attentive, and participatory. I just finished speaking to 1,000 kids tonight (and will do so all week). And here’s why I would take this number any day over a room of 8 kids. Granted, there are plenty…
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Friday Video
Read More: Friday VideoHappy June! I’m off to speak and juggle at a bunch of summer camps in Texas. Follow my updates from camp right here on this blog. My calendar will show you where I’ll be. For now, enjoy this fun video I found. I haven’t met these folks yet, but I’d like to someday since we…
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“Holy Fools”: Exploring the Journey of Calling for Christian Variety Performers
I am happy to announce that my PhD dissertation has been published to ProQuest, an academic database for published research. I have made the dissertation open source, which means anyone anywhere can access the full content free of charge. Here is the full dissertation: https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/holy-fools-exploring-journey-calling-christian/docview/2622316783/se-2 Please share far and wide. I am very much excited…
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The Easiest Large Group Game Ever
This is probably the easiest large group game ever invented. If you can think of an easier one, please let me know in the comments. Heads or Tails! This game of heads or tails involves EVERYONE in your large group. It is actually better the larger the group gets. There is an elimination factor to…
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Merry Christmas from the Joyners!
Greetings from our family in Richmond, Virginia! We are thankful for you, our friends and family. We are also thankful to the Lord for His gift of the love to us all this season. This past year has been a roller coaster of experiences and emotions, specifically regarding our spunky little Annie, who is now…
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Book Release! Incredibly Bad Dad Jokes
I have been writing down my original Dad jokes for several years now, but recently they dramatically increased. While the past five months of my life have been the toughest for me as a Dad (with Annie’s medical crisis), the Dad jokes actually came out in full force during this season. You see, in my…
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A Children’s Ministry Poem
From the mouths of children come questions galore about heaven and angels and Satan and more. They speak what their hearts say without holding back, so the wonder of God is something they never lack. Oh God, who are you? Who inspires the minds of little ones many, so that they may find this Jesus…