CEM Tidbits

A team blog from the Heartland Conference Church Education Ministries board

Entries for September, 2008

Point the Way

How startled I was to see an old car headed straight toward me down the wrong side of the highway. I stopped, of course. So did the vehicles in the other two lanes to my right.
What must I do? I wondered, as the jalopy veered across two lanes and rolled to a stop a few [...]

Are you Hungry

I’m excited about what God is doing in the Heartland youth. I am ready for the next 100 years but I know most of those will be spent with my Jesus (he is coming very soon).
Were comming up on our centennial, and God is moving in great ways. I want to put together a group [...]

Memorize It and It’s Yours

In 1988, Robert Fulghum wrote a book entitled, Everything I Really Need To Know I Learned in Kindergarten. Those of us who have been in Sunday school most of our lives, might express the same sentiment about Christian education. Everything I really need to know I learned in Sunday school, and one of the most [...]

Extreme Days 2008

OK, well we’re rolling on some ideas for this years Extreme Days, and I want to hear from you. Give me some ideas. Believe me, I really do have plenty of my own, but I would like to hear from each of you — games and activities you like or don’t like. What you would [...]

We need each other

The time has come that we all join together in the fight for the youth of OK.
I want to thank all of you that have been a part of Iron Sharpens Iron.
This is a plea for your assistance. I need to know the best way to get ahold of you so i can keep you [...]

Iron Sharpens Iron

We are looking forward to seeing you at the Iron Sharpens Iron Conferences in your area. We will be featuring portions of a video, The Essence of Orange, by Reggie Joiner, Executive Director of Family Ministry at Norh Point Community Church in Atlanta Georgia. During the first hour the Children’s Ministry Workers and Youth Ministry Workers will be [...]

Pizza for Youth Pastors!

Hey guys,
Thought I’d better pass this one along. Incredible Pizza is having a Youth Pastor’s Party on September 23, 2008, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm. They are inviting you to a complimentary dinner, and they’ll let you know about special rates and programs for youth groups. Here is the RSVP that you need to fax in by [...]

It’s definitely time!

Hello all,
It is my hearty prayer that CEM Tidbits will be used for the glory of God to take communication between church education ministers and ministries to the next level in the Heartland Conference.
When I joined the conference in 1999 as a pastor, I enjoyed very much the ministry of Richard Goad. I don’t know [...]