tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670815518782204117Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:23:10 +0000http://rockinchildrensministry.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Stacey Windover)Blogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670815518782204117.post-575699458233900678Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:45:00 +00002009-01-14T07:19:20.879-08:00This morning, as I was enjoying a little SportsCenter and a cup of ghetto coffee (made at home, plain black), a commercial for the NCAA winter championships came on.  I listened to it and then backed it up to hear it again. As I listened for a second time I could have sworn that I was listening to a definition of amazing ministry.  Commitment, conviction and journey were highlighted.  The http://rockinchildrensministry.blogspot.com/2009/01/commitment-conviction-journey.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stacey Windover)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670815518782204117.post-7820250611744271382Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:13:00 +00002009-01-08T06:16:03.874-08:00I took the 43 Things Personality Quiz and found out I'm aSpiritual Self-Knowing Extrovert http://rockinchildrensministry.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-took-43-things-personality-quiz-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stacey Windover)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670815518782204117.post-950631108253804434Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:00:00 +00002009-01-03T18:35:52.248-08:00This past weekend my husband and daughter were out of town at a volleyball tournament. They visited a church and were challenged to think about the past year. My husband loved the message and when he got home decided to pay it forward to the team of salesmen he leads on a daily basis. The response has been amazing! Most of his team members do not attend church on a regular basis, what a greathttp://rockinchildrensministry.blogspot.com/2009/01/end.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stacey Windover)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670815518782204117.post-6919514452452757997Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:14:00 +00002008-12-07T19:47:04.398-08:00What an amazing day! Today, as the Lord lead, Pastor Bil followed. It wasn't 3 songs, a message, and pray 'em out. Today it was a moving of the Spirit that left me in awe. Pastor Bil made it interesting by inviting the youth to join service. The youth lined the floor on the front of the stage as well as in the isles. As Bil challenged the big "C" church to believe in the next generation, hehttp://rockinchildrensministry.blogspot.com/2008/12/not-your-usual-church-service.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stacey Windover)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670815518782204117.post-2793350364786195303Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:53:00 +00002008-11-25T19:41:09.614-08:00"Tribes" by Seth Godin is a fantastic read. Short, sweet, to the point and filled with leadership inspiration!"If you ignore this opportunity to lead, you risk turning into a "sheepwalker" -someone who fights to protect the status quo at all costs..." "Some tribes are stuck. They embrace the status quo and drown out any tribe member who dares to question authority and the accepted order.""A http://rockinchildrensministry.blogspot.com/2008/11/tribes-by-seth-godin-is-fantastic-read.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stacey Windover)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670815518782204117.post-8293741233407696177Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:37:00 +00002008-11-03T07:47:07.230-08:00There are times when I read someone's blog that I get really fired up, this is one of those times. It doesn't seem like the most profound comment, but to someone who wants children to be the leaders God has called them to be....well, it just hits the nail on the head. Enjoy!!www.davidwakerley.comDave writes; I just read a short article in which Mark Batterson was talking about a book by Garry http://rockinchildrensministry.blogspot.com/2008/11/dave-wakerley-hits-nail-on-head.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stacey Windover)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670815518782204117.post-7584063830907084185Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:33:00 +00002008-10-04T18:16:38.006-07:00Moving to Texas has allowed me and my family several new opportunities. We have become a surfing family, my dogs have embraced wave riding as well. Although this past week when we were at the beach I did have to become a "dog lifeguard" really fast when the rip tide started to take one of my dogs out into the wide open water!! I went from "dog lifeguard" to "gun buyer" within a day when I http://rockinchildrensministry.blogspot.com/2008/10/remington-11-87-wooden-barrel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stacey Windover)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670815518782204117.post-4689711903778239652Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:24:00 +00002008-10-04T18:35:16.233-07:00I received two calls this week from children's pastors on opposite coasts with the same situation. Someone on their staff had decided not to be a team player and the question was the same, should they be fired?? Both of these team members exhibited a pattern of negativity over several months that was addressed. Accountability was put in place, but unfortunately as the old saying goes, a http://rockinchildrensministry.blogspot.com/2008/09/leopards-really-cant-change-their-spots.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stacey Windover)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670815518782204117.post-2030762053090026776Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:02:00 +00002008-09-22T17:37:01.172-07:00Just the church being the church.......THANK YOU Jesus!!Hurricane Ike ReliefHey BAFWe have an opportunity to make a difference for the people who have been hit by Hurricane Ike. There is a need for bottled water and non-perishable food items for most of the people in the city of Houston. Now is the time for the body of Christ to be the Body! Doyles Oil Field Equipment and Wilcox Furniture have http://rockinchildrensministry.blogspot.com/2008/09/hurricane-response.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stacey Windover)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670815518782204117.post-8061412670277063958Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:39:00 +00002008-09-13T12:52:48.400-07:00I can't believe I am writing this in sunny weather with no hurricane damage. The early reports looked like we were going to see the eye with our very own eyes, but you never know what a hurricane will do, there's a statement huh?!? Just change hurricane to God and it's a great blog post....God can not be boxed in, we can not guess or know what He is up to. One of my favorite things to say (I http://rockinchildrensministry.blogspot.com/2008/09/ike-took-hike.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stacey Windover)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670815518782204117.post-6178285500804136141Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:49:00 +00002008-09-10T10:56:21.654-07:00If you have a minute, could you please pray for hurricane Ike to weaken? Corpus Christi is supposed to get a direct hit at this point, but you never know with a hurricane. Only God knows!!! Please pray that God will protect us and that we will have safe travels as we evacuate. My husband wants to surf before we leave, I guess you could say we are really new at this hurricane thing!Thanks for http://rockinchildrensministry.blogspot.com/2008/09/eeeekike.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stacey Windover)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670815518782204117.post-5380783237933587316Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:31:00 +00002008-09-13T12:53:35.990-07:00About a year ago a friend called me and asked me to pray with them for each high school football game. Pray for the players and coaches from both teams to know Jesus as their Savior, to be safe as they play (no injuries), and to enjoy each game. I shared with my little prayer warrior a great Psalm to pray, Psalm 91. So each week for 14 weeks my friend walked the football field and prayed Psalmhttp://rockinchildrensministry.blogspot.com/2008/09/psalm-91.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stacey Windover)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670815518782204117.post-3830453414073281036Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:12:00 +00002008-09-04T09:25:37.849-07:00Orchard Valley Community Church in Aurora, IL is utilizing "Twitter" to help their church community experience prayer rhythms. Scott Hodge, lead pastor, taught on the spiritual practice of prayer rhythms and is now providing a tool to help people grow in their relationship with Christ. I am personally loving each "tweet." I stop what I am doing and just pray, refreshing, awesome, amazing, signhttp://rockinchildrensministry.blogspot.com/2008/09/orchard-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stacey Windover)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670815518782204117.post-7991644039703141587Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:35:00 +00002008-08-08T20:47:12.334-07:00I love college football, seriously I'm not kidding. Right now I am watching the SEC football rewind game from Nov 07 Tennessee v Kentucky. The announcers just said what an amazing comeback. I can't think of a better comeback than the day Jesus returns, and I can't think of anything better to do until that day than teach children all about our amazing God. Whew, I just said "Amen" out loud http://rockinchildrensministry.blogspot.com/2008/08/comeback.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stacey Windover)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670815518782204117.post-1849435792511267683Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:38:00 +00002008-08-06T09:18:53.352-07:00This past weekend during service, the band played "Today is the Day" by Lincoln Brewster. It's an awesome song that has hints of "This is the day." The entire service was amazing and reminded me of how great our God is. He can and will do more than we could ever ask or imagine! God is in control, He is good! I feel so blessed and so free right now to do whatever He asks of me!http://rockinchildrensministry.blogspot.com/2008/08/ephesians-320.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stacey Windover)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670815518782204117.post-4499731247976445580Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:18:00 +00002008-08-02T07:32:08.283-07:00What an amazing week at Camp KidJam! The kids had a blast! The teaching was amazing, games were right on their level, the energy during the jam sessions was off the charts and the small group activities totally hit the mark. Not only do your kids have an amazing time, all leaders have the opportunity to attend leader training where the Orange philosophy is explained and leaders are encouraged.http://rockinchildrensministry.blogspot.com/2008/08/camp-kidjam.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stacey Windover)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670815518782204117.post-4074747434594680313Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:04:00 +00002008-07-25T20:20:10.069-07:00It's been a crazy week down here in Corpus Christi, Texas. First, let's unpack what happened this past Sunday morning.......Let me start with the fact that we are currently using Empowering Kids "Fear Knot" curriculum for children birth through fifth grade and lesson one talked about how we can untie the fear knot of snakes by first calming down. The Lord said to Gideon calm down, do not be http://rockinchildrensministry.blogspot.com/2008/07/snake-and-hurricane.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stacey Windover)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670815518782204117.post-3938305173615971690Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:49:00 +00002009-01-03T17:53:04.951-08:00I just took at peek at an amazing new venture from Phil Vischer. Think Nickelodeon, Disney, Empowering Kids, Webkins, PBS, and the Bible all together in one place. What does that look like? There is a 28 min promo at www.jellytelly.tv. Check it out...http://rockinchildrensministry.blogspot.com/2008/07/phil-vischers-new-deal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stacey Windover)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670815518782204117.post-1060269903474319683Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:46:00 +00002008-07-03T12:29:18.126-07:00Location, location, location rolls off the tongue so nicely. People know what it means and it's repeated several times so it must be important. This isn't something new, Jesus did it, "Do you love me?...feed my sheep. Do you love me?....feed my sheep" Jesus would not have repeated it if it wasn't important! I can honestly say in my experience the most important thing in a healthy team http://rockinchildrensministry.blogspot.com/2008/07/communicate-communicate-communicate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stacey Windover)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670815518782204117.post-1048455215199386948Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:09:00 +00002008-06-26T06:39:05.457-07:00It would have been nice if I decided to start with day 1, but oh well, you can check out days 1-5 at www.fromorphanstoesthers.blogspot.com.As I sit here and reflect on what God has done over the past week I am thankful, humbled, and I feel extremely blessed. I have listened to stories of these little ones who are not adoptable because their parents haven't signed off so to say, or because they http://rockinchildrensministry.blogspot.com/2008/06/day-6.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stacey Windover)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670815518782204117.post-9017507138472734641Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:43:00 +00002008-06-24T07:47:58.090-07:00I am currently in Kazakhstan. If you would like to check out what's happening, go to the following link;www.fromorphanstoesthers.blogspot.com http://rockinchildrensministry.blogspot.com/2008/06/kazakhstan-link.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stacey Windover)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670815518782204117.post-6583559494534633755Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:36:00 +00002008-06-19T11:43:27.771-07:00Each week, I send via email a "weekly update" to every volunteer and any parent who would like one. This week I sent this......Real Kids UpdateJune 19, 2008In the book “My Life as a Furry Red Monster,” Kevin Clash (who is the voice and puppeteer of Elmo) talks about giving and receiving love by sharing the story below; “Back in December of 2001, we held the first and only MuppetFest in Santa http://rockinchildrensministry.blogspot.com/2008/06/weekly-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stacey Windover)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670815518782204117.post-5150186335080520559Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:35:00 +00002008-06-19T11:44:20.932-07:00I was in Holland Michigan this past week at Craig Jutila's Liquid conference. The Holland group was amazing! They were truly like little sponges. As I talked about lifechange for children through small groups all eyes were attentive and the questions were such a blessing! One big surprise was the response to the "Lawnmower" song. Only those who love to serve children would even understand the http://rockinchildrensministry.blogspot.com/2008/06/soakin-it-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stacey Windover)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670815518782204117.post-2340293007205497635Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:55:00 +00002008-06-07T10:58:57.812-07:00Thank you Perry Noble for challenging me to stay focused, actually, thank you for challenging the CHURCH!Here is what Mr. Noble had to say; Be who God called you to be…take risks…pray “stupid” prayers…ask people for commitment…believe in those no one else dared to believe in…PREACH JESUS…listen to the Holy Spirit…give everything your best…spend time BEGGING God to change lives…understand that Godhttp://rockinchildrensministry.blogspot.com/2008/06/im-challenged.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stacey Windover)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670815518782204117.post-2894738606437640892Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:38:00 +00002008-06-05T10:46:47.294-07:00I read a blog this week that really struck a cord. I love children's ministry. I am a children's minister. One thing I am unable to understand is the mentality of people who think that children's ministry is just "child care." Does not compute....Jonathan Cliff wrote a letter on his blog that I thought was absolutely brilliant, I wish I could send it to all of the parents who have children inhttp://rockinchildrensministry.blogspot.com/2008/06/littlepastor-has-big-wisdom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stacey Windover)1