D6 Conference—the best value today!
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009“I could have left after the first day and felt I had gotten my money’s worth.”
“This is a significant day in the history of the church.”
Today is the deadline for the very best rate you can get for the D6 Conference 2010. Save half your registration per person against the walk-in rate. It is $299 at the door and today you can register as many as you desire for $149 per person. If you do not have all the names now, no problem; just hold their spots and fill in the names later. Set a goal and determine you want ten sets of parents with you or all your leading volunteers and staff. We already have announced several major speakers for next year and will finish the announcements in January of 2010. Mark Holmen, Ed Stetzer, Brian Haynes, and Rob Reinow, and yes, Tim Hawkins will be back!
God does graffiti
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009Using graffiti to mark territory by sending messages to those who pass by has been around a lot longer than spray paint aerosol cans. Back during the Egyptian empire tombs were filled with graffiti called hieroglyphics that told the story of the pharaohs.
Steve 411, the D6 Conference Concierge
Friday, August 21st, 2009Concierge? Who needs a stuffy guy in a bowtie? Get to know the D6 Conference Concierge who prefers to be call Steve 411. Everything you want to know and few things you don’t are on the following hilarious videos. Steve 411 has been on site, counted the steps from your room to the D6 Conference and will show you where to park, register, order your omelet, grab your Starbucks, and what T-Shirt to wear.
Enjoy these links to all the Steve 411 videos on YouTube.
Move over Mr. Rogers!
Saturday, August 15th, 2009Like us, most publishers have mothballed their flocking machine (a press designed to adhere glue and yellow fuzz to paper to create flannelgraph) and moved on to other means of communicating the gospel. I realize some of you miss the hours of cutting those paper figures out and putting them in sequential order for the lesson. From flocking to film and from cardigans to DVDs, people of every age take in information differently from the way we did even a decade ago.
Potato, Broccoli and Beer
Saturday, August 1st, 2009. Now we have a leader who says drinking is an acceptable method of conflict resolution. I can see this now, two kids fighting on the playground and the teacher breaks it up and invites them in for grape soda and root beer. In addition to seeing the reward of the invite, they now imagine their A&W is an Anheuser Busch.
Getting back to the ranch
Friday, July 31st, 2009Where can you go that wins your daughter’s heart and turns her heart toward matters of a more serious nature than any she has ever thought on before? Like many other daughters, she is fourteen going on nineteen, wanting all the rewards of growing up and only part of the responsibility. She is a good kid, with a good heart, and enjoys serving in church every week. But I know…
Why are you coming to the D6 Conference?
Monday, March 23rd, 2009One of the best conferences for Christian Leaders and Parents this year. The D6 Conference brings a who’s who of family ministry such as Daly, Barna, Matlock, Stoeker, Swopes, Trent, Hawkins, Ross, and many many more. http://D6Conference.com
Treat your family to a summer break
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009ring something fresh, relevant and relational for families in the summer while dealing with possible lower numbers in attendance and available workers. Teaching Sunday School with all members of the family together in one setting, where moms and dads get to experience learning and discussions with their sons and daughters.
Family members will be taught together and given materials to discuss along with activities to reinforce the lessons at home. Each person will have an age-appropriate devotional magazine that further teaches the weekly theme giving practical implementation ideas. The end result is that we have taken church into the home more powerfully and intentionally, which will strengthen the development of prayer, principles, and relationships.
Thoughtful Gift
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008We began a new family tradition in our home this year that involves $10 gifts as well. It is the opposite of Dirty Santa. Here’s how it goes. Each person in our family buys the rest of the family a ten-dollar gift each. The trick is to put some sincere thought into this gift giving it real value to for the recipient. The value of the gift is measured not in cost but in the connection of the giver to the recipient.
What parents do for our kids
Friday, November 28th, 2008Most parents accomplish this through purchase power. They remember what they did not have growing up and secretly vow their child will not do without but not spoil them. Others try to accomplish this by selecting the right neighborhoods, schools, teams, and church.
The right environment is more than an address or a school choice. It is a parent investing time (not money) in their son or daughter. Time to connect and playing catch, working on homework, and talking. Talking to teens is harder than ever because they are finding their own identity. Even really solid kids are supposed to be coming into their own identity and own place in the world.
These changes can be hard on both parent and child because mom and dad feel they are losing touch with their child. The child, who was getting all advice from parents, is now a teen trying to listen to more directional sources than ever before. Now is not the time to pull back from your teen,
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