In the beginning of our homeschool journey I wanted my house to be a home and our school to be at the kitchen table. I kept a small shelf or cabnet with our supplies and we just cleaned up each day. Over the years the bins of books for each […]
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Green Acres … from City to Rural Ministry…
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Lauren Surprenant. Lauren was born & raised in the Boston area, moved to the suburbs with her husband, Tom, and children Taryn & Matt. She is presently bi-vocational/bi-ministry, serving as youth minister at a small country church and serving as ministry director […]
Family Stuff , Homeschool
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Seven Days of Homeschooling Seven: Have a Plan and Stick to the Plan
When we first began homeschooling 8 years ago I had only 3 children and used a traditional textbook/workbook style where planning was very simple. My curriculum company sent me homeschool lesson plans and nice little work books that were simply do the next page. I just did a number of […]
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Adopt-A-Neighborhood Update (1/14)…
This post is an update to the original here… and here.. and here… and here… (you get the idea.) When I shared this idea with Greg Stier, after Lead the Cause University, I had no idea of the traction the idea would get, and what Greg had in mind to […]
Family Stuff , Homeschool
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Seven Days of Homeschooling Seven: Creating a Rhythm to Your Homeschool
Its been such a wonderful blessing to have our years planned out for us with such a strong biblical foundation with My Fathers World curriculum. When we first began this curriculum I scoured the internet for other M.O.M.Y.S.(Mothers of Many Young Siblings aka Moms with Kids close in age) using […]
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I Know A Guy….
Last weekend brought a snowstorm like I have never seen before. I grew up in the midwest, and have seen and done some really crazy things in snow and ice, but this was beyond anything else. We had temps, not wind chills of -12 and spent approximately 2 days straight […]
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Why do we suffer?
Sometimes in ministry, I get a question that I just can’t answer. It might be someone, deep in anguish and grief, who wants to know why it happened? Why are they suffering? Why did the event occur that caused them pain? It’s during those moments, as I sit silently, that […]
Family Stuff , Money , Rural Ministry
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Simply Living in Rural Ministry: Lunchmeat
One of the things that can be a challenge in Rural Ministry is living on a budget. While there are some things that are cheaper in a rural community (like housing), there are other things that can be far more expensive, like groceries. Here is an example: I will start […]
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A Very Fortunate Christmas Tale
I feel truly fortunate this Christmas. Last night, as my family returned home to my mother-in-law’s house, we noticed the distinct smell of natural gas. It was strong, and not the first time we had noticed it that day. Still, trying to get in from the cold, we hurried to […]
Conferences , Ministry , Resources , Rural Ministry , Student Ministry
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MinistryPlace.Net On the Road: IBSA Youth Encounter 2013
Illinois Rural Youth Workers, If you are taking a group to Illinois Youth Encounter in Springfield, Illinois this weekend, stop by the Rural Youth Ministry booth and chat with Brent. He will also be there leading a youth workers breakout session during the conference. This is a conference that has […]
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Christmas Shopping Guide: Vinci Tablets
One of our new Advertisers, Vinci Genius has sent MinistryPlace.Net an early Christmas present! It’s called the Vinci Tab M II. Vinci is manufactured by a company in Canada named Rullingnet targeted toward children and parents of young children (under 9). The goal of the tablet is to provide a solid […]
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Follow Good Advice
A few years ago, someone came to me for advice about her job. Karen, a long-time employee of the company, was having personality and philosophy conflicts with her new boss. He’d been there less than a year and within six months, the relationship soured. Personality-wise, they clashed. His leadership style did […]