Simply Strategic – Handling the Hecklers//The Speaker

If you’ve ever spoken in front of people, odds are you experienced people talking or being distracting while you were trying to pass on the wisdom of the ages (or just make an announcement about bathroom usage). Speaking to students (7-12) presents many challenges and one of which is dealing with students who seem to [...]

Simply Strategic: Middle School Praise Band

Some of you might read the title and say, “Yeah right.” That’s okay, I used to think that too. But this is for the people who have or at some point would like to have a Middle School (or Jr. High) Praise Band. So I would like to share with you what has worked for [...]

Simply Strategic: Letters Home

When I was in college, I loved getting mail. It meant that somebody, at some point, was thinking of me. I still like getting mail. There’s just something about seeing an envelope or a postcard with my name on it that makes me want to read it right there in the road (not the best [...]

Simply Strategic: Parent Interviews

Every year, half my group moves on into high school and I get a new batch of incoming 7th graders. And with them come parents who are just as unsure about their student’s new surroundings as the students are (sometimes more). And it’s up to me to quickly acclimate them to our Middle School culture [...]

Simply Strategic: Meetings w/Jr. High Students

I recently started reading a book by Tim Stevens and Tony Morgan called: Simply Strategic Stuff. First of all, it’s great because the chapters a like a page and a half long. Second, they just are hitting on some key stuff within the church that I’m already jazzed about (and I’m only on #8 of [...]