Do you ever feel like it's impossible to be a minimalist because you have kids? Maybe you've decided to pare down the number of clothes in your wardrobe, like Project 33, and you feel great about what you've given away until you realize your kids have so many clothes they can't close their drawers. Or maybe … Continue reading 6 Steps to Parenting with Minimalism
How Minimalism Can Make You a Better Parent
Not long ago Ikea put together a great Christmas ad in Spain. In the ad kids were asked to write down what they wanted for Christmas from the Three Kings (their Santa Clause). Then they asked them to write down what they wanted most from their parents. Everything the kids wanted from their parents went along … Continue reading How Minimalism Can Make You a Better Parent
A Helpful Guide to Living Your Priorities
For most of my career I've been in charge of leading teams of volunteers. One of the things I would do to stay in touch with them was send out a weekly email with things they needed to know about. My emails were getting too long, though. I knew I needed to shorten if I … Continue reading A Helpful Guide to Living Your Priorities
One Simple Tip That Will Keep Your Home Clutterfree
Six months ago my family and I moved from Southern California to Northern California. It has been a great transition for our family in terms of my job, the area we now live in, and how close we are to family and friends. One of the hardest parts about the move was the actual move … Continue reading One Simple Tip That Will Keep Your Home Clutterfree
How Important is Children’s Ministry?
https://youtu.be/ot6IhR2SX4k Came across this video a couple of weeks ago from my friend Stacy who is the Children's Pastor over at Hillside Christian Church. It's great for recruiting new volunteers into your ministry and for reminding your current volunteers of why what they do what they do matters.
Free Childcare Request Form
Even though Children's Ministry isn't about childcare, sometimes we do provide childcare to help support the other ministries in our church. One of the tools we're using at Rolling Hills right now to help with that is our Childcare Request Form. Every ministry who would like us to provide childcare for something they're doing fills … Continue reading Free Childcare Request Form