Letting Kids Respond to God Digitally

We finished three weeks of Hot U at the end of July.  It was an intense time that required over 400 volunteers and served over 1000 kids.  One of the things that we looked at this year was trying to find a way to allow the kids a place to catalog what they had learned...

Videos for Early Childhood

Now that we are finished with all three weeks of our half-day summer camps, I’ll share some of the video components we created! Each day, we told the Bible story to 225 kids (ages 3-entering Kindergarten) on video.  Throughout the week, we covered the story of...

International Impact and the World Cup

I love the game of soccer.  While many people find soccer boring to watch or play, I find it fascinating.  On June 10th, the World Cup begins and 32 countries will vie for the championship.  The World Cup is a great way to talk with kids about other countries.  In my...

Making Small Groups Work

Over the past several weeks I have been working almost full-time to prepare and execute the large group environments for our summer camps, Hot U Jr (for 3 year olds – entering Kindergarten) and Hot U (entering 1st grade – entering 4th grade).  Summer camps...