Empowering Children's Discipleship Through Community and Technology
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "Well, I would say the simple answer for that is that we know and believe that the most important thing is the Great Commission, right? That, you know, teaching kids about the gospel. And so we know that that is the most important thing. And so we want to do everything we can to make sure that kids are hearing the word of God. They're hearing this good news, this gospel message." [15:48] (29 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "You see hundreds of kids who are hearing the word of God and it's changing their culture. It, it truly is. And so I think that's one of the things that's just so amazing. You know, we can often almost have blinders on because we're seeing, you know, what's happening in our own little sphere. But to know that God, God is at work across the globe." [19:41] (26 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "I believe that, you know, it's, you know, God is at work a hundred percent throughout the whole world. And I believe that we can use some of these tools, to further his kingdom. for sure. I would say, you know, there's some debate certainly in, in the Christian space of whether or not media should be something that we should utilize in, in children's ministry." [21:01] (52 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "I think that video itself is is such an important aspect and component of that. And sometimes, you know, video can help with that, you know, depending on who you have, you know, as as your teacher in your space, you know, video is certainly a way that we can expand our horizons and kids feeling seen and known and knowing that, you know, God is for them." [24:45] (22 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "I think that's incredibly important that we are doing that, that we are on our knees daily. Um, and then I would also say, you know, for me, what's helped is, is remembering my why, that passion of why are we doing what we're doing? Um, so for me, what helps is I, I actually have my, my why, and I've encouraged my team to do this same thing, to write out our why and, and to put it somewhere in your office or, you know, somewhere that you see as that reminder, why are we doing what we're doing?" [35:04] (30 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
### Quotes for Members
1. "Really, the heart of our ministry is about discipleship. So we are all about discipling kids. And so, as you mentioned, we have our child discipleship forum, which we are big about acronyms here. So CDF is what we call that. And that's really just a gathering space. For leaders around the country, really to hear what is sort of the future of discipleship look like." [05:14] (27 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "We talked about what we call our 3B philosophy, which is belonging, believing, and becoming. And with a lot of research we've done behind this to kind of show that when those three things are present, that is what leads to lasting faith. And so that's really, again, that discipleship when we say, what does that word mean? We're throwing that around a lot in this space. What does that look like for us? Discipleship looks like belonging." [08:09] (46 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "We know about child development, we know about where they are developmentally and how they learn best, you know, technology and digital media is a part of that. As I said, that's the most important thing. And so we want to do everything we can to make sure that they're digital natives. This is how they have come to learn and grow. So we are, you know, kind of finding a way to find a hybrid of making sure we're still teaching live and we're having that interaction because that relationship is incredibly important in belonging and believing and becoming." [17:17] (30 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "I think one of the benefits of media is the fact that, you know, you can, storytelling is such, I mean, we've seen this a lot in the past, but I think it's in Jesus, right? Like he was, well, all the way back to the Old Testament, but particularly when Jesus was on earth, he was a master storyteller. And we know that story is such a great way to speak to the heart and mind and for kids to, or all people to, to relate." [12:14] (24 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "I think that's another thing too that we've really tried to uphold the importance of of accuracy biblical accuracy as well to within particularly our Bible story, you know, recaps to help kids understand and that's that is hard to do through, you know, if you were to have like actors, you know, we don't have this huge, huge budget, you know, we're not setting up this whole movie, you know, seen like, you know, said like a popular series that's out right now, right where they can make this whole movie and set it in the right scene and all that, you know, we can't do that, but we can do that through through through visuals right through graphics." [26:33] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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1. "Well, I would say the simple answer for that is that we know and believe that the most important thing is the Great Commission, right? That, you know, teaching kids about the gospel. And so we know that that is the most important thing. And so we want to do everything we can to make sure that kids are hearing the word of God. They're hearing this good news, this gospel message." [15:48] (29 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "You see hundreds of kids who are hearing the word of God and it's changing their culture. It, it truly is. And so I think that's one of the things that's just so amazing. You know, we can often almost have blinders on because we're seeing, you know, what's happening in our own little sphere. But to know that God, God is at work across the globe." [19:41] (26 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "I believe that, you know, it's, you know, God is at work a hundred percent throughout the whole world. And I believe that we can use some of these tools, to further his kingdom. for sure. I would say, you know, there's some debate certainly in, in the Christian space of whether or not media should be something that we should utilize in, in children's ministry." [21:01] (52 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "I think that video itself is is such an important aspect and component of that. And sometimes, you know, video can help with that, you know, depending on who you have, you know, as as your teacher in your space, you know, video is certainly a way that we can expand our horizons and kids feeling seen and known and knowing that, you know, God is for them." [24:45] (22 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "I think that's incredibly important that we are doing that, that we are on our knees daily. Um, and then I would also say, you know, for me, what's helped is, is remembering my why, that passion of why are we doing what we're doing? Um, so for me, what helps is I, I actually have my, my why, and I've encouraged my team to do this same thing, to write out our why and, and to put it somewhere in your office or, you know, somewhere that you see as that reminder, why are we doing what we're doing?" [35:04] (30 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
### Quotes for Members
1. "Really, the heart of our ministry is about discipleship. So we are all about discipling kids. And so, as you mentioned, we have our child discipleship forum, which we are big about acronyms here. So CDF is what we call that. And that's really just a gathering space. For leaders around the country, really to hear what is sort of the future of discipleship look like." [05:14] (27 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "We talked about what we call our 3B philosophy, which is belonging, believing, and becoming. And with a lot of research we've done behind this to kind of show that when those three things are present, that is what leads to lasting faith. And so that's really, again, that discipleship when we say, what does that word mean? We're throwing that around a lot in this space. What does that look like for us? Discipleship looks like belonging." [08:09] (46 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "We know about child development, we know about where they are developmentally and how they learn best, you know, technology and digital media is a part of that. As I said, that's the most important thing. And so we want to do everything we can to make sure that they're digital natives. This is how they have come to learn and grow. So we are, you know, kind of finding a way to find a hybrid of making sure we're still teaching live and we're having that interaction because that relationship is incredibly important in belonging and believing and becoming." [17:17] (30 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "I think one of the benefits of media is the fact that, you know, you can, storytelling is such, I mean, we've seen this a lot in the past, but I think it's in Jesus, right? Like he was, well, all the way back to the Old Testament, but particularly when Jesus was on earth, he was a master storyteller. And we know that story is such a great way to speak to the heart and mind and for kids to, or all people to, to relate." [12:14] (24 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "I think that's another thing too that we've really tried to uphold the importance of of accuracy biblical accuracy as well to within particularly our Bible story, you know, recaps to help kids understand and that's that is hard to do through, you know, if you were to have like actors, you know, we don't have this huge, huge budget, you know, we're not setting up this whole movie, you know, seen like, you know, said like a popular series that's out right now, right where they can make this whole movie and set it in the right scene and all that, you know, we can't do that, but we can do that through through through visuals right through graphics." [26:33] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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