by Lenny Moore | May 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
This week I was asked by our executive pastor to give a talk to our staff about how to stay unified as a team during a season of transition. Whether you are in a season of transition now or not, everyone in leadership will experience transition. One of the truths that...
by Lenny Moore | May 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
DO YOUR KIDS LOVE COMING TO CHURCH? Do they love their small group? Do they love playing games and experiencing the amazing Bible stories? We sure hope so! Our family ministry staff wants every kid that steps foot on our campus to be bursting with excitement about...
by Lenny Moore | May 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
This post was written by a good friend of mine and co-worker, Andrew Padgett. Andrew has been on staff with our church for over two years. He oversees the LifeGroups of our student ministry. Several years ago we made the commitment to invest in the small. As our...
by Lenny Moore | May 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
Like almost every church, we sometimes struggle with having enough volunteers. This is partially due to our culture. Jacksonville, NC is home to the Marine Corps base, Camp Lejeune. I love this city and the unique culture it offers. There are also some challenges....
by Lenny Moore | May 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
Two weeks ago, our student ministry wrapped up another great DNow weekend! From my count, this year marked the 15th year (at least) our church has held a DNow weekend. Over the years, DNow has served our student ministry very very well. Allowing students to grow...
by Lenny Moore | Apr 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
Last week our Family Ministry welcomed a new team member, Alex Padgett!!!! Who is Alex and why should you be as excited as we are? Alex is passionate about Family Ministry! She has been involved in Children’s and Youth Ministry for the last five years both here at...
by Lenny Moore | Apr 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
Recently, I was having a conversation with Pastor Ryan ( LifeGroups Pastor and long time friend) about a family devotion he was leading his family in called Mission Accomplished by Scott James. After hearing about how much his family enjoyed it, I asked him to write...
by Lenny Moore | Apr 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
I love our Family Ministry Team/Staff! I love our FM team! I can’t say this enough. I am incredibly honored to be leading a team with such passion and dedication for the glory of God in how we equip parents to be the primary spiritual providers of their families. We...
by Lenny Moore | Mar 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
Two weeks ago, our staff finished another round of our G90’s. G90’s are a tool we created to help our staff identity and achieve the key areas of growth for the next 90 days. To read more about what G90’s are and why we do them click HERE. After every G90 season, I...
by Lenny Moore | Feb 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
Last week I read a report from the Barna Research Group, Teens & Young Adults Use Porn More Than Anyone Else. If you are unfamiliar with Barna, now would be a good time to get to know them. Barna has been providing spiritual influencers with credible knowledge...
by Lenny Moore | Feb 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
Two weeks ago, I released a blog post about why I am not on SnapChat. I knew this post would bring criticism (which I am learning to be ok with) but I was hoping that it would cause teens, young adults or adults to reevaluate why they use SnapChat. The day after I...
by Lenny Moore | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
100 Million daily active users, 8,796 photos shared per second, 6 billion daily videos, 60 million monthly visitors and 400 million snaps per day – this is SnapChat. Over the past few months I have reexamined my view of why I am not on SnapChat. Our team had a...
by Lenny Moore | Jan 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Parent Cue App is an incredible tool that cues parents (preschoolers and elementary) to have meaningful faith conversations with their children. So, what is the best way to use the app? Here are a two suggestions. CREATE A PLAN: Plan certain days to discuss key...
by Lenny Moore | Jan 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
by Lenny Moore | Dec 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
We are kicking off the new year by blessing our families. I am excited to announce that starting in Jan we will be giving away the Parent Cue App to our families. The Parent Cue app is an incredible tool that Cues parents on how to have faith conversations in their...
by Lenny Moore | Dec 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
This week, our family was reading our nightly advent story. This particular night we focused on how Jesus was born to conquer death ( 1 Cor. 15:55-57). We discussed how every living thing must die because of sin and how Jesus conquered death through His resurrection....
by Lenny Moore | Dec 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Christmas season is finally here! The truth is, December is one of the busiest months for The Moore Family. In the midst of visiting families, picking out the perfect gifts, christmas trees, christmas parties, christmas services and school plays it can become very...
by Lenny Moore | Nov 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
A few years ago, I realized we were missing a crucial tool for maintaining a health ministry and staff in our family ministry – an effective staff evaluation process. Oddly enough, this is the very thing that causes most people to cringe. I am one of the few...
by Lenny Moore | Nov 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
One of the things that I am most thankful for are our incredible volunteers. Our volunteers are the secret sauce to why our kids and students love church. Each month I will celebrate an amazing volunteer that serves in our family ministry. We like to catch leaders who...
by Lenny Moore | Nov 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
Our Family Ministry recently adopted a saying from our friends at KidSpring and created a promotion called #Jesusontheirlevel. #Jesusontheirlevel represents our churches desire to have every child experience the gospel of Jesus in a way that they can relate...