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Ph'lipside of the Pond: So...Cookies vs Coke

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Monday, November 22, 2010. At the start of the year we held a parent reception at the launch of a new year of Student Life Groups. My brief was fairly simple. "Create an environment to allow parents to connect with ministry staff and each other, hear the vision for the year ahead and pray for their students". My budget was around. Add in lots of cheap bottled water, some up-lighters, chilled music and some grade signs made out of photographs of students (frames borrowed from adult ministries) and you hav...

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Ph'lipside of the Pond: September 2009

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009. I was looking through Amazon.com today for a cash box to use at an event we have coming up. I realize that many local stores sell cash boxes but we already own 5 and it goes against everything I believe in to buy ones that don't match. In fact one of the 5 we have doesn't match but I was going to use that one in a different area, so it has a different purpose and therefore is allowed to not match.it all makes sense really.sort of. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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Ph'lipside of the Pond: November 2009

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Wednesday, November 4, 2009. I was recently challenged to consider the following questions. What am I doing? Although this seems simple enough at first glance, these questions have challenged me. Not "who do I what people to believe that I am", or "who do I wish I was" or "who will I one day become". What defines who we are? Not geographically, but in life, with regards to progression and growth. How do you measure where you are? What am I doing? What am I doing? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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Ph'lipside of the Pond: How to plan camp

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Monday, May 16, 2011. How to plan camp. Often Youth workers will ask."How do I put together a Camp for my students". Unfortunately I have no formula but I do have some experience. Here are 10 first steps to planning camp. 1 Do you want to do this? Seriously, ask yourself: "Is this something I want to do? Is there a benefit of planning your own camp that outweighs buying into a camp that already exists? Running your own camp is no walk in the park.even if you are camping in a park ( especially. 4 Research...

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Ph'lipside of the Pond: April 2010

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Monday, April 26, 2010. There are a few differences to get used to when living in a different country to where you grew up. Some of these are easy to adapt to (driving on the right or using dollars instead of pounds for example). Other differences are much easier to forget.like when Mother's Day is. This year in the US, Mother's Day is May 9th. So my usually dependence on Greeting Cards advertising is not helpful. So inspired by Allison's. So the result of my musings. What am I doing? Maintaining God&#82...

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Ph'lipside of the Pond: Leading can mean getting out of the way

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Sunday, May 1, 2011. Leading can mean getting out of the way. We launched registration for HSM. Summer Camp this weekend! As the Event Coordinator this is not just my responsibility but my passion. I wanted a weekend service that would inspire students to register for camp. I wanted to do more than simply promote an event but really connect with their hearts and inspire something within them. I wanted students to come away from the weekend with a yearning for something more. I think we achieved it! To us...

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Ph'lipside of the Pond: March 2011

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Thursday, March 17, 2011. The Number ONE question. The number One question I am asked is "how do you run Blacklight dodgeball". Here are my thoughts on how we did it. You need to blackout the room pretty well, so it will be tricky to tell who was hit (even if people are wearing white) so just be aware of that as you go into it - it will be more about the experience than the competition! I rented the black lights from http:/ www.blankextremeentertainment.com. Student Leaders at Summer Camp. This year we a...

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Ph'lipside of the Pond: October 2009

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Saturday, October 10, 2009. I am currently in Australia enjoying golden beaches, warm ocean and avoiding all the hugely deadly creatures that this enormous island has to offer. I have been to Australia before but prior to this visit I have lived in America for nearly two years which has given me a slightly different perspective on my trip. Australia is much more British in nature than I realized. They drive on the left (as they should). A soda is not refillable and ice is rationed in a way similar to egg...

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Ph'lipside of the Pond: May 2010

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Monday, May 24, 2010. At our lost party we had three challenges. 1 Compete in a Lost trivia quiz. 2 Design a Lost themed shirt. 3 Write a Lost themed poem. Here is my poetic entry. Ways to die on LOST. Managed to live through, a crash. Don’t rest on your luck, there’s more ways to end. You might fall from up high, that’s gravitational law. Be destroyed by a fast meteor. You could fall from a building or jump from a freighter. A lack of a constant will help. Poison gas or perhaps Dynamite. I didn't win th...

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Ph'lipside of the Pond: Critcal vs Negative

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Monday, May 16, 2011. I'm naturally critical but some might say negative. Personally, I think there's a difference. Now I have no idea how Webster defines these words and to be honest I don't need to, it's the concept that I've been thinking about recently. The difference I'm talking about stems from the heart or intention behind the perception or the thought or the comment. A negative eye (for the purpose of what I'm talking about) looks for what is wrong, plain and simple. Originally from the UK, I wor...