![]() ![]() And gradually, each year, we have added more families. We have a group of parents who were early adapters and jumped in from the start. I would love to say all of our parents use the HomeFront resources, but this is not the case. Have you received any feedback from parents? Most of our parents jumped on board when we made the change three years ago. Since we are a smaller church we felt we could actually "do this"! Another thing which was attractive was the focus on knowing God and not on expensive staging and equipment. We were amazed!! We loved the music, the story, the simplicity - yet depth of the program. We were fortunate to observe both churches (my friends smaller church & Rock Harbor's) in action. Since we live near RockHarbor I contacted their Children's Pastor and asked if my team could observe their program. I was hooked! By this time it was the beginning of July '10. She explained the philosophy of Tru - how the parents are the primary nurturers of their child's faith and the resources which went along with equipping the parents to lead. So I contacted a friend who I noticed was on the flyer as a "Beta-church" and met with her. At first when I looked at Tru, honestly, I was a bit overwhelmed and wasn't sure if we could make the transition. Many of my teaching team were ready to make a change. We were using a curriculum which my team felt was too "gamey" and lacking in Biblical content, so, in April 2010 when I came across the flyer about DCC's new material. We used this material for many years and then went back to using other curricula. ![]() We felt teaching the Bible chronologically helped kids see the big picture of the Bible. We did this because we were frustrated with various curricula which seemed to teach the same lessons year after year plus jumped from OT to NT throughout the year. Many years ago, I partnered with a friend and co-authored our own elementary material which was a 3 year series: OT, NT and Values of the Bible. ![]() I have been in Children's Ministry for nearly 30 years and have gone through the cycles of using many different curricula. Cathi Philips, the children's pastor at Journey Church in Irvine, CA, and answered a few questions I had about tur she had this to say: " We are a growing church of about 500 with a Children's Ministry of over 100 kids. ![]()
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