From my Bookshelf...

Last week I had the opportunity to attend the "Loving and Leading Conference" in Milford, OH. This is a great conference that I highly recommend. It will greatly impact your ministry if you take what you learn and apply it. The conference included 5 main sessions, over 100 workshops and 20 different nationally known speakers.

While I was there I picked up this book, Teaching Children God's Wonderful Word. This book includes 200 teaching ideas. Each idea is one page, so it is easy and fast to read to read if you are looking for new ideas without reading a lengthy book. Abb Thomas is the founder of Master Clubs and has been working with children longer than most of us have been alive. "The best teacher are those who never stop learning." Someone once said the day you stop learning is the day you stop teaching. Take some time to learn some new ideas that will give a fresh touch to your ministry.

From my bookshelf...

I am almost finished reading Counsel for Christian Workers by Charles Spurgeon. This is the first book of Spurgeon's sermons that I have read. I was surprised by how down to earth and practical he is. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is involved in Christian service. Here are a couple of quotes from the book:

"Spend and be spent in your Master's service."

"The danger of every Christian worker is that of falling into routine and self-sufficiency."

I borrowed this book from the college library but am definitely planning to purchase a copy of it for myself.