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Key questions to lean into relationship with a kid:
1. Do you know my name?
2. Do you know what matters to me?
3. Do you know where I live?
4. Do you know what I have done?
5. Do you know what I can do?
@reggiejoiner
#OC19
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"Young people can download thoughtful preaching but they can't download thoughtful mentoring." – Dr. Kara Powell
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What makes us think that students will do ministry when they leave us if they never do ministry while they are with us?
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If you are the leader of a kids ministry, you don’t really lead kids — you lead volunteers.
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"Don't love being a leader. Love the people you lead." – Doug Fields
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"We aren't called to fix people, we are called to love them." – Reggie Joiner
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"If we as leaders don't do something about what's broken in our communities, we forfeit our credibility."
@reggiejoiner
#OC18
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"If we're not careful, we will orient children & students to obeying an invisible God rather than loving visible people."
@AndyStanley
#OC17
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"If your theology separates you from sinners like you, you may have some work to do."
@AndyStanley
#OC18
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Kids should feel safe enough to process their doubt so they can own their own faith.
@reggiejoiner
#oc14
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If we’re going to rescue a generation, we can’t just show up once a week. We need to reimagine how we knock on the door.
@reggiejoiner
#OC16
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"Your church's generosity shouldn't be a secret to the community. They should know you're there to support them." – Andy Stanley
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"Something powerful happens when the neighbors who aren't for church realize the church is still for them." – Jeff Henderson
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"When your church is full of kids and teens, you laugh more, you think more, you pray harder." – Reggie Joiner
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"As a church, you should invest in insiders but prioritize outsiders." – Jeff Henderson
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Welcome to
#OC18
!! We are approximately 8100 people from 19 countries and 48 states and about 2000 churches!!!
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"What if every kid grew up in your church believing, 'There's always a seat at the table for me'?" – from A New Kind of Leader
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"When you see moms and dads standing the gap fighting for their sons and daughters, it's a different kind of battle."
@reggiejoiner
#OC18
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"Healthy leaders create healthy churches. If a church's leadership is healthy at the top, that health will most often spread throughout the church." – from the book, Lasting Impact
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"How can a next generation believe that there is a God who is FOR them, if we can't be FOR one another."
@GeraldFadayomi
#OC18
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What would happen if we treated every kid like they matter to God? It could change how they trust God.
@reggiejoiner
#OC15
#OC15Live
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"To reach people no one else is reaching, we need to do things no one else is doing." – Craig Groeschel
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"We're convinced that no one has more potential to influence a kid than a parent."
@reggiejoiner
#OC18
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"It’s easier to speak truth than it is to love somebody. It’s not your job to fix anybody. It’s your job to love them."
@reggiejoiner
#OC16
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"What if we stop telling kids that they are the future of the church . . . and tell them that they ARE the church?" -
@DougFields
#OC16
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What makes us think that students will do ministry when they leave us if they never do ministry while they are with us?
#ThinkOrange
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"The best way I can love God is by loving people God loves." – Reggie Joiner
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"Churches stop growing when their passion for the past or present is more compelling than their vision for the future." —
@cnieuwhof
What's your vision for the future? For real ... we want to know.
#ThinkOrange
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"Some kids will never feel known by God until they are known by someone who knows God." – EJ Swanson
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“Christians should be the most joyful people in the world, not the most offended people in the world.”
@trippcrosby
#OC19
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"Even when it seems insignificant, what you do for a kid early on leaves an impression that matters more than we think." – Reggie Joiner
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Tips to remembering names:
1. SAY the name out loud
2. Pronounce it CORRECTLY
3. DISCOVER the name's story
4. Write IT down
5. VISUALIZE the name with something that's connected
6. PRAY the name frequently
@kellenmoore
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"There are kids and families who will never step foot into your church until you to step into their world." – Reggie Joiner
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We join the faith community in mourning the loss of Rachel Held Evans. We pray for her two children and her husband, Dan, during this difficult season. Her voice and perspective will be greatly missed.
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Nobody should be able to out-community the local church. Nobody should be able to out-love the local church.
#ThinkOrange
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The worship set tonight was "We Are Royals", "Holy", "I Fall", "Sons & Daughters", "Enough For Me", "Death Was Arrested", "Every Beat"
#OC17
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"Teach kids to be the Church, not just attend church." —
@cnieuwhof
How did you go with this today?
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If every adult got passionate about investing in one person, the world would be changed. Literally.
#ThinkOrange
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"Churches that do great with young people, do great with all generations." – Dr. Kara Powell
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Want your church to grow? You might need to stop doing something Christians love so you can do what your community needs
@GeoffSurratt
#OC15
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"It is important to help parents understand that their role is not to impress their children or anyone else with their ability to parent. Their role is to impress on their children the love and character of God." – from the book, Think Orange
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Thanks for hanging out with us at
#OC15
! And when someone asks you what you did this week, this is your answer:
http://t.co/Pqt0jOdHp8
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You typically don’t realize in the present how you are affecting someone else's future.
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"On your very worst day, Jesus calls you beloved." – Bob Goff
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"Everybody is somebody whom Jesus died for." – Andy Stanley
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"You need to know about a kid's Monday in order to make their Sunday more effective." – Reggie Joiner
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"Young people can download thoughtful preaching but they can't download thoughtful mentoring."
@kpowellfyi
#OC17
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"We need to make the people OUTSIDE the church the priority." – Reggie Joiner
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"Jesus liked parties, because Jesus loved people." – Reggie Joiner
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When kids grow up believing they are made by God, they will grow up wanting to know the God who made them.
#ThinkOrange
#JustAPhase
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"Our problem isn't that we forget kids are sinners. Our problem is that we forget they're made in the image of God." – Reggie Joiner
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"Every leader gets the same amount of time every day. Great leaders spend it differently." – Carey Nieuwhof
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"Teaching teenagers to serve on Sunday could change someone's Monday forever." – Brooklyn Lindsey
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"A neighbor-minded church allows people to belong before they believe." – Jeff Henderson
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The sooner you get students involved in ministry the more solid their relationship with Jesus becomes.
@perrynoble
#OC15
#ThinkOrange
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"Every son and daughter needs other adult voices in their lives who will say things a Christian parent would say."
#ThinkOrange
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"You may be the best chance a kid will have to find a place to belong." – from the book, A New Kind of Leader
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1 of the reasons kids walk away from the church is that we don't make it safe enough for them to mess up. -
@DougFields
#OC15
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"You don't need to change an entire generation; you just need to focus on building a relationship with one person." – from the book, The Slow Fade
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"Empathy is the ability to press pause on your own thoughts and feelings long enough to understand someone else's."
@reggiejoiner
#OC16
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Both the church and the home are comprised of broken, imperfect people through whom God has chosen to tell His story.
#ThinkOrange
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"Teaching teenagers to serve on Sunday could change someone's Monday forever." – Brooklyn Lindsey
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"It's a shame when we tend to pay attention to the students who are around all the time. A lot of the time they are the ones who already have a lot of social support. The tragedy is the church just enforces the social hierarchy that in place in other places."
@KPowellFYI
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"Spirituality is determined by how well one loves, not how much one knows." – Andy Stanley
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"If serving doesn't cost you anything, it probably doesn't change anything, either." – Chris Conlee
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The greatest calling of the church & the home is to lead our sons & daughters into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ.
#ThinkOrange
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"Everybody is somebody whom Jesus died for." – Andy Stanley
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You can't champion a better future for kids unless you consistently challenge the priorities of adults.
#ThinkOrange
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"When all of a sudden you live in a culture of hopelessness, we need a generation of leaders who lean into kids. When kids are known and they know they're known, they face life in a different way."
@reggiejoiner
#OC19
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“We get so focused on the 10% of disgruntled people we forget about the 90% who aren’t.” —
@cnieuwhof
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"We have a duty to train the people under us to do what we used to do." —
@cnieuwhof
Who are you training to replace you?
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"The people in your church visit Sunday, but they live in Monday. Are you helping them where they live?" – Jon Acuff
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"You don't have to be the coolest person in the room to be relevant and make a connection. Be real. Be authentic. Be you." —
@jessicabealer
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"Every kid needs someone who doesn't see them as an interruption but as an appointment."
@DhariusDaniels
#OC19
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"When we engage in a leadership role in the life of a kid on a weekly basis, we have the opportunity to change their life." – Reggie Joiner
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"When we get spiritually tired, we will stop doing what is right and start doing what is easy." -
@perrynoble
#OC16
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"If there's any entity that should lead the way in treating everyone like they're invited to the party, it should be the church."
#OC17
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"God has invited us on an adventure. Don't turn it into a business trip." – Bob Goff
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#OC20
has officially started!!! We cannot wait to spend the next couple of days connecting and learning with you 🎉🎉🎉
Where are you tuning in from???
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100 years from now the only thing that will matter is a kid’s relationship with God. –Reggie Joiner
#ThinkOrange
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"I can't think of any way to make a church more vital than infusing it with the enthusiasm of young people." – Dr. Kara Powell
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"When someone knows your name you feel important. But when someone knows your story you feel loved." – Adam Duckworth
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"Strategy means that you have a plan of action with an end in mind." – Reggie Joiner
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"Instead of seeing busyness as a badge of honor, maybe we should see it as a brokenness."
@DougFields
#OC17
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"There's are kids and families who will never step foot into your church until you to step into their world." -
@reggiejoiner
#OC16
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"Activity does not equal accomplishment. Just because you’re busy doesn’t mean you’re being effective." – from the book, Lasting Impact
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"If we are going to be for our neighbors we have to be for our schools." – Reggie Joiner
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