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Mark Jones is a creative Children’s Pastor with practical ideas to champion Kid’s Ministry by encouraging and resourcing leaders.
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One thing we all have in common all over the world is teachers. For better or for worse teachers have been classified into the Mr. Feenys or the Coach Carters. What about the rest? I'll Wait gives teachers the opportunity to tell their stories of the hilarious, the bad and the just plain confusing situations they find themselves in every day. Follow along for smiles, laughs and nostalgia of your time in school as teachers give a view into what's behind that calm, arms folded look all teacher ...
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Smart Things Every Children’s Minister needs to Know
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Through all the years of serving the church I have learned some things that I want to pass on to you over the next few weeks. We don’t have to learn everything the hard way. For me, there have been times of learning when I blew it and was stung so I never forgot the lesson. There were times I learned for my pastor who blew it or shared with me wisd…
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Ministering to the Family Before the Baby
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Lately, I have noticed more churches with wonderful bulletin boards sharing the news of expecting babies coming soon. This shows the heart of your preschool ministry to anticipate and planning for new babies coming to church. In this episode, I speak with Delanee William, Childhood Ministry Specialist at LifeWay Christian Resources. She has great a…
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Engaging Children in Missions and Serving
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I have met many children’s ministers who provided missions education in their program for children. There are few who engage children with regular service projects. My friend, Gina McKean, is a leader and example of serving others. She provides meaningful experiences where kids learn the joy of helping someone else. Gina is the Children’s Minister …
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Great Advice for Ministry: Improving Your Relationships
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Here is part two of this encore podcast with Miss Amy Adams. Our ministry hinges on our relationships. Everything God does is through relationships. It is worth stopping and evaluating how you are doing with the relationships God has given you. Change your negative thinking into positive behavior. You are spending way too much energy arguing with p…
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Yesterday, I spoke to a children’s minister in Kentucky. She is wanting to introduce Bible Drill during the summer and I cautioned her. Yes, I believe the kids should be memorizing Bible verses and learning the books of the Bible, but have a soft launch during summer. Begin with learning how the Bible is organized (Old and New Testaments, divisions…
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Knowing how preschoolers learn is the biggest issue with our early childhood classes. It feels like teachers are moving toward childcare rather than Bible teaching. The problem is understanding how preschoolers learn. If we could understand this part, it would make more sense why we set up the classroom a certain way and the activities we teach tha…
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Here in Oklahoma, we are used to frightening weather. It can still scare us. We had a tornado hit our house just a couple of years ago. It ripped off part of our roof and proceeded to rain like crazy and flood that part of the house. The damage was terrible but we were so thankful to have a cellar to be safe. The house was repaired (after months) a…
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Hey friends. Welcome to Mr. Mark’s Classroom. My name is Mark Jones. I am excited to share with you another great tip about classroom management today, because I’ve got several of my own teachers who are really trying to make a great classroom even better. Sometimes we all need a little encouragement with some things to do. The first tip today that…
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Hi friends. Welcome back to Mr. Mark’s classroom. I want to share with you some ideas that might help with classroom management. As I’m observing in the classes that I have here at my own church, I see there’s a couple of things that we really could pay attention to that maybe we have been neglecting. And we would be able to engage children even gr…
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Hey, friends. Welcome to Mr. Mark’s Classroom. I want to continue this conversation about how we’re going to guide our classrooms. I was observing on Wednesday, and I saw Ms. Cathy. She was like, “Boys and girls. Boys and girls.” I was like, “Come on, Cathy. Use your big voice, your outside voice. We can’t hear you.” The kids are really talking on …
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Addressing why the podcast has been away for so long, teacher burnout. Have you or a coworker ever felt this? Are you confused or concerned as to why teachers are leaving the profession or seem overwhelmed? In this episode I address teacher burnouts causes, and some potential fixes. Connect on twitter! @illwaitpodcast,Gmail: illwaitpodcast@gmail.co…
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Halloween Special: Teacher Horror Stories
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Happy Halloween! This week we are talking with Kirsten, Abbie and Bryce about some of their personally horrifying, but hilarious stories from working with students. Want to be on the show or know someone you think would enjoy being interviewed? Email us at: illwaitpodcast@gmail.com Produced and Edited by Mark Hoffman. Special editing assistance by …
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In this mini-episode we talk with an Elementary School Teacher who shares her "Teacher Horror Story" in the festive spirit of Halloween creeping up on us. We are still recording stories if you are interested! Email us at illwaitpodcast@gmail.com.Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/IllwaitpodcastEmail us: illwaitpodcast@gmail.comApple Podcasts…
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In this episode we talk with a long time friend, and High School English Teacher Bryce about his first year teaching.Please rate and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you find your podcasts to help with exposure and share with a friend!Want to be on the show? Want a question asked? Reach out at the handles listed below.Contact:email: illwait…
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A short update from the perspective of the beginning of the year. New full episode coming out in a week. Thank you for all of you sharing and subscribing to our Podcast on iTunes. Please remember to rate and subscribe and tell your friends!Twitter: illwaitpodcastEmail Us: illwaitpodcast@gmail.comMusic written by Bryce Wood, find more by Bryce Wood …
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Episode 1: August Is Coming... by Mark HoffmanBy Mark Hoffman
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