Social Saturdays: 5/5

Want to see what we're following for ideas and encouragement? We'll be posting our favorite tweets, articles, and media from the week! I hope they help you, too.

Blog Posts:
- Matt Mckee: Orange Conference 2012: Great Quotes
- Relevant Children's Ministry: Brad and Angelina, Kids and Marriage
- Ministry-to-Children.com: Giveaway: Angry Birds Curriculum from CMD

Tweets:
  
-Dale Hudson ‏ @dalehudsoncm

"It's kind of fun to do the impossible!" - Walt Disney

 

-Crystal Narrow ‏ @CrystalNarrow

Whyyyyyyyyyy wasn't this book out years ago? #kidmin #erictrapcaught myself several times banging it on my head ... aha moments a plenty!

 

-Ryan Frank ‏ @r_frank

#kidmin leadership nugget: Kids are like clocks, they are made to run!

 

-Wisdomalive ‏ @wisdomalive

#Passion is the fuel for action. Habit, although sustaining, can only take you so far before you need to "fill-up."

Friday's Find: Five Fantastic Freebies

     There is no excuse for not taking advantage of free trials and curriculum samples...Unless of course you don't know about them.

     This week I'm filling in the marketing gap to tell you about five sites that are currently offering some awesome downloadable freebies from media and handouts to entire lessons:

• CMD - Children's Ministry Deals: Their "Free Deals" page has some fun media, music, and object lessons.
• Answers in Genesis Store: In promotion of their new Sunday school kits (available June 15), Answers in Genesis is offering a free Teacher Guide and Student Take Home Sheet in every age group. If you like what you find, keep poking around their inventory; you might find a few other freebies.
• Hillsong Kids BIG: Hillsong Kids is offering an entire free lesson on worship for you to test out their new series entitled Supernatural.
• River's Edge Curriculum: River's Edge offers one complete lesson of almost all of their series for free just for you to see if you like it. Free for Elementary  Free for Preschool
• Orange Curriculum: Fill out a quick registration form, and Orange will let you try a few weeks (and  months of some curricula) of their age-appropriate curricula for free. If you're wondering what the all the buzz is about, here is your chance to find out. (You might have to temporarily allow pop-ups to view this site. Don't worry; your browser will prompt you if that is the case.)