{"id":300,"date":"2014-08-14T21:15:07","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T21:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/?p=300"},"modified":"2014-08-20T16:03:02","modified_gmt":"2014-08-20T16:03:02","slug":"discipleship-ministries-announces-new-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/2014\/08\/14\/discipleship-ministries-announces-new-position\/","title":{"rendered":"Discipleship Ministries Announces New Position"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Discipleship Ministries is excited to announce a new addition to the DM Team; Dr. Ellen Moore will be joining us as the Divisional Consultant for Children\u2019s Ministries.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Dr. Ellen (Eby) Moore serves as the Children\u2019s Pastor at The Ark Church, a large growing church in a thriving Houston-suburb, Conroe, Texas.\u00a0 An Oklahoma native with a rich IPHC heritage, Ellen earned her doctorate in Educational Leadership from Oral Roberts University after receiving her undergraduate and masters degrees in Education from Central State University (now the University of Central Oklahoma).\u00a0 After years in public and private education she now enjoys serving kids, parents, and volunteers in her local church by creating environments where kids are connected to Jesus and encouraged and equipped to follow and serve Jesus for the rest of their lives.<\/p>\n

The Divisional Consultant is a new role in Discipleship Ministries which will focus solely on pastors and leaders working directly with children. Our world is quickly changing and we are determined to equip our children with the foundation that we believe is essential for their future.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are excited that Dr. Ellen Moore is joining the Discipleship Ministries Team as the divisional consultant for Children\u2019s Ministries. Her years of experience in both public and private education as well as children\u2019s ministries in the local church will prove invaluable as we seek to inspire and equip Conference and Local Church leaders with the resources necessary to be more effective in this vital ministry.\u201d \u2013Bishop Tommy McGhee, Executive Director, Discipleship Ministries.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dr. Moore met with our DM team to answer a few quick questions about Children\u2019s Ministries and her experiences:<\/p>\n

DM: What is one of your favorite stories from working in Children\u2019s Ministries?<\/strong><\/p>\n

EM: A few years ago we were in the middle of our summer day camp. \u00a0I was going around to some venues with our group of special needs kids and adults when we reached the rock wall. \u00a0A few of them were harnessed into the equipment, but none of them were able to climb at all. \u00a0They turned to me wanting me to do it, so I said “Sure!” \u00a0I’m not typically afraid of heights or adventure, but as I got about two-thirds of the way up my muscles were spent and I was shaking. So I looked down and trying not to make it a big deal, nonchalantly said, “Ok, this is cool, huh?! \u00a0I’m coming back down now,” to which they immediately responded, “No, Mrs. Ellen, keep going! \u00a0You can do it, God is with you! \u00a0Seeing their face and hearing their voices from their wheelchairs, I had no choice…I kept going and rang the bell. \u00a0That day I was the student and they were the teachers!<\/p>\n

DM: What do you think is the #1 obstacle our children will face in their world?<\/strong><\/p>\n

EM: I think one of the big obstacles our kids will face is knowing how to recognize Truth. \u00a0In a world of tolerance, equal rights, and “if it feels good, do it,” our kids need to be convinced in their hearts and minds of how they will determine Truth. \u00a0If we can help kids build a worldview based on the Truth of God’s Word and make it their standard for determining what’s right and wrong, true and false, real and fake, they will be equipped to stand strong against all of the competing voices and feelings that can easily bombard them<\/p>\n

DM: What is a favorite resource of yours to use in Children\u2019s Ministry?<\/strong><\/p>\n

EM: Some of my favorite KidMin resources are Kidzmatter Magazine <\/a>and The Fabulous Reinvention of Sunday School<\/span>\u00a0by Aaron Reynolds<\/p>\n

Some favorite Parenting resources are Grace Based Parenting<\/span>\u00a0and Raising Kids for True Greatness<\/span>\u00a0by Tim Kimmel<\/p>\n

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If you have any questions or would like to receive information regarding Children\u2019s Ministry, please contact kids@iphc.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,4,1],"tags":[22],"class_list":{"0":"post-300","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-childrens-ministries","7":"category-discipleship-ministries","8":"category-general","9":"tag-kids-ministries","10":"entry"},"title_es":"","content_es":"","author_name":"","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4T9u2-4Q","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}