We all want a GREAT life! You might consider yourself to already have a great life, or you may think your life isn\u2019t so great and never will be. That\u2019s what\u2019s so great about God\u2019s Word\u2026it trumps any thoughts or feelings we experience. God has an amazing plan for your life and the lives of the kids in your class and ministry. His plans encompass both who we are to be and what we are to do. The purpose of this series is to help kids discover what true greatness is and how we can live the great life God has planned. I love Dr. Tim Kimmel\u2019s definition of true greatness: \u201cA passionate love for God that demonstrates itself in an unquenchable love and concern for others.\u201d We want kids to know that God thinks about them, plans amazing things for them, and has some things He wants them (and all of us) to do for Him, their families and friends, and the world around them. Can you imagine a generation of truly great people who know they were made on purpose by a great God for a great mission? They could actually change the world!<\/p>\n
Matthew 28:19 (NIV) says, \u201cTherefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit\u2026\u201d <\/em>This verse is known widely as the Great Commission. Jesus issued this challenge moments before departing earth for Heaven. He wanted the Church to know without a doubt that it\u2019s our job to reach the lost. Missions matter to God. We want the kids to understand and know that it\u2019s our job to go out into the world and share the love of Jesus. This mission may take them anywhere from next door to across the globe. Kids will travel with Paul and Barnabas through their first missionary journey and see firsthand the challenges and blessings that missionaries experience. Our prayer is that this series will challenge kids to reach outside of what they know and embrace the world around them. We believe that this series will encourage kids to answer the call to become missionaries right now in their communities.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/05\/Ellen-hexagon-240x300.jpg\")
Dr. Ellen (Eby) Moore serves as the Children\u2019s Pastor at The Ark Church. Ellen is convinced that God has incredible plans for every child\u2019s life right now, not just for when they grow up, and they are changing the world. Ellen has been happily married to her childhood sweetheart, Phillip, for over 25 years, and they\u2019re enjoying the \u201cempty nest\u201d as both of their children, Joshua and Meagan, are in college. When she has free time, you\u2019ll usually find her in the kitchen.<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3234,"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":[25,20,27,26],"tags":[636,690],"class_list":{"0":"post-3233","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boys-ministries","8":"category-childrens-ministries","9":"category-girls-ministries-childrens-ministries","10":"category-royal-rangers","11":"tag-general-conference","12":"tag-state-of-the-ministry","13":"entry"},"title_es":"Estado del Ministerio-Ministerio de Ni\u00f1os","content_es":"\u00a1Todos queremos una GRAN vida! Usted podr\u00eda considerarse a s\u00ed mismo ya tener una gran vida, o puede pensar que su vida no es tan grande y nunca lo ser\u00e1. Eso es lo que es tan grande acerca de la Palabra de Dios ... supera cualquier pensamiento o sentimiento que experimentamos. Dios tiene un plan incre\u00edble para su vida y las vidas de los ni\u00f1os en su clase y ministerio. Sus planes abarcan tanto a quienes debemos ser como a lo que debemos hacer. El prop\u00f3sito de esta serie es ayudar a los ni\u00f1os a descubrir lo que es la verdadera grandeza y c\u00f3mo podemos vivir la gran vida que Dios ha planeado. Me encanta la definici\u00f3n del Dr. Tim Kimmel de la verdadera grandeza: \"Un amor apasionado por Dios que se demuestra en un amor inextinguible y preocupaci\u00f3n por los dem\u00e1s.\" Queremos que los ni\u00f1os sepan que Dios piensa en ellos, planea cosas asombrosas para ellos y tiene algo Cosas que \u00c9l quiere que ellos (y todos nosotros) hagamos por \u00c9l, sus familias y amigos, y el mundo que los rodea. \u00bfTe imaginas una generaci\u00f3n de personas verdaderamente grandes que saben que fueron hechas a prop\u00f3sito por un gran Dios para una gran misi\u00f3n? \u00a1Podr\u00edan realmente cambiar el mundo! Mateo 28:19 dice: \"<\/em> Id, pues, y haced disc\u00edpulos de todas las naciones, bautiz\u00e1ndolos en el nombre del Padre y del Hijo y del Esp\u00edritu Santo ...\"<\/em> Este vers\u00edculo es ampliamente conocido como la Gran Comisi\u00f3n. Jes\u00fas emiti\u00f3 este desaf\u00edo momentos antes de salir de la tierra para el Cielo. Quer\u00eda que la Iglesia supiera sin lugar a dudas que es nuestro trabajo llegar a los perdidos. Las misiones son importantes para Dios. Queremos que los ni\u00f1os entiendan y sepan que es nuestro trabajo salir al mundo y compartir el amor de Jes\u00fas. Esta misi\u00f3n puede llevarlos desde cualquier lugar del mundo. Los ni\u00f1os viajar\u00e1n con Pablo y Bernab\u00e9 a trav\u00e9s de su primer viaje misionero y ver\u00e1n de primera mano los retos y las bendiciones que los misioneros experimentan. Nuestra oraci\u00f3n es que esta serie desaf\u00ede a los ni\u00f1os a alcanzar fuera de lo que conocen y abrazar el mundo que los rodea. Creemos que esta serie animar\u00e1 a los ni\u00f1os a responder a la llamada a convertirse en misioneros en este momento en sus comunidades.","author_name":"","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/08\/Childrens-Ministry-STATE-OF-THE-MIN.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4T9u2-Q9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3233","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}