What's on my kidmin to do list this week? April 16, 2017

Praise God he arose! Thank you Jesus for what you did for me on the cross and that you are coming again! Amen!

I had a good day of rest and celebration for Easter Sunday but now it's back to work. What's on my list this week?

three team meetings to plan for this weekend

PowerSource planning meeting Friday evening
VBS 2017 Leaders meeting Saturday morning
PIT Crew monthly meeting and practice Sunday

continue my plans for the VBS conference Monday. I teach the Children's Bible Study session at our association's annual conference for the Lifeway VBS curriculum. The conference is in one week! I'm excited and nervous as usual.

These meeting plans will take most of my time this week. Do you ever have weeks like this where there isn't much creativity going on and it's mostly administrative? I can't figure out how they always fall this way but I have five meetings in the next 2-weeks! It's been meeting season for me. I have to plan ahead for these times out of the house that are not my normal routine. Crock-pot meals to the rescue!

What's on your kidmin list this week?

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