Posts by Devon Snelgrove
Thank You!
Dear Village Green, I wanted to write a blog post to you all thanking for the last two years. When I came to Village Green Community Church, I was a nervous and insecure mess. I needed a lot of encouragement and pushing to grow as a believer but, more importantly, as a Pastor. These last two years have been precisely what I needed. I went through some personal struggles with my Diabetes and weight loss, and during that, I got…
We Need Your Help!
As we approach another Fall season that means we will be kicking back into another new year of kids ministry. Which has left me pondering, what should be next for Kids Connection? Last year we made a couple of changes. We had the kids start being downstairs for the whole service. We introduced our large group time where the kids would play together and then head to their classrooms for teaching time. During our classroom time, we implemented some small…
Why Your Kids Should Come to Day Camp
As May is starting thoughts of Summer are creeping into our minds. Perhaps for some of you, your summer’s have been planned for a few months now. The reality we all face is that summer is approaching quickly and whether you love summer or not we will have to face it. As you are prepping for what your kids will be doing over their time off of school, I wanted to explain a couple of reasons as to why you…
From Kids to Adults – Individuality
If I am completely honest with you all, I don’t love every topic that Orange does. Every month has important truths that our kids need to hear, but sometimes they just miss the mark. However, this month hits right on the target. Our theme is Individuality. Identity is something that is becoming more and more of an issue. People are trying to figure out who they are and are attaching to things that don’t define them well. When I was…
Stronger Together
When I started at Village Green I didn’t like that Jr High and Sr High were meeting on the same night. I grew up in a church environment that Jr High and Sr High met on different nights and ran separately. This was a change I was determined to make. However, as time has gone on I realized that there is a true beauty in them being together. For both Jr and Sr High, it is more of a formative…
From Kids to Adults – Service
Last November I decided to wake up early to do some black Friday shopping. There were some good deals on and I wanted to see what the big deal was. I woke up early that morning and headed off to Walmart. With some excitement, the parking lot was not full nor was there a line. I was a little concerned as the store opened 5 minutes before I had arrived. I walked in and it was jam-packed in some sections…
Verse of the Week
Last year one of my awesome volunteers made a suggestion that really caused me to think. It was a Tuesday evening, after youth, the leaders and I were having a debrief like we do most Tuesdays. We were discussing the night and how it went when this leader said: “Devon, I have noticed that the students don’t really know their Bibles”. What she meant was that students didn’t bring their Bibles and if you asked them to find a verse…
From Kids to Adults – Self Control
February’s Curriculum is called Operating System which I believe is quite clever. See Computers run off an Operating System and they are never perfect. They need updates in order to keep running well. How accurate is that to us as humans. We aren’t perfect and we need constant updates to better ourselves. At least I know I do, I can’t speak for you. The theme verse is 2 Peter 1:3 which says “3 By his divine power, God has given us…
The Power of Fun
Youth Group is an interesting thing to handle. In some ways it is like a mini-church service except let’s be honest, we don’t play games at church. There aren’t any church services I have been to that has said before the message we are going to play tag or dodgeball. Yet for most youth groups games are a part of the rotation. Is this because the youth leaders are trying to fill time or perhaps there is something more intentional…
From Kids to Adults – Compassion
Since it is Christmas time, our students are learning about Jesus birth. One of the themes is compassion. Compassion is something that speaks highly of Jesus’ life. Our theme verse for the month is John 3:16 which says 16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life”. This verse describes compassion to its fullest. God loved us so deeply that he…
Bedlam 2018
I listen to a youth ministry podcast called Rethinking Youth Ministry. This is a podcast with a bunch of the youth pastors that work for Orange and write our curriculum. These people are smart as they have been in youth ministry for a long time. A couple of weeks ago they were talking about retreats and as I was in the final prepping process for our Bedlam Retreat, I turned the volume up and settled in for their wisdom. One…
From Kids to Adults, Cooperation
This month our theme for our grades 1-5 is Jam Session. It is all about building the better beat together. That means our focus is on teaching our kids about cooperation. Cooperation is a big part of our world. Quite often most of us are put in situations where we have to cooperate with one another. I know at my workplace I definitely do. Being part of a staff team means that we work both independently and together on certain…