SND (Sticks 'N Dirt) Kidmin Podcast

E.155 - “AI in Kidmin” Have you tried using it yet? Endless possibilities but be warned! Guest appearance from Andrew Greever, one of our veteran co-host from days gone by. We have a new “worlds youngest Kidmin podcaster”! Toy Box includes: A final visit with the Irish Kidmin. Podjinks - SLAM poetry at its finest Hold Up - …. Typical

E.154 - “Getting Rick Rolled during Hard Times” Trippy Trav serves hard time … so says the rumors. Did Neil Guy (Private Eye) go too far? What exactly happened and whose to blame here … or are we all getting Rick-rolled? Where never gonna give you up on discovering the truth. Toy Box includes: Podjinks - Travis Hold Up - Take me out to the ballgame! Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.153 - “Scripted Kidmin” If you've ever wondered if our podcasts are scripted, well, this time it is. Totally scripted. Toy Box includes: Podjinks - Travis Hold Up - Jareds thinks its funny … Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.152 - “Make VBS Great Again or Else” Is it just us or is VBS fading to black? There's a disturbance in the force and we address it. Anywho, we consider “Click Bait” and “Your Cars Extended Warranty” VBS themes … no, seriously. Toy Box includes: We actually talk to Bob from the SND Traffic & Weather Sky Jet. Podjinks - Travis Hold Up - Jareds a slacker! Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.151 - “Why Would Anyone Steal a Bible? & Shooting Spiders It's part of a VBS script that we're trying to finalize before the Big VBS Show this summer. Taylor has a problem with spiders slinging around our mics .. we don't get it. Toy Box includes: Podjinks - Travis Hold Up - Jared brings his pet crickets fro show and tell. Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.150 - “Whats Your Super Power & 5 Other Q's” 6 spontaneous questions are darted towards the podcast staff. Let's see how they respond in this fully loaded episode. An interesting update regarding Black Jar Coffee. Toy Box includes: Podjinks - Travis Hold Up - Jared Visit our in-house sponsors...

What's gonna happen in kids church this Easter Sunday? Have we got a show for you! Toy Box includes: Justice sings a special … no, really, he does! Podjinks - Travis Hold Up - Enter the Matrix Visit our in-house sponsors...

Are kids retaining what we teach them? Most Kid Churches spend 1-2 hours a week with children. Our actual teaching times run 15-20 minutes … and that's it! So are we really planting God's Word in their hearts? We review some common hacks to help you make sure it's working. Toy Box includes: Justice sings a special … no, really, he does! Podjinks - Travis Hold Up - “Jared! C'mon man! Where you at?” Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.147 - “What's Our Favorite ‘Christ-For-Arms' Scene? BACON!” Our first movie review of the legendary Children's Christ Film, “Christ-For-Arms”. You've seen this floating around on the social meeds but hear about it for yourself for the first time here! Is it real, satire or will it become real? Justice and Kyler have even more to say in this episode about fruit. Toy Box includes: Podjinks - Travis Hold Up - …… Visit our in-house sponsors...

Be prepared to hear a special announcement within this podcast … seriously … as we discuss Jacob wrestling with the Lord and about a Marshmallow Madness as a Funday Sunday. The worlds 2 youngest kidmin podcasters, Justice & Kyler, join us and tell us a thing or two. Should we podcast from our church Corn Hole Tournament next week? Toy Box: Podjinks - Travis or Jared Hold Up - Jared or Travis LISTEN NOW —> Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.145 - “Mount Accountabilibuddy” Another brainstorm session focusing on a VBS theme of Mountain Exploration. Funday Sunday theme idea: For the Love of Football. We combine Valentines Day and Super Bowl Sunday in one event. Our Super Bowl predictions. Podjinks - Travis Hold Up - Guess Jared's Favorite Bible Verse Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.144 - “Pond. James Pond” We accepted the mission to step into the world of spies … VBS spies. Introducing our 2022 VBS idea! Podjinks - Travis Hold Up - Jared … wreckless driver? And guess Jared's Favorite Bible Verse Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.143 - “We're Experiencing Turkey Difficulties - Please Stand By”. Our main sound board was sabotaged so we don't have access to the majority of our intro's and sound effects! Well being the creative kidmin we strive to be, we create our own sound effects off the cuff as we discuss building our upcoming Kids Revival weekend of Thanksgiving activities. Podjinks - Travis Hold Up - Jared Pop Fizzics - Justin Guess Jared's Favorite ___?___. Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.142 - “The Get Down Episode” We get down on some youth talk with Jared and a party. Hold Up - Jared Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.141 - “Disorder in the Kidmin Court” We have a new character in kids church, The honorable Judge Mel Practiss! We re-establish both the American and Christian flag pledges and brainstorm lesson ideas regarding ‘judges'. Hold Up - Jared Podjinks - Travis Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.140 - “Instrumental Jelly Beans” In this episode, learn how to make music with Jelly Beans … well, not really but it does involve instruments and then, jelly beans. Hold Up - 3 important useless things to know or not even care to know. Podjinks - Travis Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.139 - “Lunk Alarm!” Flex your spiritual muscles and pump up a new kids church theme in this episode (we promise not to drop the dumbbells too loud) Pop Fizzics - Justin & Taylor Hold Up - Out on Vacation Podjinks - Travis Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.138 - “Out of this World, De Ja Poo”. Season 5 kicks off with a recap of our VBS, outofthisworldvbs.com and what happened. Every have De Ja Poo? If you've worked any amount of VBS, we're pretty sure you have and just don't realize it; all that's explained as well. Pop Fizzics - Justin & Taylor Hold Up - Jared Podjinks - Travis Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.137 - “Pierce Talks About a Few Things” - Whose Pierce, you ask? He happens to be the World's First Youngest Honorary SND Kidmin Podcast Listener from Columbus, OH and he is our guest and he wants to talk about a few things, along with his dad. Gifts and surprises for the SND staff from another family of listeners, find out what is was …. Hmm … this must be a special day for our listeners and we might as well take this moment and say, THANK YOU, to all 8 of you! Oh yeah, we got all the other segments in here to. Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.136 - “Hide & Seek Challenge” (and other pre-service activities) - Activities to conduct prior to the start of your kids church on Sunday mornings … will it work for you? It does for us and the kids love it! A very full TOY BOX: Hold Up: Oriental Trading Podjinks: No more cheesy jokes? Say, it aint so, Travis! Media Stuff: Justin shares thots about sound booth media workers. That “texty” person … that one who really know how to express their thoughts in a text the size of a novel. Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.135 - “VBS: Past, Present and Then Some”: Let's do the time wrap again and talk about VBS of the past … so far back you can't even remember. TOY BOX: Hold Up: When I feel unproductive. Podjinks: Have we heard this one before? Pop Fizzics returns yet again, …er, Pop CARN Fizzics, that is. Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.134 - “Too Late for VBS?”. Ever start a VBS after everyone else has already finished? We're about there. Share in the story with our real life late call to pull a team together. TOY BOX: Hold Up: … Jared, your voice is different. Podjinks: Travis, Jared sound just like you today. News Flash: 7 Kidmin Outcomes from Covid Pop Fizzics returns one more time. Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.133 - “Polling Kids for Lesson Topics”. We asked our kids what they would like us to teach about, here's what was submitted. (WARNING: some sound effects did not record and that's an outright bummer) TOY BOX: Hold Up: … Spell that, please. Podjinks: Say, “Cheese!” News Flash: InstaKids Link to pronouncing the 85 letter word: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSNOhrDXCRA Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.132 - “U.F.Oreos” - With totally nothing on the agenda for todays podcast, except some Oreos for a team snack …. That's where the conversation takes us as we attempt to develop Kidmin teaching points using Oreo cookies. TOY BOX: Hold Up: Hammer Time! Podjinks: Say, “Cheese!” Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.131 - “Showstopper” Part 2 or “Who in Kidmin is Related to Abe Lincoln?” A few episodes ago, we talked about our new kids church ‘YouTube' theme in peripheral, today we discuss the actual content and how our segments will parallel with the online terminology. TOY BOX: Hold Up: He forgot his Sunday Youth lesson notes … plus more totally useless awesome facts. Podjinks: Two out of three ain't bad … ahhh, smell that dairy air! Visit our in-house sponsors...

Should we be teaching social media ethics with scripture in Kidmin? We brainstorm on creating our own curriculum addressing the effects of today's virtual culture. Also, if Jesus were walking amongst us today as a man, what would His social media account look like? TOY BOX: Hold Up: Jared reveals some astonishing revelation facts totally impromptu … er, … well … Podjinks: It's pleasing to know you're cheesy … ahhh, smell that dairy air! When kids abuse the church restroom. Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.129 - “The Time Has Come … “ Not giving much away here in the show notes, so you'll need to listen in. Something has been on my mind and heart for a while, it was discussed with the team and they agreed to be with me in this podcast. TOY BOX: Hold Up: A new intro jingle for “Hold Up” … ? Podjinks: Nacho ordinary cheese jokes … ahhh, smell that dairy air! Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.128 - “Your Kidmin Calling”. What was it like when you were called into Kid Ministry? We review some paths on how we got there and what we learned along the way. OR How do I get to the Stilton from here? TOY BOX: Villains … choose wisely. Hold Up: A little clarity from last episodes chat about Predestination and RIP pet cat. Podjinks: Nacho ordinary cheese jokes … ahhh, smell that dairy air! Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.127 - “Show Stopper” part 1 … decided we would break open and share our new kids church theme, Showstopper. Decor renovation is almost done and we're still working on content. As we develop more on this YouTube style format, listen to what we have cooking from characters, segments and more. TOY BOX: Simple toys vs complex toys. Charlie at Dunkin' Donuts. Is Wyoming real? Have you ever seen a baby pigeon? Hold Up: Easy, Jared. Ya'll put your boots on, this is gonna get muddy. Podjinks: Where cheesy jokes keep todays jokes are a little gouda than before … ahhh, smell that dairy air! Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.126 - “Always After Me Lucky Charms and More Oddball Object Lesson Ideas” Travis did a lesson on Lucky Charms and tried a magic trick. How did it go? You might be surprised. We go shotgun and I toss up a couple random items to generate teaching narratives from the team. See if you come up with the same. TOY BOX: Stuff. Just, stuff Hold Up: wait … what? Podjinks: Where cheesy jokes keep getting cheddar and cheddar! … ahhh, smell that dairy air! Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.125 - “It's a Jungle Book Out There” … especially when Shakira the Tiger is out there lurking … or whatever his name is. It's a team discussion on the 1967 original Disney film, The Jungle Book, as we peer deep into what meanings we find that relate to children and real life. What we discover and share can be used as teaching tools in your kid ministry. TOY BOX: Who in the Bible created the word ‘kidney'? Hold Up: Plagues! Podjinks: More cheesy jokes … ahhh, smell that dairy air! Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.124 - “Messed Up Sunday — WE DID IT!” We spawned this themed Sunday event a few podcasts ago and only discussed it as an idea then. This time we actually did it and it was wonderful! We break down what we did in each segment and posted some pics and vids of the event. Link to "Messed Up Sunday" photo album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=konnexkidmission&set=a.3735207296563446 TOY BOX: Restaurant Impossible — This has become nearly impastable to solve but … Hold Up: RIP Carman. Podjinks: The cheesy joke saga continues. Again. And again. Pop Fizzics returns for this episode plus we try Coca Cola Coffee Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.123 - “The Lion King Perspective” We continue our breakdown of Disney movies by extracting kidmin teaching points from the film, The Lion King. It's Super Bowl Sunday so we have to chime in our predictions for that, right? TOY BOX: Restaurant Impossible — do we have a winner today? Hold Up: Jared throws down expert level Bible Trivia. Podjinks: The cheesy joke saga continues. Again. Visit our in-house sponsors...

We commentate the original animated movie to provide a few bounce-off parallel teaching points and some even deeper personal reflection. Was Peter Pan a good guy or a bad guy? And what kind of life lessons can really be taught to kids from this? TOY BOX: Restaurant Impossible — we're closing in on you, Alexa! Hold Up: Jared throws down Bible Trivia. Podjinks: The cheesy joke saga continues. Visit our in-house sponsors...

Thought we'd share and compare this Top 10 list. TOY BOX: Hold Up: Jared throws down Bible Trivia. Podjinks: The cheesy jokes saga continues. We read some Instagram feedback … imaginary, even

E.120 - “When You Question Your Maturity as a Kidmin” I've lived kidmin for about 33 years. Has kidmin effected my maturity? In this podcast, I placed the team as my doctors and I laid on the couch. Sometimes I've wondered if working with kids has altered my adult world … in some cases, it has. Never hurts to sit back and reflect to keep yourself in check. TOY BOX: Not in My Bible Our off-the-wall predictions for 2021 Podjinks Simpson's Predictions/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/simpsons-disturbing-2021-prediction-worrying-23228978.amp Not in My Bible, research and study for yourself: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.christianpost.com/amp/67-surprising-things-not-found-in-the-bible-how-many-can-you-guess.html --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sndkidmin/support

E.119 - “Made Up Holidays … with a Sasquatch Turkey”. Brainstorming some made-up holidays that could possibly be used with the kids. Whatever made-up holiday you come up with, be sure to include a Sasquatch turkey for the meal … details on how to make the Sasquatch turkey in this episode as well. TOY BOX: Hold Up w/Jared … good ol' fashion Bible thumping today. Podjinks Restaurant Impossible LISTEN NOW —> Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.118 - “Messed Up Sunday” … It's a themed Sunday kids church event idea that's being cooked up totally impromptu to be performed at a later date at our kids church. We basically create some elements of content for the white board but we think you will feel the same excitement as we do. TOY BOX: Hold Up w/Jared Podjinks Restaurant Impossible Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.117 - “Post-Halloween Candy Lesson”. Any left over treats in your kids church? If not, you'll wanna go get some more candy just to do this sweet object lesson! Also, how do you react when turn to teach gets abruptly cancelled? TOY BOX: - Hold Up w/Jared - Podjinks - Restaurant Impossible Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.116 - “Teaching Hacks” The Kidmin team shares at least one secret we each use to help teach effectively and with confidence. During the discussion, we stumble upon yet another Kids Church theme idea that does appear to have great potential. TOY BOX: - Hold Up w/Jared - Podjinks - Restaurant Impossible Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.115 - Double header today … are we out of our gourd?! Two object lessons we performed in Konnex: Yellow Sunday (Minions) and Kite Object Lesson. We break down the details then the team is challenged on a Faith comment. TOY BOX: - Jared gets a toy prize - Hold Up with Jared. Cops are called to the church and his festered knee hair. - Podjinks - Restaurant Impossible - Yet another new kids church lesson theme idea Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.114b - (Following pt1 Holy Ghost Stories 114a) We had too much fun in Toy Box that we had to make it its own episode this round. What's inside? …. - Restaurant Impossible - Hold Up w/Jared - Podjinks - A new game Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.114a - Only for those who dare to listen (cue spooky dude laugh). Special guest, JJ Kilionski. We share real testimonial experiences from our past. Stories of mysterious happenings inside our church, homes and families. These are not made up but from actual accounts. NOTE: Toy Box segment has been published under episode 114b, part 2. LISTEN NOW —> https://soundcloud.com/moc5/snd-e-114a-holy-ghost-stories Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.113 - Somebody wants to become a volunteer with our Kids Ministry! We share a live interview/orientation with great potential. Being this is a ‘podcast' nature orientation, we can't neglect a little fun. TOY BOX returns with a new segment, “Restaurant Impossible”, as we try to guess Alexa's favorite place to eat. Visit our in-house sponsors...

SND E.122 - Child Sex Trafficking & Pedophilia Awareness by R. Mocaby

SND E.111 - 10 Ideas to Make Your Kidmin Better by R. Mocaby

SND E.110 - Resetting Kidmin by R. Mocaby

E.109 - We lock ourselves in the Think Tank room to create new Kidmin lesson/VBS ideas then project our thoughts about coming out of the covid shutdown as we emerge back onto the scene in Kids Church soon. Teachable moments from covid. Inside the TOY BOX: Podjinks - w/Travis Benge on Ice Cream …. Did somebody guess Justines favorite flavor today …. ? Hmmmm. LISTEN NOW —> Visit our in-house sponsors...

E.108 - Focusing on using Biblical metaphors in your kidmin lessons. Many metaphors are in the Bible. The poetry books thrive on them. Let's bring some of those out into the sunlight and bring an awareness to the kids about them and how they affect our reception as we read and teach the Word. WARNING: We experienced a power outage just after the main segment. The second half was recorded but unknown to us, the mics were off thus making the audio quality sub par within the second half of the podcast. Inside the TOY BOX: Podjinks - w/Travis Benge on Ice Cream & Pop Fizzics Visit our in-house sponsors...

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E.104 - EMOJI’s Activity Lesson, Righteous or Not? We present an activity sheet/lesson idea involving emojis. OK, we understand, that emojis have probably already been used to many degree within your kids church but we try to create a more engaging and interactive work sheet in which kids will be propelled to share different view points on how they may interpret certain emojis. Two columns are created: Righteous & Ungodly. The childs mission is to place all the given emojis on the paper under one of the categories. There aren’t exactly correct answers for all emojis but … well, listen in and you’ll get the message. Our video version will be on Facebook soon and you can follow along visually. Podjinks - w/Travis Hold Up w/Jared - Jared’s feeling off today. For those of us here at SND, we apologize in advance. LOL! Toy Box - Benge on Ice Cream & Pop Fizzics