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Posted on August 29, 2010 - by rfrank

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-29

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  • Watching Beth shine in front of a big group of preschoolers. http://yfrog.com/4j2u1nj #
  • I just had a puppet on my arm for 5 minutes. My arm is officially numb. #kidmin #fb #
  • Spending the afternoon on a writing project. #
  • Red Bull #
  • Sitting in an Awana Executive Leadership Team meeting listening to Jack Eggar lead in devotions. #
  • Have I ever mentioned how much I love Pepsi? #
  • Ready for a cup of coffee! #
  • In an all-day creative session with the KidzMatter team! The creative juices are flowing in this room! #kidmin #
  • Golfing with Mrs @r_frank. It's a beautiful night! #
Posted on August 22, 2010 - by rfrank

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-22

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  • Great lunch appointment today with Keith Conner – an awesome guy with a big heart for children's ministry. #fb #
  • Beautiful Indiana evening! Just mowed the grass, girls are in bed, and now some QT with Beth. #
  • Strategic planning day at KidzMatter! woo hoo! #fb #
  • @ evdoyle is updating everyone about the KidzMatter online store. #
  • @samluce welcome home!! Looking forward to connecting soon. in reply to samluce #
  • Day 2 of strategic planning for KidzMatter. Can't wait! #fb #
  • Although Ft Myers with my parents sounds great too. Love you mom and dad! #fb #
  • Future-casting session is in full swing! #
  • polar pop #
  • Playing catch up after being out of the office for two days. arghh! #
  • Just returned from lunch with Beth. The best hour of my day hands down! #fb #
  • Listening to @evdoyle play weird music on his computer. #
  • Cutting paychecks. My staff will be happy. #
  • Heading to church for #awana night. #
  • Writing a new blog post. #
  • Good night world. Someone is going to bed. #
  • Hello Friday! #
  • Date night with Beth! #
  • Luci woke us up at 7am. #ineedmoresleep #
  • Excited to teach our adult Sunday School class tomorrow & help Beth lead preschool kids church both services. It's gonna be fun! #fb #
  • Getting ready to watch Psych on my DVR. One of my favorite shows! #psych #
Posted on August 19, 2010 - by rfrank

12 people I follow on Twitter and why

Kids' Ministry
12 people I follow on Twitter and why

Twitter is one of the greatest ways to network in children’s ministry and to learn from each other. I’ll never forget the night Jim Wideman called me and said that he was on Twitter and that I needed to get my tail in gear and sign up. It took me about 16 minutes to do what he said. Every day I spend 20 minutes keeping up with the people I follow on Twitter.

Here are twelve great people I follow on Twitter. These aren’t my favorite people – just some cool ones I picked from the group.

@jimwideman – How could I leave Brother Jim off the list? This man is a great friend and someone who has given me permission to call his cell phone any time of the day or night if I need to talk. He’s a leader of leaders and friend of friends.

@shawnthornton – Shawn is a pastor in California that is from the same state I am – the Hoosier state! Shawn serves on the BOD of Awana and is someone I learn from almost every day on Twitter.

@AllyEvans – Allison is the Next Generation Pastor at LifeChurch.tv. We met at Napkin last year and shared the stage on the same day. She’s a great communicator and leader.

@michaelchanley – Michael (or Chang as I call him and don’t ask me why because I don’t know) is “Mr. Networker”. Beth and I enjoy Michael, Rose and their kids and have spent some time hanging out. Although they lives in the same state that we do, the only time we see each other is before and after events.  Good think I can connect him every day on Twitter.

@FlowerDust – Anne Jackson is the author of the book on the Mad Church Disease (great book!). She’s fun, creative, and when she tweets I pay attention.

@bennyperez – Pastor Benny is one of the coolest pastors I have ever met and knows what it means to walk with God and talk for God. He’s got a sweet Volkswagen 23 window Microbus parked in his garage that I hope he lets me drive the next time I’m over at this house. Benny is someone that I email every once in a while to tell him I am praying for him and he replies in less than an hour and tells me the same.

@evdoyle – I’ve got to mention my boy Evan. Actually, Beth and I often think of him as our boy. We’ve had the joy of watching him grow up in our church from a newborn up and now he works for us at KidzMatter (and does a knock out job).

@kennyconley – Kenny spoke for me at kids camp before he was one of the leading children’s pastors in the blog and Twitter world. I love this guy and wish that I had half the creativity he does. (He’s also the one that started the #kidmin hashtag on Twitter and should have trademarked it!)

@mattmckee – Sweet mobile apps, Orange, marketing guru, loves ministry. Matt in 8 words.

@yancynotnancy – Even though I served Yancy and her mom super-pink hamburgers from my grill last summer, she’s still nice to me. That’s a true friend! Yancy gets it when it comes to kid’s worship and I’ll follow her on Twitter or wherever she goes.

@blitzchicky – Terra has a super crazy dad (shout out to Roger) and has a big heart for kids with the Gospel. We have enjoyed working with Terra at KidzMatter for quite some time.

@CindyFiala – Cindy is a great children’s pastor and is one of our newest K! mag editors. You’ve got to start following her on Twitter if you’re not yet.

@samluce – Last, but definitely not least, is the man that I play phone tag with the most – Sam Luce. Sam is a great friend is one of the coolest children’s pastors around. He is a growing voice in children’s ministry and has a super humble heart.

That’s my twelve. Who would you add to the list?

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