http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/forum/reactivate-the-family Orange Leaders Forum en-US Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:29:57 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/search.php http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/family-xp-on-saturday-night#post-192 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:37:00 +0000 celestemk 192@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>Thanks for the feedback and answer to my question! I am really looking forward to implementing more and more Orange concepts. :) </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/family-xp-on-saturday-night#post-191 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:47:04 +0000 vinnyc 191@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>we offer our Family XP on Saturday(7pm) and Sunday (11am) right after the adult church. we do the show the first weekend of the month. It's when we start the new virtue and what better way to get the parents to know what their kids are learning then "showing" them the same week their kids get introduced to it. then both the family and the parents are on board. </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/family-xp-on-saturday-night#post-184 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:46:43 +0000 arathbone 184@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>Yes, the Family Production and Family XP (experience) are the same thing. There are a wide variety of churches who do it from as little as once a quarter to as much as once a week. Many churches do choose to do it once a month, since each month is a new virtue. A lot of it depends on your churches schedule and resources. </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/family-xp-on-saturday-night#post-182 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:43:05 +0000 celestemk 182@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>Quick question...I just finished reading Think Orange a few weeks ago, and have started exploring the different web sites, so I'm still new! I'm a little confused about the differences (if any) between the Family Production and the Family XP. Are they one and the same? Do most churches host this once a month? </p> <p>Thanks for your feedback! </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/family-production-music#post-180 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:51:16 +0000 arathbone 180@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>That would be cool if you have time to do that. Thanks for the ideas. </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/family-production-music#post-178 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:37:41 +0000 fomchurch 178@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>We use Come On In right now, but we also do it monthly, so I think it may have a little longer shelf life. What I do to change it up is us a clip of a current song that kind of fits the beginning of a show. For instance, I play a part of Brit Nicole's "Welcome to the Show" then it morphs into Come On In. Another current one I'll be using soon is Luke Benward's "Let Your Love Out". Pure NRG has a few too that may work well. This way we still have a "theme song" but can also make the beginning a little unpredictable at the same time. We make the lights go crazy during the opening clip and I usually have some video that fits the current season to go along with it. For instance - fireworks for New Years. </p> <p>With that said, after our summer break, I will probably switch to the older KidStuf Theme when we return in the fall for a fresh sound (it will be a new song to everyone at my church). I can post a clip to YouTube of a couple of our openers if you'd like. It may take me a couple of days to get it uploaded though. </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/partnering-with-parents#post-168 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:33:37 +0000 d_dejesus 168@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>LOVE that! Thanks so much! :) </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/family-production-music#post-167 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:20:23 +0000 d_dejesus 167@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>We like starting with "Get This Party Started", "We Won't Be Quiet", and "Celebrate Medley" We have chosen to not always end with a song, just to keep it a little unpredictable. The last song we usually sing is the Virtue Song which comes before the Wrap Up. But on occasion we have ended with "Goodbye" and "We're All In This Together" We also sing our version of "We Rock" from Camp Rock called "He Rocks" The kids love that one! Hope that helps! :) </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/family-production-music#post-162 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:50:59 +0000 arathbone 162@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>What are some other songs you are using besides come on in and so long to start and end your family productions? We're wanting to change it up and would like to know what others are doing. </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/family-xp-on-saturday-night#post-160 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:15:47 +0000 Angela McCann 160@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>We switched from doing FP weekly on Wed. nights to doing it once/month on Sunday nights. The best thing about it is that the kids leave church wanting to come back that night, in the past they had to wait a few days to return and the desire to come back had waned in light of other activities and school. </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/another-question-from-jon-rethink-writer-extraordinaactually-hes-so-so#post-159 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:48:39 +0000 arathbone 159@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>I agree with ginapdd we started doing our tech scripts in planning center and it has helped tremendously. It's easy to setup and has been easy to follow for our tech guys. I would also add that a complete script would be nice because sometimes things like the landing etc.. are in the front and you have to go looking for it separately. </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/another-question-from-jon-rethink-writer-extraordinaactually-hes-so-so#post-158 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:15:02 +0000 fomchurch 158@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>Follow up to what we are now doing...Now that we have done several productions at my current church, what has worked well for us is actually pretty simple...</p> <p>I use the first part of the script that outlines the segments. I delete all the text except for the title of the segment. I then list the people involved in that segment for mic purposes as well as what songs are sung in the music segments. I then leave a lot of blank space for the tech crew to write their own notes on as far as video, sfx, lighting, etc. Seems to be working pretty well for us and keeps things pretty simple. </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/family-experience-character-question#post-153 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:45:10 +0000 dianerunge 153@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>I'm thinking it could be any pasta....Vermicelli, Tortellini...Scallopini....I think we've written them all! </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/family-xp-on-saturday-night#post-152 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:37:10 +0000 dianerunge 152@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>We considered Friday or Saturday nights, but landed on Friday. We found that families looked for family "entertainment" on Friday nights and saw Saturday as sort of a "school night" since they had to get kids to bed early for Sunday morning. So, we really leveraged the "night out" alternative. You could: create invites that look like movie/theater tickets, use stantions and have greeters placed in a movie theater kind of set up, serve a pizza dinner package (slice, soda, cookie or whole pizza etc.) and set up resturant like seating, use the Virtue posters to add the look/feel....Our families had no problems handing out tickets and inviting friends in their neighborhood. It was great! </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/family-xp-on-saturday-night#post-150 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:13:57 +0000 lancescarbrough 150@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>Is anyone doing a FAMILY XP on a Saturday night?<br /> If so, what does your schedule look like?<br /> Is it working?</p> <p>____<br /> We are currently doing a family xp on Wednesday nights (weekly).<br /> We are in need of adding an additional service and we are thinking about doing a Saturday Family Weekend.<br /> (Family XP (before or after) a weekend service)<br /> We are thinking about only doing once a month.</p> <p>Any thoughts? </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/how-can-i-get-families-to-reinvent-family-time#post-149 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:28:15 +0000 joybow 149@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>Small Talk is an "at home" resource for our preschool curriculum called First Look. You can see samples online at <a href="http://www.myfirstlook.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.myfirstlook.org</a>. This resource cannot be found on the store site since it is a part of the curriculum bundle.</p> <p>For Heaven's Sake is a simple Family Experience that will clearly present the message of Jesus Christ to parents and their children. We have resources for parents to be able to follow up with their child at home to be a part of that very important decision making process. </p> <p>If you have any difficulty finding "For Heaven's Sake" on the store site, please contact your Partner Development Director and they will be happy to help you!</p> <p>Regarding the reinvention of Family Time, you may even want to consider creating a Facebook Fan Page for your children's ministry. You can leverage this tool to families (who are already using it most likely!) and lean in to them throughout the week with things that are going on in ministry or ways for them to connect with their children. </p> <p>There is a fine line, however, with painting an unattainable picture for parents to strive for. If you put too many resources out to them, parents may not feel successful unless they do everything...and therefore will likely do nothing. Reggie Joiner's opening message from the Orange Conference last year really encouraged us all about how it's not a better picture that parents need, it's a bigger story. God wants to use their brokenness to demonstrate his story of redemption and restoration. So for some families, the smallest movement (for example a father who feels encouraged to begin to tuck his kids into bed and pray with them for the first time), will have significant impact in his family. It's more about encouraging them to try something....not everything....that will likely have the greatest impact for your families. </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/family-experience-character-question#post-147 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:56:23 +0000 joybow 147@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>According to the very wise and very funny Jonathan Williams, we think it is Tetracelli. </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/rethinking-a-disciple-now-weekend#post-146 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:02:47 +0000 cwyte 146@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>One thought we are trying this February will be to have a parents version of our DNOW weekend. There will be a time for parents to come together to discuss the same issues in students will be discussing in the host homes. So our weekend will be centered on relationships: with God, parents, friends and dating relationships. We will be discussing these same relationships with parents. Discussing thoughts about how to address them, what their student may be experiencing and how they can initiate in home discussions about these topics after the weekend.</p> <p>Chris White </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/rethinking-a-disciple-now-weekend#post-140 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:42:24 +0000 Sarah Bragg 140@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>Hey Lance,</p> <p>Maybe you could incorporate an XP or some kind of service project that would involve parents.</p> <p>sarah bragg </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/family-experience-character-question#post-136 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:45:43 +0000 Kathy White 136@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>Does anyone remember Vinny's last name - I vaguely remember hearing it in a script a while back - something like Tetrazini (?) We want to have his name embroidered on something and couldn't remember. : ) thanks! </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/how-to-cast-vision-to-families#post-133 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:44:44 +0000 paulluna 133@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>I am looking at new ways to cast vision to our families so I read through every wall post I could find on the subject. I then took the ones I thought were helpful to me and combined them into this one post. I did not come up with these ideas, I simply compiled other people’s ideas. </p> <p>This one comes from lisamcc Lisa McCarthy<br /> <a href="http://orangeleaders.com/forums/topic.php?id=49" rel="nofollow">http://orangeleaders.com/forums/topic.php?id=49</a> </p> <p>In September we launched a new strategy to help our family's "Create Rhythm" in their daily lives. We call it "Live It, Learn It, Use It."<br /> Here's how it works.<br /> We have a family experience on the first Sunday of each month. At the family experience we launch the new month's virtue. In the launching of the virtue we ask families to accept a mission-which is to "LIve the Virtue, Learn the Verse and Use the Tool."<br /> We encourage families to "Create Rhythm" in their day by highlighting one rhythm time of the day each month and then we create an application tool that ties to that time of day.<br /> For example in September, we highlighted "BedTime" and we created a pillowcase that had all the virtues (for the season) and memory verses printed on it. Lots of GREAT feedback and stories on how families have "accepted" the mission and are literally "Creating Rhythm" in their week (at bedtime) to talk about wisdom and how they have applied it during the day/week!<br /> In October we will be highlighting "MorningTime" and we'll give them a glass cling with the virtue they put on their bathroom mirror along with a marker that writes on glass-so they can "Create Rhythm" and talk about the virtue while they get ready for their day.<br /> In November we will highlight "MealTime" with a placemat. Again to "Create Rhythm" in their day as they accept the mission to "Live the Virtue, Learn the Verse and Use the Tool" and talk about faith while they share a meal.<br /> In December, I'd like to highlight "DriveTime" with some type of CD, with Christmas music.<br /> Then we'll re-highlight each time of a families day through out the season.<br /> Our Small Group Leaders use this language to "Create Rhythm" within in their small group time and as they connect with families.<br /> We hope this idea is a blessing to all of you folks out their moving to His rhythm as we partner with families to raise a revolutionary generation who will Love God, Love People and Serve the World.<br /> We'd love to hear from you-Blessings! Lisa McCarthy</p> <p>This one comes from Beth<br /> <a href="http://orangeleaders.com/forums/topic.php?id=14" rel="nofollow">http://orangeleaders.com/forums/topic.php?id=14</a> </p> <p>First, cast vision for what can happen at home. Fuel passion for their roles as parents, giving them reasons and practical ideas for the value of family time. Next, provide resources as tools and communicate the how and why of each resource (FamilyTimes Virtue Pack, God Time cards, Refrigerator Door cards, Small Talk, For Heaven’s Sake, HomeWork, etc. See the reThink Store for these resources.). You could package a month's worth of tools in a cool way (create a custom printed "toolbox" using a Happy Meal box, paper gift bag, folder, or plastic bag).</p> <p>Another way to encourage the dialogue is to set up a section of your web site where parents can share ideas on what’s been helpful to them. If your church website doesn't have space or bandwidth for this, you can set up a blog web site through Wordpress, Blogger, Typepad, or any other source.</p> <p>This one comes from Beth<br /> <a href="http://www2.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic.php?id=12" rel="nofollow">http://www2.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic.php?id=12</a></p> <p>Vision leaks, so it must be done constantly, creatively, and in as many ways as can be done. Here are some ideas that might help:</p> <p>Launch a new ministry season with Orange Night. Cast vision for why you are doing what you do (the strategy behind Orange) as well as the content you might be covering, but make it fun. You might hand out Orange glow sticks and play some great music. If you want to make it a true family event, try showing the "Skeeples and Lomes" DVD to parents and kids together. Finish off the night with orange sherbert, vanilla ice cream, and orange toppings.<br /> If you do a monthly FX (Family Experience), it’s a great chance to cast vision. Give parents the monthly Parent Link Live parenting podcast to help them understand how they can win at home. Some churches even start the family experience a few minutes early, and while the kids warm up with some songs, parents gather for a few minutes with the senior pastor or another church leader who gives a short (5-7 minute) talk on parenting values or the church’s Orange strategy.<br /> At the end of the year, throw an Ovations event where you celebrate your volunteers. Many of your volunteers are parents, and while you are appreciating their hard work, you have yet another opportunity to remind why what they do is so important.<br /> Create a highlights video of what goes on "back there" so parents can see what it looks and feels like, and play these videos prior to the adult service when appropriate. Work with your church’s senior leadership, lead pastor, and eldership for their communication and support. Talk with your senior pastor about possibly doing an Orange series for adults.<br /> Encourage parents to tap into Amber Sky, where the vision gets reinforced once again through music and creative arts.</p> <p>This I read from "Learning to Lead : Bringing Out the Best in People" by Smith, Fred and I simplified it. p.34-36</p> <p>1. Define it specifically. In my view, nothing is properly defined until you write it down. </p> <p>2. Express it so other people understand it. A good statement of purpose is straightforward. It comes right to the point.</p> <p>3. Get both organizational and personal acceptance of the vision. Gather Others around the Vision. Organizational acceptance means the majority will vote for the motion.</p> <p>4. Repeat the purpose over and over. One very effective leader used this phrase in his vision setting: “Say it simply, boldly, and repeat it often.”</p> <p>I hope this can help someone else.</p> <p>Paul Luna </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/how-can-i-get-families-to-reinvent-family-time#post-132 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:12:04 +0000 paulluna 132@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>What is Small Talk and For Heaven’s Sake? I went to the reThink Store for these resources, but I could not find them. </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/another-question-from-jon-rethink-writer-extraordinaactually-hes-so-so#post-124 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:08:19 +0000 hopekids 124@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>I so would love a start to finish script. We just started doing FX on Wednesdays, plus doing Sundays and the edititing takes longer than needed in my week. And learning a new program right now or buying one is really not an option. A full script would be huge! </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/partnering-with-parents#post-123 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:02:13 +0000 hopekids 123@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>love the theme! </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/partnering-with-parents#post-122 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:31:36 +0000 leeannfarr 122@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>What a wonderful idea!!! Thank you for sharing! </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/family-experience-usersi-wanna-know#post-115 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:56:41 +0000 lisacamp 115@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>We use all but the sketch characters - don't have a drama team at this time. The Babba Wawa and Sam Shovel I think distract from the message. I suppose it could be pulled off and the message clear if done more professionally, but my rag-tag team of missfits (just kidding...) seem to loose the message. I also cut out the commercial forms of Rapid Response, I love the Name that Virtune and other question segments that the Comic Host does here. </p> <p>For Word: I like the Storyteller to do the main part of it, and to use audience help for acting out parts like last Sunday (week 1 of Oct). </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/rethinking-a-disciple-now-weekend#post-113 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:57:49 +0000 lancescar 113@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>I don't want to do the same 'ol thing again. DNOW weekends are great! But is there a way to incorporate parents in the mix to not only hit the students with truth but also with a "family" spin?</p> <p>Have you tried this before? If so, what did you do?</p> <p>Thanks! </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/partnering-with-parents#post-112 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:24:12 +0000 lisamcc 112@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>In September we launched a new strategy to help our family's "Create Rhythm" in their daily lives. We call it "Live It, Learn It, Use It."<br /> Here's how it works.<br /> We have a family experience on the first Sunday of each month. At the family experience we launch the new month's virtue. In the launching of the virtue we ask families to accept a mission-which is to "LIve the Virtue, Learn the Verse and Use the Tool."<br /> We encourage families to "Create Rhythm" in their day by highlighting one rhythm time of the day each month and then we create an application tool that ties to that time of day.<br /> For example in September, we highlighted "BedTime" and we created a pillowcase that had all the virtues (for the season) and memory verses printed on it. Lots of GREAT feedback and stories on how families have "accepted" the mission and are literally "Creating Rhythm" in their week (at bedtime) to talk about wisdom and how they have applied it during the day/week!<br /> In October we will be highlighting "MorningTime" and we'll give them a glass cling with the virtue they put on their bathroom mirror along with a marker that writes on glass-so they can "Create Rhythm" and talk about the virtue while they get ready for their day.<br /> In November we will highlight "MealTime" with a placemat. Again to "Create Rhythm" in their day as they accept the mission to "Live the Virtue, Learn the Verse and Use the Tool" and talk about faith while they share a meal.<br /> In December, I'd like to highlight "DriveTime" with some type of CD, with Christmas music.<br /> Then we'll re-highlight each time of a families day through out the season.<br /> Our Small Group Leaders use this language to "Create Rhythm" within in their small group time and as they connect with families.<br /> We hope this idea is a blessing to all of you folks out their moving to His rhythm as we partner with families to raise a revolutionary generation who will Love God, Love People and Serve the World.<br /> We'd love to hear from you-Blessings! Lisa McCarthy </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/another-question-from-jon-rethink-writer-extraordinaactually-hes-so-so#post-111 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:47:17 +0000 ginapdd 111@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>In response to the issue with the tech guys, I'd like to share an idea that might help them with the flow of the script...we have used a website called Planning Center (www.planningcenteronline.com), which is designed for churches to plan out their services. We've used this program not only to plan Sunday services, but also to create a service plan for the flow of a Family Experience. The program is web-based and is set up so you can write cues and notes for your tech guys to know when to turn on and off lights, when to cue music, and you can label the "segments" on your plans so your tech guys are able to see the exact flow/order of the FX. It's simple to create and then you can just print it off and hand it to your tech team each time you have an FX (also your plans are saved in the program, so rather than creating a brand new one each time you have an FX, you can easily move some things around on your original plan, change up the cues, add different songs, and you have a new plan for the next FX...once you get the hang of using the program, it cuts down TREMENDOUSLY on prep time and would eliminate the cutting and pasting of the script too). Most of our tech guys only had to go by the cues that we put on the Planning Center sheet, so they didn't even have to have the actual script to look at. Others (who did like have the whole script) followed their service plan from Planning Center, and also had a copy of the actual FX script. Since the service plan showed them how the script flowed, they could easily refer to the real script, but without having to ask "now what page are you on?" By following the service plan, they could see what segment we were doing and what segments were coming up next. </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/family-experience-usersi-wanna-know#post-109 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:14:53 +0000 kick 109@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>I agree with the previous post as far at the Word segment goes. We found that the sit down interviews are hard on the kids. Maybe it is the lack of animation. Sam Shovel is not a hit with the kids but the adults love it because of the adult humor in it. We did Baba Wawa once but a few families that have children with speech issues approached to see if there was any way I could change that character. Kids with speech issues are constantly being teased at school and they wanted church to be a safe place. Adults laughing was sending mix signals even though they were not laughing at how something was being said, but rather what was being said! Segments that include comic host, lots of movement and volunteer participation are always a hit. All four word segments for Sept are great!<br /> Our Game Host makes Rapid Response so much fun that when it is not included families miss it!<br /> I love the intro skits because it really does set the stage for everything else that follows! </p>