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  • Rebekah

    Rebekah Joiner

    Rebekah actually named her dog Boston.See all my posts
  • Phil

    Phil Pierce

    Phil worked as a stuntman in Southern California from '79-'82.See all my posts
  • Kristen

    Kristen Ivy

    Kristen is known for her uncanny ability to lose things including car keys, cell phones and her wedding ring.See all my posts
  • Jon

    Jon Williams

    Jon's first job ever was as a chicken fat puller for a fast food restaurant.See all my posts
  • Greg

    Greg Payne

    Greg has eaten more wild game than anyone else at reThink.See all my posts
  • Jessica

    Jessica McKee

    Jessica can’t get enough of the HGTV show “House Hunters International.”See all my posts
  • Cara

    Cara Martens

    Cara wishes she could get Dr. Pepper delivered through an IV.See all my posts
  • Brandon

    Brandon O'Dell

    Brandon has seen “Weird Al” Yankovic in concert five times and is looking forward to a sixth.See all my posts
  • Liz

    Liz Hansen

    Liz plays the marimba and kills copperhead snakes in her spare time.See all my posts
  • Hannah

    Hannah Joiner

    Hannah has never owned an umbrella.See all my posts
  • Dan

    Dan Scott

    Dan owns about 200 GB of iTunes music.See all my posts
  • Misty

    Misty Philips

    Misty used to change her own oil and spark plugs as a teenager on her Triumph.See all my posts
  • Susan

    Susan Richards

    Susan has always loved commercials, sometimes favoring them over regular programming. How cool that you can move a person to emotion, thought, music, and/or action in approximately 30 seconds or less!See all my posts
  • Joy

    Joy Bowen

    Joy is the only Orange specialist who can give you the inside scoop on the American Idol Experience at Walt Disney World.See all my posts
  • Courtney

    Courtney Templeton

    Courtney could live happily the rest of her life alternating between only eating Chick-Fil-A and Mexican food. Don't worry...she won't. See all my posts
  • Becky

    Becky Kizer

    Becky loves vacationing in the Outer Banks and an ice, cold Diet CokeSee all my posts
  • Amy

    Amy Grisham

    Amy is an embarrassingly rabid fan for Georgia football.See all my posts
  • Stephanie

    Stephanie Porter

    Stephanie loves thrift store shopping, coffee and dark chocolate.See all my posts
  • Amy

    Amy Lee

    Amy loves trying new recipes, and then tweaking them to make her own edible creations.See all my posts
  • Abbey

    Abbey Carr

    Abbey enjoys the musical stylings of Neil Diamond.See all my posts

Nerves of Steel

So, The Orange Conference came and went. Months and months of preparation culminated in the three days that happened in the Gwinnett Convention Center and Arena in Atlanta, Ga., and it was a blast. Exhausting. But a blast. And during that conference, I got to be a part of one of my favorite things we [...]

Wanna be in a music video?

We have a music video every month that goes with that month’s song. These music videos are all different. They might incorporate fun dances or a story that help takes the song to the next level. During our creative meeting a couple months ago we decided we wanted to use some of YOUR KIDS in [...]

Transitioning New Kids into Small Groups

It’s what we all want to see, right? Growth in our children’s ministry. But now, you have moved to the model of the consistent Small Group. One leader, assigned to a specific group, for an entire school year (but praying they choose to stay with the kids through their whole elementary school journey, or at [...]

Parent Cue App Update

If you have a smart phone, you know how helpful it can be for keeping up with friends and family, ordering take-out and checking the weather. Many parents have found the value of using game apps to entertain bored kids, but did you know you can use your phone to become a better parent? With [...]

Sharing HOPE in Texas

There is power in a shared message. When the President speaks, we are all heightened to the state of our great Nation. When America crowns its newest “idol,” millions tune in to watch the victor sing through tears of joy. This summer, we will all rally as the Olympians pursue Gold in London. Shared experiences [...]

Orange Fuel

Every year, our company somehow manages to host The Orange Conference here in Atlanta. It is a vast undertaking that requires months of planning, a bevy of volunteers, and four straight 17-hour (or more!) workdays for the whole staff. And after it’s done, and we’re returning home weathered and worn, we wonder if it was [...]

July Editor’s Notes

There’s this funny thing that the aunts in our family do. When they catch each other doing something that their mom would do, they point and say, “Mirror!” They’re trying to point out that whatever they just said or did, reminded them distinctly of their mother. Usually, there’s a lot of laughter and the person [...]

Resources to Help You Change the Game

Are you ready to change how you play the game? What is that one idea, that one key difference, that could be a game changer for your ministry? Maybe the idea latched on to you at The Orange Conference. Or maybe it’s something that you’ve thought about for months, but just aren’t sure how to [...]

Improvising an FX

When we at Orange eat alphabet soup, play Scrabble or create magnetic poetry on our fridge doors, we like to fish out the letters “F” and “X”. Why? Because FX is embedded in our DNA. The Family Experience (FX) is essential to our mission: helping churches partner with parents for the sake of influencing the [...]

May Director’s Notes

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Puzzled

Sometimes when Alissa and I go to Oregon to visit her family we spend some of our time putting a giant puzzle together with her parents. If you have ever worked on a large puzzle you know that it takes a lot of time, days even. We would start by sorting out the pieces according [...]

Win a Game Changer!

No, it won’t be all fun and games, but OC12 will have some healthy competition! And there are all sorts of prizes up for grabs this year so listen up. Orange-opoly Last year, conference attendees had a lot of fun hunting for Golden Tickets. This year, we’re giving OC12 goers the opportunity to play Orange-opoly! [...]