November saw the Kidshaper conference launched in the UK.

110 Delegates came from all over the UK – from Plymouth and Torquay (way down south) to Fraserburgh (way up north in Scotland). They were cross denominational, with representatives from Elim, AOG, Anglican, Independent, New Frontiers and Baptist churches. However, each person carried the same spirit, were looking for something different, something new, wanting a progression and a change from the status quo.

The aims and goals of Kidshaper UK were achieved – to be inspirational and informational – to facilitate an apostolic network of like-minded people, united by the cause of children – to promote and resource Kids ministry in Europe.

Overall, the first Kidshaper UK was a huge success in many ways, and we cannot thank the team enough for their enthusiasm, generosity and hard work in organizing and ministering at the conference. Well done!! Below are comments from some of the delegates:

“I feel like I have been injected with 100’s of syringes full of faith and I really can’t wait to see what God has got in store for my town!”

“An excellent opportunity to evaluate, reflect and move on! Excellent teaching, excellent ideas – very thought provoking – definitely ignition!”

“Very well organized in a laid back way!”

“Great! Different from the norm! Catering was the best!”

“It helped me to see there are certain steps I can take to make this ministry most effective.”

“Superb! Really valued all the speakers and I am definitely bringing the whole team next year! Good to have the emphasis on ‘hear what God is saying to you’ rather than ‘copy me’.”

“Kidshaper has given me more confidence and enabled dreams/visions I thought were impossible.”

“I feel totally inspired and regenerated to go back to church to continue to lead the children we have now and the ones who will follow.”

“Very encouraging and empowering – refreshing as a leader.”

Every now and then you meet someone who has that kindred spirit. You are different people but there is a commonality that connects you. I had the privilege this week of meeting one of the maestros of kids ministry in the UK, Dave Sharples.

Dave with his wife Steff, head up the kids ministry at Frontline Church in Liverpool. They set up and run the amazing Kidz Klub concept attracting well over 500 kids a week.

Dave had an unbelievable opportunity to speak at the Conservatives conference.his passion is evident as he pleas for hope rather than bureaucracy. 6000 views already!

Prepare to be stirred!

The Jelly’s On!

And it's working almost perfectly! I say "almost" because we're having an issue where some credit cards are getting stuck if they don't authorize immediately… some technical glitch that Tim is trying to solve as we speak. Tim estimates it affected about 30% of attempted subscribers overnight. Hopefully we'll have that ironed out soon.

So… this is a temporary design for the site. The real site is finally in development (thanks to the funding) and will look better and work better than this temp site. But we wanted you to get a chance to start watching the shows and spreading the word. Give us a few hours here to work out the credit card bug and make sure everything is working properly, then it's time to start telling your friends about JellyTelly. Our opportunity to impact kids and make a difference in our culture is huge - and you all can play a part in this.

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Our latest show is now being broadcast on the christian channel! Features the Master, Fabio and Fangio and Spoonman.

The thinktank meeting for this was like a blender set on pulse without a lid!

We tried to think of something to call the show, someone said well if this meeting is anything to go by we could call it blender TV.

Oh great, kids everywhere will be jamming their hands into blenders! We need something harmless, like............................... A spoon

And so it was born, spoon town, spoonman, spoon kitchen, spoon tales etc etc etc

Well it is finally out, module 5, our latest box of curriculum is ready for shipping. Featuring Papa Calorie and his sidekick Al Dente' in the kitchen cooking up a storm. Lessons include Salt, Yeast, Bread and Mustard seeds. Picco and Squirt are back as we teach 4 more truths from the bible.

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Our Christmas special is almost complete and will be ready for this Christmas out November, stay tuned.

1. You're unreliable

An employee who says one thing and does the other, doesn't complete tasks or meet deadlines and always has excuses causes headaches for bosses - and can make them look bad to the higher ups - a big no-no.

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Technology moves so quickly, if we don't keep up to speed we will be out of touch with the kids. The Age recently posted an article on the oldest Australian on Facebook. I admire this mans progressive nature to learn new skills and not allow technology to scare him off.

I have heard many older folk joke they don't even know where the computers power button is. This man from the industrial revolution keeps up with the technology revolution.

How current are you?

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Back in the old days we would record a song multiple times onto a tape cassette. That way if we needed as song to play again we wouldn't have to rewind (hi tech stuff I know!)

From there we evolved to Discmans with a fader built into a small flight case with built in power connections. ( We thought we had discovered the answer!!) Next we stepped up with a radio station CD unit that could bend pitch and speed.

Well all that's history, there is a cool program that could fix your praise and worship challenges in a single download!!

Djay-software.com/ is a digital dual turntable program that enables you to scratch, blend tracks, back spin reverse spin and more. Djay uses songs directly from your itunes library so you just drag and play.

Very funky and only 49.95 US

We used it on Sunday and had a fifteen minute set of continuous praise happening it was awesome.

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OK this is too much fun. Sure to brighten up a dull afternoon, yearbookyourself.com is a fun site that enables you to view yourself in the 50's right through to 2000.

Upload your photo and manipulate a little and you have a new facebook photo!

Click Here To Visit Yearbookyourself.com

Super school holiday fun to the power of 10!

Featuring Monster rides, live band and preaching, Dr Kabooms slime tank, Mr. Amazing PLUS Batman and Robin, Superman, Captain America, Batgirl.

Also includes Boys Smashzone and girls Princess pad, games Show bag giveaways cartoons, Squirt the Wonder clown, Jenr'gy

Bring your kids down for an amazing 2 days of power and fun.

For more info call our offices on 9896 7940 or jump on planetkids.com.au

It's going to be a huge event and we would love to see you there!