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I just want to thank God today for His protection. The other night my wife went outside to take care of something in the garden before going to bed. I was in my room on the computer and heard her scream. She kept screaming and I jumped and ran as fast as this boy could run. As I was heading out the back door she was yelling "Are You OK". When I flew off the porch I saw the tail lights of a car and the buckled front end up against one of our trees.

A young man in our neighborhood was on his way home and went through two corn fields and our next door neighbors back yard including her chain link fence. The young man turned out to be ok but my thoughts went to the "what if's". If that car had come through the neighbors front yard instead of the back yard, my wife would have been right in the path of the oncoming car. THANK GOD SHE WAS OK!

The young man missed impacting about 8 trees head-on before hitting the last tree in my yard. He could have easily went through the neighbors house or even my house. Other than a down fence and some missing bark on a few trees, all seems to be well.

Hug your family today and thank God for them always!

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Children's ministry can be the catalyst your church needs to get those families back to church. It is also the place that can rejuvenate your current families. It just takes a step back to seriously evaluate your approach to children's ministry. Many churches are still doing children's ministry like the 20th century. That just won't cut it for today's children.

Many churches have fought the fight with the internal struggle of church people who don't understand today's kids. Many have made it through to the other side and have had amazing results for the sake of the Kingdom. I believe that a strong children's ministry will result in a strong church. Many articles have been written to discuss this very topic.

The following article covers some logistics concerning furnishings and atmosphere. http://store.churchlawtodaystore.com/fuitandthwic.html

One of my favorite churches that I had the chance to be a part of is Life Church in Oklahoma City. Life church was not the first to build an extravagant children's ministry and they will probably not be the last. My kids got to be a part of that ministry and I loved every aspect of how they did things. They are the most intentional church I have ever seen in my life. They planted in the 1990's and are now over 20,000 people in 14 campuses.

Here is a small insight to who they are and how they do age appropriate ministry. http://okc.lifechurch.tv/lifekids

The man behind many of today's great children's ministry atmospheres is Bruce Barry of Wacky World Studios. The very first church he did was the First Baptist Church in Springdale Arkansas in 1999. Their children's ministry was featured in Your Church Magazine. I'll never forget the feelings I had as I read the article and saw the images of what he had done. I also remember how Bruce and his wife gave their hearts to Christ during this time of building the new children's ministry. They were baptized the same time the church was revealing the new ministry.

I would recomend spending some time on his site and looking at all of the images of his work. Some of those images are places that my family and I have been a part of. http://www.wackyworld.tv/

Here are a few images to get you started.

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I am excited to announce that I am doing the new Union Chapel website in Muncie, IN. Union Chapel is one of the largest churches in the area, if not the largest. We have had the privilege to share in service with them from time to time. They have a more contemporary ministry that meets every Sunday morning called "common way". They also have a youth ministry that utilizes 180 ministries from Tulsa, OK. That is also something we are very familiar with.

It is a special blessing when I get the chance to work with churches. That is where my heart is. I believe that many ministries don't take the opportunity to use the Internet to it's fullest potential. I want to help ministries and churches get the best use out of such an untapped resource for Christian community growth. It has been a blessing doing more and more church websites.

I pray that all churches will consider the value of such a great outreach tool and learn to use its vast potential in their ministry. I would have to say that a church should consider a website before even some staff additions. Churches have 2 front doors to their ministry. The first for most people is the website. A church without a good quality website in this day and age is saying to the community around them that they don't care to much about new people or even being relevant.

All in all, I would say churches are starting to realize the great need for a quality website and Internet usage. Even though they are 10 years behind schedule, as usual, I think most churches will be in a good place for outreach in the next generation. Union Chapel has definitely tried to stay on top of things over the years. I am glad to be a part of their future outreach and service.

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After a few years of listening to the rise of Country Music, I have decided to help promote and spread the Christian Country Music genre. My brother Ben Scroggs put out a new project in Christian Country Music and inspired me to get moving on this new web project. I do want to mention as a side note, Ben's first single hit #2 on the Christian Country Charts. Anyway, my passion for music and ministry pushes me to do more for this industry.

We launched the new CCMnow.com website at the 14th Annual ICM Awardsin Nashville last October. The site was a warm welcome to many artists who have been looking for new ways to promote their industry and ministry. Artists in Christian Country Music will be able to join the website and network with other artists and industry leaders. Any artist or business that joins will have a long list of member benefits to choose from. 

I am very ecited to be a part of one of the greatest rising genres in ministry and music history. Country Music has always spoke to the heart of peoples everyday lives. It has been the main stay of American culture and has sold more music than all other genres combined. Christian Country Music is a segment of that same industry. It promotes Positive Country Music to listeners all over the world. I encourage you to take the time to listen to some of the up and coming new Christian Country Music Artists.

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This has been an unbelievable year for me and my family. We have been through much adversity and have made it to what I would call the other side. I'm not so sure as if there might be more adversity coming in the future because that's just life. Anyway, I have been working on many new directions for my business and have also decided to launch a new chuckscroggs.com website.

Many of my steps to where I am today have been through tough times. I am very glad that I had the opportunity to rest from some of those tought times this last year. I was working for a web design company in Daleville, IN. They brought me in to do some work for them and then asked if I would take over the design department. I later became the Project Manager for them. It was a wonderful ride and a great learning experience.

I now have many more sweet skills like nunchuck skills and . . . Oh sorry. I have increased my abilities to do more with SEO, CSS, layout and design, as well as finding a broader customer base. This new chuckscroggs.com site launch will help me provide a place for community with my business and personal life. I hope you like it and come often to read what is going on with chuckscroggs.com and other business milestones.

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