While you in the local church may focus a lot of time and energy on your fall kickoff, we at Orange focus a lot of time and energy on The Orange Conference. It’s where we get to show you all the new things we’ve been working on to help you do ministry better. And we’ve got some exciting things for you this year!
Here’s a sneak peek:
Phase Guides
by Kristen Ivy and Reggie Joiner
From Parenting Your New Baby to Parenting Your Twelfth Grader, these guided journals help parents make the most of the next 52 weeks of their child’s life. With a journal for each year from birth to 18, parents will find tips on four specific conversations to have with kids, the six things kids need most, and writing prompts to highlight what happens in the next year of a child’s life. Phase Guides are designed to help parents make every week count.
Eighteen Plus: Parenting Your Emerging Adult
by Kara Powell and Steve Argue
Part of the Phase collection of resources, Eighteen Plus is a guide to help you parent in this new, unfamiliar phase, whether your kid is still living at home or has moved on to what’s next. You’ll discover how your emerging adult is changing, how their world is changing, and what they still need from you (besides more money).
Big Change, Small Groups:
by Heather Zempel
In Big Change, Small Groups Heather Zempel explores the four primary tasks of every small group leader of adults. You’ll learn the goal of each, practical ways to carry them out, and how they will encourage the personal, tested, and authentic faith of the people in your group.
Caught In Between: Engage Your Preteens Before They Check Out
by Dan Scott
By 2020, it’s predicted there will be 23 million tweens in the US. How can the church meet the growing need to engage these kids? Check out this book by Dan Scott for a complete strategy to engage your preteens, a strategy that children’s pastors and youth pastors can implement.
Don’t Quit: The Best Things in Ministry Come Over Time
by Jessica Bealer and Gina McClain
Making it in ministry isn’t as easy as some might think. Staying with it takes tenacity, vision, purpose, and a plan to make every day and every person count. In Don’t Quit, Gina McClain and Jessica Bealer explore common (and uncommon) challenges every leader faces and key practices for overcoming them (and developing your leadership grit in the process).
Brave: The Big Idea
by Danielle Strickland
We were all made brave. Sometimes we allow voices—some from outside, some from within—to tell us otherwise. In this new book written just for girls, Danielle Strickland explains why being brave is such a big idea.
Find Your Voice: Capturing the Power of Influence to Live a Greater Story
by Sam Collier
In a society where it seems more and more difficult to be heard, knowing how to communicate for influence is more important than ever. In Find Your Voice, Sam Collier talks through his own experience to encourage young people to learn to discover their voice and then raise it well so the world hears the story they have to tell.
Amped—Live Fully Alive! A 9-Week Devotional Experience for Kids
by Mike Tiemann
Amped helps kids discover that Jesus came to give us an “abundant life,” not just the eat, sleep, get-up-every-morning kind of life. This interactive devotional is tailor-made to coincide with the same Bible stories and bottom lines you’ll be teaching your kids all summer long in the 252 Kids summer series and Amped VBS!. (And bonus: This book works beautifully with VBS 2017 from Orange!)
Jingle Jam: A Sense-ible Christmas
A Christmas party big enough for the whole family! In fact, this is everything you need to present the most memorable Christmas event for elementary age kids and their parents they’ve ever seen. Scripts, Videos, promo materials, graphics, music…It’s all here in one easy package. Just add two hosts, one actor, and a place to invite your community. Does that sound Sense-ible? Oh, it will when this year’s Jingle Jam incorporates sight, sound, touch, taste, and even smell.
First Look Theme Poster Bundle (June 2018 – May 2019)
252 Kids Theme Poster Bundle (June 2018 – May 2019)
252 Preteen Theme Poster Bundle (June 2018 – May 2019)
Use these colorful posters to decorate your environment for the monthly theme with ease. Mount to foam board and hang in your large group space. Place posters in plastic frames outside your classrooms to cast vision to parents and volunteers alike. Shout what preschoolers are up to loud and clear with our beautiful theme art. Posters are 36 inches wide and 24 inches tall.
MarriedPeople Starter Pack: Game Changers
Small things can make a big difference in marriage. That’s why we want to help your church help couples change the game in their marriage. This Starter Pack is everything you need to start a marriage ministry from scratch, or expand what you’re already doing. It’s so easy, you can even put a volunteer in charge—plug-and-play resources, leadership training, and community support. Starter Pack includes:
A large group experience, 6-week small group study, 2 date nights to give to married couples, 6 monthly emails to reach couples in their inbox, Leadership training , Access to our community of other church leaders, and Support from an Orange Specialist.
Come to the Castle Preschool Curriculum
Inspired by the bestselling book Good Good Father by Chris Tomlin and Pat Barrett, Passion Publishing and First Look® partner to bring you four weeks of curriculum that introduces preschoolers to the God who made them and loves them.
XP3 Middle School Graphics Kit
Create environments for middle schoolers that communicate this is for you from the moment they walk in 3 countdown timers to start your service, customizable social media templates and other marketing resources and XP3 branding elements
XP3 High School Graphics Kit
Create environments for high schoolers that communicate this is for you from the moment they walk in the door. The XP3HS Graphics Kit gives you what you need to create and customize digital and printable materials for your high school ministry. Included on this USB: 16 customizable memory verse posters, 3 countdown timers to start your service, customizable social media templates and other marketing resources and XP3 branding elements
Parenting Through the Phases (DVD & USB)
You only know your kid once in the phase they’re in now. Parenting Through The Phases is a small group study for parents based on The Phase Project and The Phase Guides. You have approximately 936 weeks from the time your child is born until he or she moves on to what’s next. It goes by fast, and kids change and grow quickly. This small group study will help you discover what’s changing about your kid, the six things your kid needs most, and four conversations to have with your kid while they are in each phase.
First Look Annual License (Spanish)
If you’re already using First Look, a downloadable curriculum designed for babies through 5-year-olds, here’s an opportunity to expand your influence with this great resource now available in Spanish. This is a perfect way to reach your Hispanic community and partner with parents in their own language.
252 Kids Annual License (Spanish)
If you’re already using 252 Kids, a downloadable curriculum designed for kindergarten through 5th graders, here’s an opportunity to expand your influence with this great resource now available in Spanish. This is a perfect way to reach your Hispanic community and partner with parents in their own language.
XP3 MS Annual License (Spanish)
If you’re already using XP3 Middle School, a downloadable curriculum designed for 6th through 8th grade students, here’s an opportunity to expand your influence with this great resource now available in Spanish. This is a perfect way to reach your Hispanic community and partner with parents in their own language.
XP3 HS Annual License (Spanish)
If you’re already using XP3 High School, a downloadable curriculum designed for 9th through 12th grade students, here’s an opportunity to expand your influence with this great resource now available in Spanish. This is a perfect way to reach your Hispanic community and partner with parents in their own language.
