Daniel De Jesus
Daniel is an Orange Kids Specialist and helps leaders strategize on how to best implement curriculum and tools like the Parent Cue and Lead Small apps. He has served as a Children’s Pastor at churches in Texas for over 12 years and holds a Masters degree in Ministerial Leadership. When Daniel isn’t answering your questions or interacting in our Facebook groups, he is likely teaching dance, playing board games with his two beautiful daughters or drinking copious amounts of black coffee.
How the Parent Cue App can Change How You Partner with Parents
Tuesday July 27, 2021 | Daniel De JesusIf you’re a ministry leader today, chances are you are navigating the very real tension that exists between empathizing with overwhelmed parents and keeping them engaged in your programming. Everything has changed and you’re likely running out of ideas (and patience…and budget dollars) on how to best support families and not feel like a failure. […] Read more
5 Reasons Your Church Needs a Digital Strategy
Monday June 8, 2020 | Daniel De Jesus2020 will be forever branded into our collective memory as the year that changed the course of human history. Seemingly out of nowhere, COVID-19 single-handedly launched our world 50 years into the future and made “virtual“ a leading role in our day-to-day lives. Like it or not, as a church leader, digital became your new default. Read more
The Truth About Lies
Friday May 1, 2020 | Daniel De JesusWhen I was nine-years-old, I was sent home from school because I had head lice. These little black bugs made a grand, unwelcome entrance into my Mexi-Rican, medium-sized afro. I still remember my teacher’s dreadful stare. I had no idea where I’d gotten these critters. All I knew is I was being sent home for my mom […] Read more
Getting Your Small Group Leaders to Download the Lead Small App
Monday March 30, 2020 | Daniel De JesusWe all want volunteers who are not only prepared, but also empowered and excited to engage with the few kids and teenagers God has entrusted to them every week. But let’s face it: Your leaders also have schoolwork, jobs, kids of their own, and/or other volunteer commitments. Read more
What You Lose When You Widen the Circle
Wednesday November 7, 2018 | Daniel De JesusOne-on-one connection with kids about their faith is, without a doubt, my favorite part of being a kids’ pastor. It’s within these conversations where I’m given a front-row seat to God’s grace and goodness in their young lives. Now, don’t get me wrong. There are certainly days when getting a child to open up about […] Read more
The Postcard Challenge
Tuesday June 12, 2018 | Daniel De JesusAt the beginning of the year, during one of our Sunday morning huddles, I offered every small group leader a simple challenge. I asked each of them to take a couple minutes after all of their kids had left, and get into the habit of writing a postcard to one kid in their small group. […] Read more
A Life of Service
Thursday April 12, 2018 | Daniel De JesusI’ll never forget taking a seat in the corner booth of the café, knots forming in my stomach, not dissimilar to the giant soft pretzels on display. I waited for the familiar ding of my phone to alert me that she had arrived, anxiously pressing my Home button every 30 seconds for what seemed like […] Read more
The Why and How of Building a Solid Lead Small Culture
Wednesday March 14, 2018 | Daniel De Jesus“Circles are better than rows.” Our church has been one of hundreds who’ve adopted this phrase over the last decade as somewhat of a rally cry for authentic community. For those on staff who lead the next generation, this means that we are going to prioritize relationships when it comes to how we want to organize and structure […] Read more
Three Reasons Why Kids Ministry is Cancelled Today
Thursday August 3, 2017 | Daniel De Jesus“You’re telling me my child has to sit in church with me?” “He’s going to be bored out of his mind!” “But Pete is preaching through the book of DANIEL!” “I drove 30 minutes here just for you to tell me there is no Kids Ministry? This is unacceptable.” These are all real, actual statements […] Read more
Why the Church Needs Less Volunteers and More Mentors
Thursday July 6, 2017 | Daniel De JesusI’ve been a huge advocate for mentoring for about 10 years and have been blessed to experience being both a mentor and a mentee for the last several. Concurrently, I’ve been working in children’s ministry in the local church and now oversee an elementary ministry that consists of about 300 first-fifth graders and nearly 100 […] Read more
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