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KidsWorks

We wrote earlier in the month a few posts about Christian music. Following up on that theme, we just found this website, KidsWorks. They are an independent publisher of Christian children’s music, as well as providing scripts for children’s ministries. The even have a performing arts camp (or kamp, as they call it). They’re in California, […]

Crossroads Trip to Ho’opi Falls July 25

Want to have a blast at Ho’opi Falls? Join the Crossroads youth group on July 25. Meet at the church at 10am & bring a lunch for a fun time. Want to know more about Ho’opi Falls? It’s actually two waterfalls, although only one officially carries that name The hike is 2.2 miles, so wear […]

Things for Young People to Do on Kauai

We realize that many of our readers are visitors to Kauai, so we thought we’d bring you these suggestions about fun things for young people to do here. And hey, even you’re kama’aina you may want to check them out. Sometimes we forget to appreciate the wonderful place where we live. This is a useful […]

More on Able Ministries

Yesterday we told you a bit about our friends at Able Ministries. Today we wanted to share more photos with you & also this lovely letter we received from Amanda of Able. Hi Lyn- A huge big thank you for promoting ABLE!  We are so grateful for all that you have done for ABLE as […]

Able Ministries

We enjoyed hosting the folks from Able Ministries this summer. They do marvelous work with the Kauai disabled community. More about Able: Able is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to the disabled community of Kaua’i and is overseen by Lihue Missionary Church. Able offers consistent monthly social events, a quarterly support group for parents of children with special […]

More Photos from Pulse Youth Breakaway 2015

More photos to share from our Plus Youth Breakaway camp 2015. Please also see our Photos & Videos page for photos & videos from this camp & other exciting events at Makanalani.

Pulse Youth Breakaway 2015

We had a wonderful time with the kids from Pulse Youth at their Breakaway 2015 camp. Here’s a video they made. It’s amazing & inspirational what young people can do with a little guidance & support. We’ll be featuring more photos from the camp this week, so stay tuned! You can also visit their Facebook […]

What to Say to God When You Have Nothing to Say

As a follow up to our post yesterday about helping teens learn to pray on their own, we wanted to add this excellent article about what to do when you just don’t know what to say. I’m sure it’s happened to all of us… We sit down to pray, our minds are clear, our intention […]

Summer at Makanalani is in Full Swing!

We have had a very busy couple of weeks with several groups going through Makanalani.  First group was Kalaheo Missionary Church with high school and middle school youth, then ABLE Ministry with special needs youth from Kauai.  Makanalani had a one week camp for middle school youth with many of the youth coming from the […]