What is a Scoop?

CMX’s original info sessions! Scoops are 20 minute sessions by the exhibitor at their booth. They will answer your questions and give you a firsthand understanding of a variety of kidmin resources. Scoops run throughout the day. Get your schedule at registration.

Check out the 2011 Scoops schedule, CLICK HERE

CMX 2011 Exhibitors

ACMA

Advancing Native Missions

Amazing Productions LLC

Answers in Genesis

Awesome Video Stuff

BB Angelo

Behind the Voice Booking Agency

Bible Box

Billy Graham Evangelistic Assoc

Bluegrass Private Investigations

Brad Brown Magic

Brentwood Kids Music

Bring Them In

Carr & Company

ChiroOne

CLC Network

Cokesbury

Children’s Pastors’ Conference

D6 Curriculum

David C Cook

David Cain – Juggler for Jesus

The Magic of David Garrard

David and Teesha Ministries

Denial 3 Ministries

e3 Resources

Fitness Camp

Footsteps Tools for Learning

Friends and Heroes

FX Live

Gospel Face Painting

Gospel Light

Gospel Publishing House

Guildcraft Arts and Crafts

Hands On Originals

High Power Sports

His Hands Puppets

HME Wireless, Inc

Jesus in Jeans

Jim Wideman Ministries

Kid Nation Ministries

Kidmo

Kidz At Heart Intl.

Kidz Blitz Live

Kidz Blitz Curriculum

Kidz Konnect 4 Jesus

Kidz Matter

KidMin 360

Larry Hillman Publishing

LogoTags

Mark 2 Ministries

Matt Fore Entertainment

Matthew 5:16 Ministries, Intl

Miss Pattycake

Momentum Media

Neighborhood Bible Club

No Way Productions

OneHope

Orange

Pajama Conference

Passions of the Heart

Remix Education

Rice Bowls

Ronnie Caldwell

ROAR

Rob Biagi

Sandalstrap

Slip Disc

Sojourn Kids

Steve Brogan and Company

Stickers and More

Superkid Academy

Sweet Sleep

TFH USA Ltd

The Chapel/Tadpole Tails

The Christmas Angel

The Winn Group

Two Shallow Gals

Wes Holly

Worlds of Wow

Yancy

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For more info on how to exhibit at CMX 2011, CLICK HERE.

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July 6, 2011
6pm – 10pm

Check out Pre-Expo and get a jump on CMX. The exhibits will be open, and you can meet some of the speakers. This is a time for browsing, buying and speed networking. Sign up for speed networking below. Your $25 ticket is good for both days, Wednesday and Thursday.

Also…get your FREE Octane 200 Game Book at Kidz Blitz Curriculum! (while supplies last)

Wednesday, July 6, 8-9 pm

You get 3 minutes. Make ‘em count.

Hear from 19 kidmin like you about what worked, didn’t work, what’s happening next and what they want to try.

3 minutes up! Ding!

Tell something about yourself, your ministry, what you are doing, what you want to do, what works, what hasn’t worked.

Ding! Move to the next person.

Here are the guidelines:

• introduce yourself

• state your title

• length in children’s ministry

• describe something you do that works

• explain something that isn’t working

• tell something you would like to do

• take a breath and listen

• move on and repeat

Maybe the biggest challenge most children’s ministries face is how to become a place where special needs kids can learn and grow.  Amy Fenton Lee specializes in doing just that. She has put together a team of speakers who will help you learn what works in special needs ministry.

The Children’s Ministry Expo (CMX) is excited to offer a fast paced, special needs track for the very first time. This track is designed for people in churches who currently offer programs for their special needs community and those who are in the early stages of beginning one. Pre-Expo, July 6th, offers time to explore exhibitors with special needs products and general exhibitors before workshops begin on Thursday July 7th during the main event in Lexington, KY. The $25 admission ticket is the best “bang for your buck” opportunity for church staff and volunteers to learn about special needs inclusion. Make plans now to join us in Lexington, KY!

Special Needs Presenters

Alyssa Barnes, PhD. is an assistant professor at North Georgia College & State University. Alyssa teaches and supervises pre-service dual certified (elementary/special education) teachers. Before pursuing graduate degrees in special education and teaching on the college level, Alyssa taught full inclusion classrooms inside public elementary schools. Her specializations include inclusion, education law and education policy. Alyssa frequently lends her expertise to children’s ministry publications on the subjects of behavior management and teaching strategies for environments including children with special needs.


Jolene Philo is the parent of a son with special needs, taught kids with learning disabilities for 25 years, and served as director of assimilation and discipleship at her church for 4 years. Her book, A Different Dream for My Child: Meditations for Parents of Critically and Chronically Ill Children was released by Discovery House Publishers in 2009. She is currently working on a new book, Different Dream Parenting: Raising a Child with Special Needs. She blogs about special needs at www.DifferentDream.com and about daily life at www.jolenephilo.com.


Kristy Moser is the Pastor of Early Childhood with Crosstown Children’s Ministry at Montgomery Community Church in Cincinnati, OH.  She will be sharing her “Special Needs Toolbox.” Every building project requires special tools and skills to be solid and successful.  Starting a ministry is no different.  So how do you build a special needs ministry from the ground up?  Come learn what tools you need to start a special needs ministry and how to take it to the next level.

Amy Fenton Lee is a writer who focuses much of her research and writing on helping churches successfully include children with special needs. Amy’s articles have been featured in a variety of national, regional, Christian and secular publications. As the daughter of a church pastor and an active children’s ministry volunteer, Amy understands the unique subculture of the church. Amy administers The Inclusive Church Blog and is a regular contributor to K! Magazine. For more on Amy and her writing see amyfentonlee.com

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Vendors with tie to special needs will be exhibiting as part of this Expo. If you are a vendor and would like to exhibit at CMX, please contact Terra at terra@kidzblitz.com or 1-800-467-1711. Note: Vendor fee is only $200!

Whether you are new to children’s ministry or just need a refresher, this track will help you. Learn basic teaching techniques and ideas to help make your children’s ministry more effective.

KidMin speakers with proven leadership track records are teaching Sit-ins (classes) in our Leadership Track. Leading a children’s ministry is a challenge. There are, however, things you can do to become an effective leader. This track will help you discover what to do.

The momentum is building, and I am excited. Our second year of the Children’s Ministry Expo (CMX) is coming to Lexington, KY on July 7.

With nearly 140 resource providers in 2010, CMX hosted the largest number of exhibitors of any Children’s Ministry event. The $25 fee, convenient location and popular workshop leaders promise to make CMX the go-to event for ministry leaders serving children and families.

No general sessions. No long winding hallway trips looking for your next workshop. No expensive conference fees. No complicated conference center maps. No massive luggage to pack.

Just lots of resources, lots of cool people, and great new ideas all in one place! And where else can you sit on Jim Wideman’s sofa while he plays guitar?

Some of the highest profile leaders in Children’s Ministry will be conducting workshops at CMX. They include Jim Wideman, Amy Fenton Lee, Michael Chanley, Jeremy Collins, Gina McClain, Jenny Funderburk, Dale Hudson, Greg Baird, Tony Kummer, Justyn Smith, Roger Fields (me) and more. At an attendees cost of $25, CMX is a compelling one day event for anyone leading a Children/Family Ministry.

Another unique feature of CMX is the vendor Scoops. Scoops are 20 minute info-segments delivered by vendors at their exhibit space. This is an awesome way to learn about resources directly from the people who created them. A variety of Scoops are scheduled every half hour, all day long. You will be given a Scoops schedule when you check in.

Now is the time to register for CMX. Tickets for CMX are only $25. That gets you access to all workshops, all Scoops and the exhibit hall.  THIS IS NOT A MISPRINT. No hidden costs. No hidden fees. Just an amazing opportunity to see it all in one place. And learn from some of the coolest people in childrens/family ministry.

Roger Fields
President of Kidz Blitz Ministries