Randy Christensen serves as the director of ministry to children at Rockford First Assembly of God in Rockford, Illinois. Randy has taught clowning and creative communication methods at various local, regional and national workshops, and performed in 24 states and three foreign countries. Randy has authored 16 books on clowning, variety arts methods, and children's ministry. A number have been translated into Spanish and Portuguese at the request of teachers in Spain, Portugal and Brazil. He has over one hundred published articles in various children's ministry and entertainer publications. He is a past columnist for the notable "Laugh*Maker's" periodical; the official Journal of the International Association of Family Entertainment Professionals.

Dr. Darren Daugherty is a family pastor, speaker, author, and college instructor. Darren has a passion to help parents diligently pass on a Christian heritage to their children.  His story involves the early death of his father, which led Darren in his teen years to dream and prepare for becoming a husband and father.  Influenced by this early loss, Darren has an urgency that  comes from understanding that none of us are guaranteed another day.  He strives to communicate this urgency to parents.  In addition, one of Darren's main goals is to help church leaders be more intentional in finding a balance between age-segregated ministries and family ministries. 

Rob Evans is a top Christian music artist known as the Donut Man - "Life without Jesus is like a donut, cause there's a hole in the middle of your heart." The Donut Man travels the world doing Christian concerts for kids, and is known for his fun Bible story-songs presented via video tapes, audio tapes and live concerts.

Empowering Kids seeks to... Encourage children's leaders, Equip them in their effort to reach children, Energize their continued passion for ministry and Empower them to help children reach their potential in Christ.

Kidzturn is a children's ministry geared at presenting the timeless gospel of Jesus Christ in a way that is up to date with the changing child culture. Kidzturn is a 6 member team lead by Pastor Carl Lussier who is ordained with the Assemblies of God. Our ministry is not limited to denominational walls and we minister in any size church that preaches the essential truth of John 3:16. We utilize multimedia, energetic lighting and music, games and prizes, comedy and puppets, and the FDA recommended daily allowance of absolute insanity. Each nights performance is designed to get the attention of children. Once we have their eyes and ears, we focus in on the real reason we are here: The preaching of the Bible aided by object lessons, stories, and visuals which generally epitomizes into prayer with kids that desire it.