Articles for Children's Ministry Leaders

S-T-R-E-T-C-H Your Ministry Dollars

Here are a few tips for stretching your ministry dollars in three of the biggest expense areas: curriculum, snacks and crafts.

I Don’t Expect You to Understand Why I Parent the Way I Do

As adoptive and special-needs parents, our style of parenting can be quite different from traditional parents.

New Baby—New Opportunity to Reach a Family

One of the best times to reach parents is when they have a new baby. It's a wake-up call. It causes many parents to begin feeling the weight of giving their child some type of religious training and life foundation.

Prayer Stations for Kids to Keep Them Rooted in Scripture

Keeping with our tradition this year, we are bringing back prayer stations. Our theme this year is rooted and we are focusing on God’s Word. We only have five stations this year because we are encouraging them to spend at least 10 minutes at each station.

How to Mix Up Sundays With a (Not So) Late Night Show Format

Does it ever seem like over time it becomes harder and harder to engage the kids at your church? That’s a struggle we’ve had at our church. So we began to think about what we could do to mix things up to re-engage kids.

Halloween and God: An Opportunity for Outreach

How can we as a church make this an amazing outreach opportunity? What can we do to motivate our children to bring their friends to learn about God?

How to Use a Tourist Night Theme in Your Children’s Ministry

You all know how much I love a good theme night in Children’s Ministry! Last night at our KidVenture program, it was Tourist Night!

Modernize Puzzles & Storytelling to Engage Kids

Ever find yourself running short on time to prepare for Bible class but want something that interests the kids? Yep! It happens to the best of us.