Articles for Children's Ministry Leaders
15 Scriptures for Your Kids When Dealing With Racism
The reality is kids today are still battling this issue. If your kids have come home in tears after being bullied for their race, here are 15 truths to talk about as a family.
Articles for Children's Ministry Leaders
What We’re Doing for Halloween
For years and years we have done a huge Fall Festival in our own parking lot. We always did it on Halloween night as an alternative/supplement to trick-or-treating.
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Fall Festivals Are a Great Way to Reach Families
Many churches use October 31 as an outreach event. If you're one of them, you're probably asking yourself..."How can we get unchurched families to attend?" "How can we reach families with this event?"
Articles for Children's Ministry Leaders
Raising Sons in a ‘Boys Will Be Boys’ World
There is a push on both sides to reduce manhood to either a machismo in the name of Christ or a machismo in the name of self. Boys need to know what it means to be a good man.
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How to Get Your Fifth-Grade Boys to Worship
There are many different styles and ideas about worship, but the bottom line is a good worship service is when everybody is participating.
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11 Ways to Retain Volunteers in Your Ministry
One of your best ways to build your volunteer team is to keep the ones you’ve already got! Retaining volunteers is critical to continued health and growth in your ministry.
Articles for Children's Ministry Leaders
Inclusion Is Not a Place
When we think of “inclusion” as a physical place within a building, we’re missing out on what it truly means. Inclusion has to be more than just geography…it has to be cardiology: studied and felt in the heart
Articles for Children's Ministry Leaders
Too Busy to Play? What Families Are Missing Out On
Between very crowded calendars and today's pace of life, families have very little margin to just hang out and play with their children. Bottom line: Playtime for kids and their parents is getting squeezed out.