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Read & Share Bible

Tommy Nelson Publishers has a resource available called the Read & Share Bible.  Geared toward preschool children, the Read & Share Bible Takes...

Student Ministry Parents – Spiritual Thermostat

As someone who has spent some time in Student Ministry and in Children's Ministry, one thing is incredibly different. Sure the programming,...

Preteen Purity

Last week we held our annual summer camp for our preteen group (Voltage). It was rad as usual with a whole bunch of fun and...

Reggie Joiner About Student Ministry

Thanks to Chad Swanzy who came to the Orange Tour in Dallas and took these notes from the afternoon breakout on Student...

What KidMin Leaders Do: Cast Vision (3)

One of the most important functions of any leader is to Cast Vision.  We used Andy Stanley’s definition of vision, which is: Vision is...

To Be or Not To Be…an Administrator

This post originally appeared on Jody’s blog for educators: www.equippingeducators.com. You can subscribe to the blog by email from that site. When I was a...

How To Juggle Ministry

I recently bought a set of these juggling balls for our Children's Ministry staff team. It's a visual reminder that in Children's...

Lakewood Kids Choir: Nothing is Impossible

Join Lakewood Church in Houston for a moment of worship with their worship team and their kids choir.

Imaginary Hugs

A great idea for the "hug challenged" preschoolers in your class

The 5 Ts of a Treasured Teacher

Veteran children's minister Jody Capehart reminds us of the nature of a valued and effective teacher.

What’s Your Biting Policy

So, you’ve got biters. What’s your policy? Do you even have one or do you wing it on a case by case basis?...

Leadership Coaching

When I stepped into Children’s Ministry several years ago I knew one of the first things I needed was solid leadership coaching.  At...

Email Etiquette is Key

A few weeks ago at our KidMin staff advance(that's what we call our retreats),one of our staff members shared some thoughts about ...

How an 8 Year Old Became an Atheist

The story of a child atheist and what could have been done to prevent him from becoming one

When Your Volunteers Truly Get It

Working with volunteers can be a very frustrating experience as well as a very rewarding experience it. The frustrating parts are when there...

EpicParent.tv–It's Epic

My friend, Chris Spradlin recently launched the blog EpicParent.tv.  I remember Chris sharing this idea with me a few years ago.  I love his...

Things I Wish Parents Knew About Student Ministry

So I confess, I stole this idea from Johnathan Cliff. He is writing a series called Dear Parents, where he writes a letter to parents...

Quotables from the Orange Tour

by Reggie Joiner We’re getting ready to continue the Orange Tour in 2011- with not one, but two days outside Dallas, TX. To...

What KidMin Leaders Do: Cast Vision (2)

We’ve been sharing some ideas on what KidMin leaders do (see earlier posts here).  We’ll talk about a lot of different “do’s” of...

The 4 Pillars of Powerful Parenting

This post originally appeared on Jody’s blog for parents: www.cultivating-kids.com. You can subscribe to the blog via email from the site. A Smart Phone for...

Rebecca McLaughlin on Whether Christians Can Agree To Disagree About Same-Sex...

Dr. Rebecca McLaughlin joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about how church leaders can respond to common arguments that use the Bible to affirm same-sex relationships, the “why” behind God’s design for marriage, and the “beautiful and glorious vision” Christianity has for friendship.

Children's Ministry Leaders