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Free Kids Devotional: Serving

"Through caring for others, Jesus gave a powerful message about serving."

Are You a Leader or a Driver?

Dale Hudson: "A driver is a facade of a true leader."

Going Deeper with Preschoolers

Tips to help preschoolers explore a Bible story more deeply.

Leading with Our Holy Helper

Jim Wideman reminds leaders to rely on help—especially the Almighty Counselor.

Let the Children Come

As children’s ministry leaders, what is the basis for our ministry?  The terms “children’s pastor” or “children’s ministry” never appear in the Bible.  And...

Communication Advice for Preteen Ministry

"People don't buy for logical reasons, they buy for emotional reasons." In your Preteen Ministry, Children’s Ministry or Student Ministry are you living by...

The Church and Sex Ed

As I was writing this series about sex and Chidlren’s Ministry last week and this week, I didn’t even realize that Children’s Ministry...

12 Things Anyone Can Do to Set Themselves Apart and Lead Others Better!-Part 9

#9- Watch and listen to yourself teach as well as hold meetingsWe talk about this in my last post but whenever you can video...

Free Lesson Series: Parable of the Sower

"Help your children discover how truly wonderful the Word of God is, and how we must keep it close to our hearts with truth and understanding."

Org Chart

I feel bad. Someone asked one of our awesome team (Kathryn Macdowall) to  send them an organisation chart for Hillsong Kids, and she had to...

Are You Sore?

You've heard the old saying, "No Pain...No Gain." It's so true,isn't it. Soreness accompanies growth. Advancement comes with Advil. You don't get...

Staying Dynamic in Children’s Ministry – #4 Be Involved in Your Community

4. Be Involved in Your Community I’ve found that being in full-time vocational church ministry it is very hard to be actively involved in the...

What KidMin Leaders Do: Build Relationships (3)

In our last post we spoke about the importance of building relationships with our leaders – our core leaders.  Some of these core leaders...

5 Things I’ve Learned from Justin Bieber about Preteen Ministry

Honestly I’m just having a bit of fun. After seeing the Biebs throw down during the all star game and knowing the affinity that...

Redeeming the Mundane

You know that in your student ministry and preteen ministry and children’s ministry, things get mundane. It’s easy to fall into the ...

Lesson 4: Starting Schools Can Be Just Ducky Sometimes!

This post originally appeared on Jody’s new humor devotional called Lessons Learned in the Little Red Schoolhouse.   When I started Legacy Christian Academy in...

The Perfect Age to Talk to Your Kids About Sex

I hope the title wasn’t misleading, but I’m not sure there is a right or a wrong answer to the question, “what age...

Focus on Your Own Family Keynote

There have been many great speakers at the Orange conference the past few years for me one of the most memorable Keynotes was...

12 Things Anyone Can Do to Set Themselves Apart and Lead Others Better!-Part 8

#8- Make an agenda and plan for all meetingsA secret to getting volunteers to come to our meetings and staff not dreading them is...

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