20 Important Questions to Ask Your Children’s Ministry Volunteers
One of the best ways to help your volunteers grow is by asking them questions. Open-ended questions that will give them the opportunity to share about what God is doing in their life and ministry as they serve.
Goal as Parents: Why Parents Need to STOP Trying to Make Their Kids Happy
"Our job as parents is not to make our children happy, but to help them become “good”: compassionate, honest, responsible, hard-working."
Easter Craft: Crafty Thursday-Triumphant Entry Donkey Balloon
As many of us get ready for Easter and the events leading up to it, here’s a great craft for kids introducing them to Palm Sunday. Jesus enters Jerusalem on a borrowed donkey the week before his crucifixion.
20 Ministry Lessons Learned in 20 Years
Some of the most effective ministry lessons are learned from mistakes and in-the-trenches ministry experiences. If you are new in ministry, here are some tips from someone with 20 full-time years of kids ministry experience to help you avoid pitfalls and burnout in ministry.
Using Basecamp to Manage Events, Trips, and Projects in Family Ministry
There are many good project management solutions out there and I use a couple others for different reasons, but Basecamp has worked best for our family ministry staff.
Ministering to Children Who Stomp Into the Room
You might be surprised to know that in our class the stomping kid turned out to be an OK class with an OK kid. So how did we get this child to go from stomping and not participating to becoming involved with our group?
What I learned About Kid’s Ministry on a VBS Mission Trip to Haiti
As Kids’ Pastors, we can do so much more with missions in Kids’ Church to cultivate the hearts of kids and let them feel how connected all God’s people are throughout the earth.
How I Turned My Ministry Into a Family Ministry
We hear a lot of talk today about family ministry, but what exactly is family ministry? My thoughts about family ministry have changed over 35 years of ministry. I have a different view of things than when I started.
A Kids Worship Conversation With Yancy
If you are passionate about kids ministry, you are passionate about kids worship. Kids ministry leaders long to see kids and families worship in Spirit and in Truth.
Who Is Responsible to Disciple My Kids?
The answer to the discipleship of the next generation is not either or but both and. How can the church be intentional about discipling kids and how can parents make church an important aspect of their kids' lives because of that?
Leading KidMin During Flu Season
Every year flu season is terrible in its own way and this season is not any different. Sometimes families will avoid your nursery or children’s ministry to avoid germs.
10 Ways To Make Your Children’s Ministry More Inviting
Our children’s ministry environments matter...a LOT! There are easy ways to improve our ministry environments which will instantly make them more inviting to parents and kids. Find out more about how to make your children's ministry more inviting.
Guaranteed Way to Get New Families to Visit Your Church
Families are looking for places for their children to play indoors during the summer and winter months. When you encourage the families in your church to invite people to come play with their kids at the playground, you will see great results.
4 Keys to Unlocking Your Creativity
Creativity is especially valuable to ministry. A novel, gospel-centered solution to a problem points others to Jesus. Using our creativity to better love our fellow man glorifies God.
Best Family Movies: The 6 Best Foreign Films for Family Movie Night
Here are six films I recommend to Christian families wishing to broaden their children’s horizons.
Senior Adults…The Next Generation Needs You
If you are reading this and you are a senior adult, turn and look behind you. The next generation needs you to speak into their lives and invest in them spiritually. They are counting on you to pass them the faith baton.
A New Way to Train Volunteers
We still highly value the onsite training and will continue to host these events, but we will definitely continue to use video for training our volunteers throughout the year.
Sending Video Prayers to Kids and Volunteers on Their Birthdays
One of the things we as pastors are uniquely positioned to do is pray for the kids and volunteers in our church.
Ten Biblical Truths on the Obedience of Children
“No one loves his children more than God. And no one is more attentive to discipline for our good.”
Raising Kids in the Truth When They’re Surrounded by Lies
Where will your kids adopt their values from, our bonding time with them, or our boundaries we impose?
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Sam Allberry: You Don’t Have to Be Married to Minister
On the topic of singleness, Sam Allberry says most in the church would be happy to have Paul as their apostle, but not necessarily as their pastor. Join us as we talk to Sam about does and does not qualify someone for ministry.
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