Family Ministry Resources Read in 8 mins How to Build a Shame-Free Family Ministry Here are three shifts for building a shame-free family ministry. A family ministry must overcome herculean challenges on the road to success, but the largest obstacle probably isn’t what you’d… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Family Ministry Resources Read in 1 min Simple Family Ministry Activity: Encouraging Prayer Bear Parents are the primary catalyst in their children’s spiritual growth. But some parents can become overwhelmed or find it difficult to know where to begin teaching their children. This prayer… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Family Ministry Resources Read in 2 mins Great Expectations: 3 Reasons Prenatal Ministry Is Important What’s the best time to begin partnering with parents? It may be before kids are even born. Cornerstone Church in Maumee, Ohio, has discovered the impact that’s possible when it… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Family Ministry Resources Read in 3 mins Family Faith Adventures: 7 Ways to Take Faith on the Road This Summer Family Adventure 1: Keep a Sheep Challenge families to grab a cotton ball or (clean) crumpled tissue and make it the family pet sheep for the week. They’ll give it… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Family Ministry Resources Read in 4 mins Digital Discipleship: 3 Powerful Tools to Deepen Kids’ Faith and Reach Families! Full confession. Technology and I have a tenuous relationship. As a child of the 70’s, I’m a digital immigrant. Fax machines, landlines, and inter-office memos—we all go way back. (Maybe… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Volunteer Management Read in 7 mins Should You Require Parents to Serve in Children’s Ministry? If parents are supposed to be their children’s primary faith influencers, why not require parents to serve in children’s ministry? Take a look at these two different views and approaches.… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Family Ministry Resources Read in 7 mins A Blueprint for Family Ministry Every children’s ministry today needs a blueprint for family ministry. Family is in. Marketers know it. Employers know it. But does the church know it? After talking to children’s ministers… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Family Ministry Resources Read in 4 mins Family Adventures: How Listening to a Podcast Can Grow Faith in Families Family ministry is something most children’s ministry leaders feel like they should be doing—or doing more. According to a 2021 Barna study, 90 percent of children’s ministry leaders said that… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Family Ministry Resources Read in 9 mins 20 Unforgettable Ways to Honor Kids’ Faith Milestones and More Here’s why it matters that we make the most out of kids’ big faith milestone moments — and 20 ideas for every stage of your children’s ministry. As a children’s… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Family Ministry Resources Read in 4 mins 13 Ways You Can Equip Parents to Lead Their Children Spiritually Here are 13 easy ways you can equip parents to lead their children spiritually at home right now. Parents need simple, quick faith-builders that’ll make an impact on their children.… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Family Ministry Resources Read in 6 mins 7 Practical Ways to Help Parents Cultivate Faith in Families Help parents cultivate faith in their families with these seven practical tips. Growing up on a farm, Joani Schultz learned early the meaning of faith. Each year her dad, Bud,… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Family Ministry Resources Read in 8 mins Use These Practical Ideas to Help Your Ministry Partner With Parents If what ails children’s spiritual growth is primarily parents not knowing what to do, we’ve got practical ideas for you to partner with parents now. Imagine that you’ve become sick… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 8 mins The Stress Test: 3 Types of Stress and How to Help Stressed-Out Kids Expert insight on how family, society, and crisis create stress for kids — and their faith. When we consider kid culture today, we typically tick off evidence of their 21st-century… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Family Ministry Resources Read in 2 mins Family Ministry: Reaching Families Who Are On-the-Go The challenge of family ministry seems insurmountable when it feels like your families are always out of town. Here’s how to reach families no matter where they’re traveling. High travel… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Family Ministry Resources Read in 2 mins How to Make a COVID-Friendly Christmas Amazing for Families Christmas is coming…Here are a few ideas to help make it memorable! Christmas and Advent may be a little different again this year. We know you realize it, but sometimes… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Family Ministry Resources Read in 3 mins 5 Can’t-Miss Family Ministry Secrets From Ministry Experts We’ve asked experts on family ministry for their tips to help you connect with families. Here are five can’t-miss secrets from the experts. We have some good news and some… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Family Ministry Resources Read in 3 mins How to Make Easter 2021 Memorable and COVID-Friendly Easter 2021 is around the corner… Here are a few ideas to help make it impactful! By now, we’re all familiar with the challenges COVID-19 presents to the church’s big… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Family Ministry Resources Read in 2 mins 6 Creative Ideas for When Good Kids Say Bad Words As a children’s ministry leader, you can encourage and equip parents when good kids say bad words. Give Christian parents these six creative ideas to use with their children. You… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Family Ministry Resources Read in 8 mins What If We Put Parents First for a Change? Do we place unrealistic expectations on parents to make children’s ministry their top priority? Or do we put parents first for a change? It’s the end of the summer, and… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Family Ministry Resources Read in 9 mins What Your Church Needs to Know About Parents’ Secret Life What your church needs to know about parents’ secret life. Listen in as we get to the heart of parents’ real-life hopes, heartaches, and questions… Ask parents in your ministry… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
