Leader Resources Read in 5 mins 5 Fundamentals for Creating Sunday School Classrooms That Click Each Sunday school year means new faces, new personalities, and new opportunities to create a classroom environment that keeps kids coming back. Great activities, relevant lessons, tasty snacks, and cool… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 5 mins Mix It Up! How Mixed-Age Groups Improve Your VBS When it comes to organizing kids at your VBS, mixed-age groups may seem like a good idea…but how do you actually pull it off? Read on to hear one former… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 3 mins When Behavior Is Challenging: 6 Ways to Love Kids Unconditionally It’s okay to be honest. Some kids’ behavior can just be more challenging than others. Find out how to love the kids no matter what. “Oh, Lord please don’t let… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 8 mins Age Level Insights for Sharing the Easter Story With Children Want to help children understand the story of Easter in age-appropriate ways? These age level insights from a Licensed Pastoral Counselor will help. After his mom read aloud a book… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 3 mins Children in Church: A Senior Pastor’s Heart for Including Children Growth happens when children’s ministry leaders and senior pastors partner together to welcome and celebrate children in their churches. Spiritual growth occurs, and churches may even grow in number! Most… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 6 mins Top 20 Supply Closet Organization Tips for Children’s Ministry Whether the school year is coming up or spring is just around the corner, you may have some cleaning goals for your children’s ministry supply closet. But where do you… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Family Ministry Resources Read in 5 mins 7 Tips to Welcome Kids From Your Community to Your Church How does your church welcome kids who are simply dropped off by their parents or caregivers? Are you ready to welcome them, too? Some may call them “drop-off kids” —… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 3 mins 10 Things Your Ministry Can Do to Help Stop Racism Before It Starts 10 things you and your ministry can do to stop racism before it starts. What will you do now to embrace the “people of every tribe and tongue and people… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Bible Activities and Sermons Read in 2 mins 7 Tips for Handling Snacks in Your Children’s Ministry With these 7 tips for snacks in ministry, you’ll welcome kids — and their tummies! Plus you’ll teach them great lessons! To snack, or not to snack, that is the… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins 3 Ways to Help Kids Deal With Cyberbullying Not only do kids today have to worry about bullying in school, but they also have to worry about cyberbullying. Here are three ways to help kids deal. Bullying certainly… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 7 mins Why We Must Start Talking About Race in Our Children’s Ministries Here’s why we must start talking about race in children’s ministry. “Can I talk to you?” The volunteer gave me one of those you-need-to-talk-with-your-child looks. In a whisper, she said… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins Tips for Creating Bias-Free Classrooms in Your Children’s Ministry Here’s how to make sure all children feel valued and loved in your ministry by creating bias-free classrooms in your church. “Teacher’s Pet” is a painful reality in most classrooms… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Family Ministry Resources Read in 7 mins 6 Secrets to Raising Fearless Kids in a Fear-Filled World In a scary world, how do we raise up fearless kids? By meeting fear face-to-face with our faith. Not long after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, a large… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 7 mins How to Translate the Behavior Signals Kids Are Sending Kids may not have the words to express what they’re feeling, but their behavior can tell you a lot. Here’s how to recognize what kids are telling you and what… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 3 mins Your Spectacular Summer Starts Now?! When you unveil your summer blueprint this year, how will kids respond? “Ho-hum”? Or “hip-hip-hooray”? If it’s ho-hum, it’s time to go back to the drawing board to create a… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 5 mins 7 Characteristics That Turn a Good Teacher Into a Great Teacher 7 characteristics that spell the difference between good teachers and great teachers! The teacher had obviously prepared her lesson because it was full of sticky notes, yellow highlights, and bold… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 3 mins Overcome the Barriers to Decorating Your Children’s Ministry Maybe you’d like to decorate a room in your church, but you see too many barriers in your way. Don’t worry. Those barriers probably aren’t as tall as they seem.… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 4 mins Sunday School Restart: Fresh Perspectives on 4 Timeless Tasks When it comes to Sunday school, do you need a fresh perspective? It’s time to plan the new Sunday school year. As you tirelessly work to serve kids and families,… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins 9 Easy Bulletin Boards That Are Sure to Capture People’s Interest You’ll love these 9 ways to easily capture people’s interest by simply using the bulletin boards in your children’s ministry. Bulletin boards can inform, encourage, and motivate children and volunteers.… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Family Ministry Resources Read in 9 mins Mental Illness and Your Ministry What you need to know about the mental illness issues families are dealing with today—and why we’re all so reluctant to talk about it. Justin and Brenda are dismayed to… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 4 mins 19 Inexpensive Decorating Ideas for Sunday School Rooms Decorating your Sunday school classroom to be an exciting learning environment for kids can be tough on a budget. Here are 19 inexpensive decorating ideas for Sunday school rooms that’ll… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email