Leader Resources Read in 3 mins How to Construct a Team to Serve in Children’s Ministry Your team is the foundation of your Sunday school ministry. Whether you have 10 kids or 1,000, the people you bring alongside you to invest in your kids will be… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins 4 Common Questions (and Answers!) for Special Needs Ministry When planning a formal special needs ministry, pastors and volunteers often wonder where to begin. Questions and concerns can bring the planning process to the point of being overwhelming, leaving… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 1 min 4 Ways to Develop an Irresistible Culture in Your Ministry Culture is your brand. The way your team greets people, deals with challenges, ministers to kids and families, and even says goodbye. The look and feel of your ministry comes… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins The 3 P’s to Shape Your Volunteer Affirmation Ideas If you’ll follow these 3 P’s of volunteer affirmation, your volunteers will truly feel appreciated. Do your children’s ministry volunteers feel appreciated? Hebrews 3:13 says, “Encourage one another daily, as… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 6 mins A Complete Guide to Interns in Children’s Ministry One of the most overlooked volunteer resources in children’s ministry is interns. Here’s a complete guide to best partner with these wonderful, all-too-often untapped resources! My first experience as a… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 7 mins 10 Important Ways to Fill Your Ministry With Prayer Use these 10 ways to fill your ministry with prayer—just as the disciples asked Jesus when he taught them the Lord’s Prayer: “Teach us to pray.” “God is great, God… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins Complete Back-to-School Ministry Supplies List Back-to-school is a great time to restock your children’s ministry because supplies are often at a discount. We recommend purchasing all your “school-type” supplies for the entire year, now. That… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins 7 Sacrifices You Shouldn’t Make for a New Curriculum Looking for a new children’s ministry curriculum? Here are seven sacrifices you should never make. Experts who’ve studied how change plays out in organizations—including churches—warn that when you change too… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 1 min How to Make Training Meetings Magnetic If you have challenges getting volunteers to attend training meetings, you’re not alone. Borrow these best practices for boosting your meeting attendance. 7 Tips for Magnetic Training Meetings 1. Create… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 7 mins 7 Secret Ingredients to Your Recipe for Fall Success Use our recipe to cook up a delicious fall kickoff! Here are the seven secret ingredients for fall success in your children’s ministry. For kids, moving up a grade is… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Family Ministry Resources Read in 2 mins 7 Tips on Partnering With Parents in Special Needs Ministry To make the most of any time you have with children with special needs, it’s important to team up with parents. Here are seven tips on partnering with parents in… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 9 mins Evaluate to Elevate: How Seeking Feedback Changes Your Ministry Use this guide to create an evaluation strategy that positions your ministry for health and growth based on feedback. “What gets celebrated gets repeated.” You may have heard that saying… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins 5 Reasons the Best VBS Teams Come Back Every Year You worked hard to recruit an amazing team of VBS volunteers. How can you ensure they’ll want to join your VBS teams year after year? Maybe you can even recruit… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins 5 Red Flags for Curriculum There are so many curriculum options out there. How do you choose? While your church likely has specific needs for your ministry context, there are universal features that can make… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 7 mins 7 Difficult Situations That Require Difficult Conversations Wouldn’t it be great if everyone just got along? It’s not a perfect world and sometimes you need to say hard things to people—even in ministry. Here are tips for… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 3 mins 5 Ways NOT to Choose Your Next Curriculum Choosing curriculum is a high privilege for children’s ministers. Doing so means they get to determine a path of study that’ll ultimately help the kids in their ministry not only… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 7 mins Creativity Rules: 4 Creative Exercises to Do With Your Team 4 creative exercises to do with your team that’ll help you refresh, revitalize, and reimagine your ministry Back in the old days, the most popular way to get a new… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 1 min 3 Sure-Fire Things That Will Tear Apart Your Team You might be surprised to learn that the three things that’ll tear apart your team aren’t lack of creativity, strategy, or excellence. There are three things you must have if… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 6 mins “I Was a VBS Kid!” An Interview With a Former VBS Kid Turned Current VBS Director Do you ever find yourself wondering if VBS truly makes a difference? If Jesus really uses VBS music, decorations, Bible discoveries, and volunteers to transform lives? It’s natural to ponder… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 8 mins How to Make the Most of the Space Your Church Has What is it about space? There never seems to be enough! This is true for all sizes of ministries in all sizes of churches. When my husband was in seminary,… 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