Leader Resources Read in 7 mins 12 Awesome Ideas to Better Involve Kids in Worship No matter your church’s size or style, you can use these twelve ideas to excite kids—and involve them—when it comes to worship. If you’ve ever dreamed of the children in… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 8 mins Striking a Match: Getting Hired as a Children’s Minister How do you strike a match and get hired as a children’s ministry? What’s the best way to find God’s church for you? The position of minister to children, director… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 3 mins The 80/20 Gap and Why You Should Still Trust God Through It The 80/20 Gap is the space between what you need and what you have in ministry. This is where your faith finds room to grow. Let’s imagine that God has… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 7 mins 6 Secrets to Getting More Men Involved in Your Ministry Looking to add more men to the team? Follow these six rules to effectively recruit (and retain) those elusive male volunteers into your children’s ministry. In my first years of… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 7 mins Children’s Ministry Programs: One Size Doesn’t Fit All What place do bike clubs, karaoke, and hiking have in children’s ministry? Front and center at Ginghamsburg Church in Tipp City, Ohio! Find out what this dynamic ministry is doing… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins 3 Characteristics of a Narcissist and How You Can Manage Them In just one day, 250 million photos were uploaded to Facebook and 864,000 hours of video to YouTube, according to fastcompany.com. “Look at me, look at me, look at me… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 7 mins Walk the Talk: Helping Grown-Ups Actually Care About Kids The nationwide study Grading Grown-Ups shows that adults care about kids, but they aren’t doing what they know is important. You can help them. Why is volunteer recruitment the #1… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 5 mins 7 Threats to Your Ministry—and What to Do About Them Every ministry can be infiltrated, and every leader can become vulnerable. Here’s how to tackle the 7 most common threats to your ministry. It’s a scary thought, especially when you… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 5 mins How to Build a Children’s Ministry From the Ground Up I’ve built a children’s ministry from the bottom up. Six years ago, our church had two children in preschool and four in the combined elementary Sunday school class, no midweek… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 1 min 5 Suggestions on Handling Master Manipulators Here are five suggestions on ministering to master manipulators. Nearly every church has one—an individual whose primary purpose at church is to manipulate situations in his or her favor. While… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 6 mins Why You Must Evaluate Your Ministry and How You Can Do It Well Here’s why it’s important to evaluate your ministry and many practical ways to find out if your ministry is making the grade. “Class, Take out a piece of paper and… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 5 mins How Ministry Core Values Will Make Your Team Run Smoothly Ministry core values make a successful children’s ministry click. They make it run smoothly and effortlessly. Ministry core values can even get you deeper commitment from your volunteers. If you’ve… Read More
