Leader Resources Read in 10 mins Practical Ways to Get Smart About Safety in Your Ministry A secure church is critical to effective ministry today. This safety guide helps to ensure you’re on the right path to creating a safe sanctuary. Prepared and Aware One beautiful… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins 6 Critical Security Steps for Your Children’s Ministry For a leader, security involves more than just doing background checks on potential volunteers. It also involves having a plan to deal with emergency situations when you may need to… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins 5-Step Guide to Choose the Right Background Check Provider Here is a five-step guide to choosing the right background check provider for your church’s children’s ministry. Every year more than 3 million reports of child abuse are made in… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins 3 Things You Need to Know About Check-In Systems In an effort to keep children safe in your ministry, here are three things you need to know about check-in systems. How safe are the kids in your ministry? Do… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins 10 Best Ways to Stay Safe and Savvy on Facebook If you and your ministry are on Facebook, you need these 10 best ways to stay safe and savvy on Facebook. Facebook is a great place for a children’s minister… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 3 mins Helping Children Process Another School Shooting Tragedy It’s happened again. How can we fathom news about another deadly school shooting? Precious children’s lives are lost. Families are mourning. We all grieve. Especially as people who love and… 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 6 mins Top 10 Changes to Kidmin Post-COVID-19 COVID-19 has changed the world we live in. By now, you might be tired of hearing the term “new normal.” What does it really mean? How much have life and… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 1 min Watch Now: The Nitty-Gritty of Reopening Sunday School After COVID-19 While the pandemic still isn’t completely behind us, many churches have reopened, or are getting ready to restart children’s ministry. Perhaps you’re ready for a fresh start, too, but aren’t… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 1 min How to Keep Kids Safe At Your Summer Ministry Programs Assure families coming to programs like summer camp, vacation Bible school, and Sunday school that you have COVID-19 precautions in place to keep kids safe. We know that safety is… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Family Ministry Resources Read in 1 min 4 Ways to Assure Parents of Their Child’s Safety at Church Parents have had plenty of concerns during COVID, including concerns about their child’s safety at church. Which has left many churches wondering how to make parents comfortable about bringing their… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins FREE Webinar and Resources: Practical Tips for COVID-Friendly VBS Wondering how you can pull off a COVID-friendly and successful VBS this summer? You can do it! Let the experts walk you through how. Discover how to host a COVID-friendly… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins 10 Safety Tips for In-Person, COVID-Friendly Children’s Ministry Use these tips to ensure your children’s ministry offers a safe and secure, COVID-friendly experience for all kids and families. “Trust in the Lord and do good. Then you will… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 3 mins Helping Children Deal With Death With any loss a child suffers, you may be called on to help that child deal with death. During the night, a fire breaks out in a home. The parents… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 5 mins What You Need to Know About Check In and Check Out Is your children’s ministry check in and check out process long overdue for a change? Recently an administrative pastor, newly employed by a large church, told me how he tested… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 7 mins In God We Trust: All Others Must Be Screened for Safety In God we trust…all others require screening for safety. Here’s why. On November 27, 2016, police were called to a church in Maryland to investigate something no one thought would… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 8 mins Tips for Ministering to Kids in a World After Crisis Find out what it means to minister to kids in a post-9/11 world. Helping today’s children walk in God’s light takes more than church programs and fancy special events. Throughout… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 9 mins How to Keep Sex Offenders Out of Your Ministry What are you doing to keep sex offenders out of your ministry? If you’re not taking reasonable precautions, you’re putting every child at risk. Like any new father who’s full… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins Addressing Sexual Harassment in Your Children’s Ministry Here’s what you need to know about identifying and stopping sexual harassment in your children’s ministry. Seven-year-old Cheltzie Hentz was rudely awakened to the world of sexual harassment on her… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins 8 Questions Parents Secretly Wonder About Your Nursery Here are 8 questions parents secretly wonder about your nursery. “We recently left our church of six years,” said one mother matter-of-factly. “The deciding factor was our toddler’s consistent negative… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins Are You Disaster-Prepared? Here’s What You Need to Know. David was once outgoing and happy, without a care in the world. Now he’s withdrawn and sad. Annie can’t seem to calm herself. And Steve is always on the verge… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email