Leader Resources Read in 2 mins 3 Creative Ways to Encourage Kids in Your Ministry to Pray More Here are three creative ways to encourage kids in your class to pray even more. Prayer is an incredible privilege because it’s communication with the living God! Yet we often… Read More
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
Bible Lessons Read in 3 mins 9 Quick Tips for Teaching Kids to Pray Prayer habits that last a lifetime are most often formed in childhood. That’s why teaching kids to pray is so critical. As with most spiritual disciplines, prayer is caught more… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 4 mins How to Teach Kids When It Feels Like Respect is Disappearing Do you ever feel like respect is disappearing from kids’ vocabulary and behavior these days? If so, read on. As I passed by a Sunday morning kindergarten classroom a few… Read More
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
Bible Lessons Read in 8 mins FREE Easter Lesson: Jesus Has Victory Over Death This FREE Easter Sunday school lesson from Group Publishing’s DIG IN Sunday school curriculum teaches elementary kids that Jesus has victory over death. Pick and choose the sections to create… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 3 mins How Emotions Affect Learning: The Critical Cement in Your Learning Environment Emotions affect learning. In fact, emotions are actually the key to amazing learning in your children’s ministry classroom! A lasting impression—set in cement. Isn’t that what you want in children’s… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 9 mins Children and Spiritual Growth: Are Kids Growing in Faith? How do you know if children are growing spiritually? Use 2 Peter 1:3-8 as a guide to foster and recognize spiritual growth. How do you evaluate children’s spiritual growth? Do… Read More
Bible Activities and Sermons Read in 6 mins Plan in a Can: The Ultimate Classroom Saver When your class time is over and the sermon isn’t, what do you do? Make sure kids are bored no more! Try a Plan in a Can! It’s Sunday morning… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 7 mins 9 Ideas for Kids of All Ages to Develop Strong Friendships Developing strong friendships—or what the Bible calls phileo love—between kids can be done on a whim, on or off the schedule, and without prep or new supplies. First Samuel 18:3… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 6 mins Hiding God’s Word in Our Hearts: 7 Bible Memory Tips to Make Scripture Stick Helping kids learn Scripture is important. But what does it really look like? We want kids to hide God’s Word in their hearts, but does that mean rote Bible memory?… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins 4 Topics to Get Kids Talking and Opening Up to You Looking to get the kids in your ministry to open up? Here’s a helpful strategy you can use to get kids talking. “Yeah,” “Nah,” or “I dunno” seem to be… Read More
