Leader Resources Read in 2 mins Why Do Crafts? Because They Can Make Your Lesson Better Here’s how crafts can make your lesson better. Almost every Sunday morning after class, children run out of classrooms with a new craft. Some of these crafts make it home… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Bible Activities and Sermons Read in 6 mins Age Level Insights: Encouraging Kids to Pray at All Ages Looking to teach kids to pray? Here are some expert tips on how to nurture conversations with God and children at every stage. Prayer is as simple as a conversation… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 5 mins 4 Essential Strategies for Classroom Management Here are four helpful classroom management tips for teachers that’ll help increase joy and effectiveness in the classroom. You love God and children. You feel called to teach and be… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
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 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 6 mins 5 Questions to Ask Yourself as You Teach Kids to Pray If you want to teach kids to pray, answer these five important questions. The class ends, and you plop into a chair to quietly ponder the morning. You started class… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Bible Activities and Sermons Read in 9 mins 16 A+ Back-to-School Ideas for Children’s Ministry Back-to-School Ideas for Children’s Ministry: These 16 A+ ideas will keep your kids from playing hooky from church! Yellow school buses. Crisp backpacks. The smell of new school supplies. The… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins How to Respond to the Anxieties of Children at All Ages Children of all ages face anxieties. Here is what you need to know about these worries, and how you can help ease their concerns. Children’s Anxieties – Ages 2 to… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Ministry Basics Read in 9 mins Kids Should Be Seen and Heard: 5 Ways to Make Conversation Part of Your Ministry Conversations with kids are free, require no supplies, and are a snap to drop into a lesson. And best of all, they deliver huge value! At Group, we make conversations… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 6 mins How to Solve the Sixth Grader Challenge in Your Ministry In preteen ministry, you must face the sixth grader challenge. Here’s how to meet the needs of these preteens in your ministry. “Everybody is shrinking!” That’s what one sixth grader… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 5 mins 29 Time Crunchers for Sunday School Teachers When time gets away from you week after week during your lesson, use these 29 time crunchers for Sunday school teachers to keep the Sunday school lesson on track. “Time… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 7 mins How to Encourage Smooth Transitions for All Ages When it comes to slipping into a swimming pool, there are two kinds of people. There are the Jumpers and the Inchers. The Jumpers don’t care how cold it is.… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 6 mins 13 Ways to Build Friendships With the Children You Teach Don’t miss these 13 practical, healthy ways to build friendships with the kids you teach in your children’s ministry. Each week, we face rooms with children excited and ready to… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins 4 Ingredients to Take Your Preteen Ministry to the Next Level While not all great ministry models look the same, I believe there are four core ingredients to embed into any preteen ministry to take it to the next level. I… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 1 min Highly Effective Preteen Teaching Tip: Distract and Discuss An effective way to get preteens to open up is to distract them. While their hands are busy, it’s amazing how much their minds and mouths open up. Try any… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 5 mins How to Develop Preteens Into Effective, Ethical Leaders Preteens have an incredible four-year window that’s critical for influencing the future leaders in our communities. Here’s how to make the most of it. There are four fertile years when… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 6 mins 5 Secrets to Getting Kids Engaged in Your Ministry Follow these five rules to get kids engaged, and you’ll ensure that your kids become fully absorbed in your ministry. I had just finished what I believed to be another… 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
Leader Resources Read in 4 mins Television and Faith: Tuned In to Faith Lessons Do the kids in your ministry worship at the altar of Nickelodeon or Netflix? Or would you say that the kids in your ministry are appropriately entertained by television? If… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 1 min 6 Helpful Event Registration Tips for Your Preteen Events Looking to host an event for your preteens? Always remember to follow these important registration tips for special events. Registration Tip 1. Involvement Opportunities Provide a list of ways parents… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 4 mins 4 Ways To Help Preteens See Who They Are With Their Identity in Christ Here are four ways we can begin to help our preteens see and understand their identity in Christ through God’s Word. My son was 11 years old when he needed… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
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 to talk. “Yeah,” “Nah,” or “I dunno” seem to… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
