Leader Resources Read in 2 mins Free Quiz: What Do You Need From a Children’s Ministry Conference? Take our quiz and discover what you need from a children’s ministry conference and go into your next conference with a clear action plan. Children’s ministry conferences are a wonderful… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 4 mins 8 Steps to Enact Change in Your Children’s Ministry Elaine returned from a fabulous conference with tons of new ideas. She called her children’s department coordinators together and laid out her new strategy. With each new idea, the nursery… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 5 mins Get Your FREE Complete Volunteer Training Plan: Connect the Dots This post contains affiliate links. See bottom of post for details. Use this fun, unusual training event to make a yearlong impact on your team of volunteers. Looking for a… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 8 mins 5 Volunteers You May (Wish You Didn’t) Know and How to Handle Them Maybe you haven’t yet decided whether your volunteers are the greatest…or the most splintery, rough-hewn part of your ministry. (For the record, I think they’re great. It might just take… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 5 mins 98 Ways to Say “Thank You!” to Your Volunteers Gracias! Dankeschon! Merci! In any language, these ideas will help you say thank you and express your gratitude to volunteers’ hearts. “Thanks” is such a simple word, and it comes… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins 7 Things to Do When Short on Children’s Ministry Volunteers With these seven things to do when short on children’s ministry volunteers, you’ll solve a volunteer crisis quickly. If you’re staring at empty rooms and you can hear the impending… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 5 mins 9 Pro Tips for a Championship Ministry Volunteer Team Use these winning sports strategies to build a championship volunteer team in your children’s ministry. Some ministries work like a track and field team—lots of specialists doing their own thing… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 5 mins 10-Minute Volunteer Devotion: Investing in a Future Harvest Use this devotion at a meeting of all your volunteer teachers and helpers, including the “behind-the-scenes” heroes, to show just how much God appreciates everything your volunteers do for the… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 1 min Valentine’s Day Thank You Mobile for Your Volunteers Give a “hearty” thank you to your children’s ministry volunteers this Valentine’s Day by constructing this creative mobile. You can even have some of your older students help! You’ll need:… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 3 mins Crafts Gone Wild: A Must-Play Game for Your Ministry For the past two years at KidMin, I’ve had a blast watching everyone play Craft Wars. It’s our annual wild and crazy game show where time is short, but creativity… 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 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