Leader Resources Read in 5 mins How to Have a R.E.A.L. Impact in Your Children’s Ministry If you want to have a real impact in children’s ministry, use these four ingredients of R.E.A.L. Learning. In a past VBS experience, we taught kids about the time Jesus… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins A Solid Strategy to Keep Your Volunteers After VBS Once the dust settles following VBS, you may worry about whether your weary volunteers will stick around. Never fear! They will continue serving when you employ a strategy for volunteer… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 3 mins Faith That Lasts: Fostering Lifelong Faith in Kids What can you do now to help children grow a lifelong friendship with Jesus? And what can you do when they don’t? Read on to discover 10 things you can… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 3 mins Special Needs Ministry: Creating Inclusive Worship Experiences Inviting children into “big church” allows them to learn the worship format as well as reap the benefits of a multigenerational experience. For families affected by disabilities, however, worship can… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 4 mins 3 Ways to Treat VBS Volunteers Like VIPs As summer approaches, is VBS on your mind? Perhaps you’re asking yourself a question nearly as old as ministry itself: “How do I hang onto good volunteers?” You certainly aren’t… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 1 min 3 Tips for Working With Children’s Negative Attitudes First, minimize the impact of negative attitudes and then create a positive atmosphere for children with these tips. A child with a negative attitude often seeks love and craves attention.… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 1 min 4 Tips to Strengthen Ministry Relationships Within Your Church Children’s ministries impact children, but when functioning at their best they also impact entire churches. Unity within your church is foundational to successful children’s ministry. Here are four quick pointers… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Family Ministry Resources Read in 1 min Family Ministry Outreach: Host a Father’s Day Picnic Invite all families (even those without fathers) to a special Father’s Day Picnic on your church lawn or at a nearby park. Have children make the invitations, menu, and even… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins 3 Strategies to Keep VBS Visitors Coming Back for More Vacation Bible School (VBS) season is almost here! What can you do to have VBS visitors coming back for more? Keep reading to find out! We hear from children’s ministers… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins 12 Ways to Develop Friendships With Kids Mentorship studies show the power of kids having at least one Christian adult friend in their lives. Share these 12 friendship tips with your volunteers that will help kids form… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 5 mins Mix It Up! How Mixed-Age Groups Improve Your VBS When it comes to organizing kids at your VBS, mixed-age groups may seem like a good idea…but how do you actually pull it off? Read on to hear one former… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Family Ministry Resources Read in 9 mins Mental Illness and Your Ministry What you need to know about the mental illness issues families are dealing with today—and why we’re all so reluctant to talk about it. Justin and Brenda are dismayed to… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins 5 Signs You Need a Special Needs Ministry As a busy children’s ministry leader, I often missed a lot that went on at church even when it was happening all around me—especially when it came to needing a… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 1 min 3 Ways to Make Life Easier for Your VBS Volunteers From Group’s vacation Bible school editors, check out these 3 ways to make life easier for your VBS volunteers! We know that volunteers are vital to making VBS a great… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 3 mins 4 Jesus-Centered Truths Kids Need Today Our team at Group recently sat down with a group of Christian mental health professionals who work with youth and families. As people who love and care for kids, we… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins Creative Ways to Find VBS Volunteers! Where in the world can you find VBS volunteers? When it comes to recruiting volunteers for VBS, the obvious place to start is with your regular weekly children’s ministry volunteers… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 4 mins How to Use Network Recruiting to Staff Your Vacation Bible School Need help recruiting for your vacation Bible school? These three tips can help! Let’s face it, the most dreaded part of vacation Bible school (VBS)and almost every other children’s program… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Family Ministry Resources Read in 6 mins 4 Focus-Areas for Creating a Trauma-Informed Ministry Mental health principles from the trauma-informed care movement can make your ministry a healing, healthy space for all families. Making Time to Understand Trauma Right now, you’re no more than… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Family Ministry Resources Read in 3 mins 5 Ways Special Needs Families Enrich Your Church Often when talking about families living with special needs, we focus on the side of practical disability ministry—programs, needed resources, volunteers. That’s all good and necessary, but it’s only half… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Family Ministry Resources Read in 1 min Spring + Summer Family Ministry Event: Kite-Flying As the seasons change and we move into warmer—and windier—weather, host a family ministry kite-flying event. Here are some building blocks for putting on this sky-high event. Spring + Summer… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
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
