As you’re planning and preparing for VBS, stop and ask God to guide your thoughts, actions, and steps along the way. Prayer is, and will always be, the best way…
God gave Jesus at Christmas because of love! And because we love you, here are over 100 Christmas ideas for children’s ministry! Enjoy!
9 Children’s Message Ideas for Christmas
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Let kids take the lead this Mother’s Day! Children from kindergarten up each invite their mother, aunt, grandmother, or another special woman to the meal they prepare!
A Fun-Filled, Kid-Hosted…
Make a splash this summer with these sizzling new games, crafts, and ideas that’ll make kids come back for more.
School’s out for summer! You can almost hear the kids…
In your preteen ministry, do you know your preteens’ struggles? Your preteens will need a strong spiritual foundation to face serious distractions such as doubt, peer pressure, temptations, and stress.…
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…
In a scary world, how do we raise up fearless kids? By meeting fear face-to-face with our faith.
Not long after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, a large…
Here are simple keys to improving your storytelling skills as you strive to reach children with the greatest story of all.
The Bible is the greatest love story ever written…
Looking for low-cost summer program ideas for families at your church? You can save families money and capture their attention and hearts with these four ideas!
When tough economic times…
If goblins and ghouls haunt you at Halloween, try these fun-filled Christian versions of a not-so-Christian day.
5 Halloween Alternatives for Your Children’s Ministry
1. Halloween Alternative One: Family Storytelling…
Try these six Palm Sunday activities preschoolers will love during your Palm Sunday services. These activities have been specially designed with preschoolers in mind, so you can communicate the events…
Do you have a volunteer crisis? Is your children’s ministry in a state of chaos because you don’t have enough volunteers? Take this quiz.
Volunteer Crisis Quiz
Do you ever…
Use these 21 outreach ideas for kids to help them learn to reach out to their friends and neighbors.
At a recent outreach retreat, one of our visiting children decided…
In this Earth Day game, kids experience being polluters and cleaners as they explore what it means to care for the earth.
Scripture: Jeremiah 2:6-7
You’ll need:
Bible
newspapers (or…
Family Talk Time: A Daily Lent Activity for Families
Do you want to help families draw closer to Jesus and each other this Easter season? Are you looking for a…
In need of a spiritual refresher?
It feels like you just got done with VBS season, and now fall and winter events loom on the horizon. It can feel like…
Looking for VIP volunteers for your fall ministries? We can help!
Leaders sometimes feel uncomfortable asking people to serve, or they just don’t know how to get people to commit.…
Budgets are there for a good reason, but sometimes they can feel restraining (or maybe they’re even nonexistent!). You want to be able to purchase a certain resource for your…
Every Wednesday (and sometimes on Friday) you can look forward to timely and relevant ideas, tips, articles, and more delivered straight to your inbox.…
Want to see the latest trends in children’s ministry? There’s no better place to look than among your fellow KidMin workers! Check out our latest polls.
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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…
