Children’s Ministry Magazine Web Exclusives
In previous issues of Children’s Ministry Magazine, we offered exclusive extra content. This includes ideas and downloadables found only at childrensministry.com as a benefit to…
“Feelings” are more than an old song. Emotions are actually the key to amazing learning in your children’s ministry classroom!
I sit on the bench under the trees, smiling as…
As children grow, they have more and more questions surrounding their sexuality. Here are common questions for each age and ways that you can respond appropriately.
Children and Sexuality: Age…
Avoid any Promotion Day blues this year in your Sunday school.
Each year when Promotion Sunday rolls around, churches have kids who look forward to moving up to another class.…
Traversing a kid’s inner world requires attention, compassion, intuition, and common sense. How do we recognize the signs that a child is covering up a trauma, crisis, or hurt?
“Come…
Is your budget about to be downsized or cut? Is your church hurting financially? Or is your town or city experiencing an economic slump? If so, rethink how you do…
Use these expert insights so you know what to say when families grieve a divorce, terminal illness, miscarriage or still-birth, or the death of a child.
Loss and grief, just…
Are you overwhelmed? Do you feel like you’re being pulled in 1,000 directions? Here’s some helpful advice from a children’s pastor who’s been there.
You’ve got lessons to prep. Your…
Discouragement, despair, and disillusionment — these children’s ministers have been to the brink…and survived. Here’s how you can, too.
Some call it a dry spell. For others, it’s a low…
Avoid the burnout and use these seven tips to thrive during the holiday season!
This time of year opens up more opportunities for you to minister to first-time or occasional…
In this Father’s Day outreach activity, kids will show kindness to the dads in your community with these fun tie bookmarks.
Scripture: Proverbs 3:3
You’ll need:
Bible
card stock
adhesive…
If you want to have a real impact in children’s ministry, use these four ingredients of R.E.A.L. learning.
Recently I had the privilege of teaching about the time Jesus healed…
Why preteens don’t come back to your church — and what to do about it. From kids who’ve done it — and how you can stop the exodus.
Each year…
Volunteers are human! That means they get weary, especially during the “final stretch” of serving. Here are 12 ways to re-energize your volunteers.
Some seasons can leave our volunteers feeling…
Understand how kids of all ages make friends and how you can nurture friendships in your children’s ministry classrooms.
Ages 2 to 4: Sharing
Young children depend on others to…
Maybe you’d like to decorate a room in your church, but you see too many barriers in your way. Don’t worry. Those barriers probably aren’t as tall as they seem.…
Helping preteens understand their spiritual gifts can be a complicated — but joyous — experience.
In a Peanuts comic, Lucy contemplates with Charlie Brown the meaning of life. Lucy says,…
Here are 10 eye-opening things actual volunteers gripe about—and how volunteer frustrations can make your ministry better than ever.
Do you know how your volunteers really feel about your children’s…
Here’s a list of 18 children’s ministry winter activities and ideas for kids, families, and teachers.
Whether kids live in the north, south, east, or west, they all have one…
Are you using the most effective methods to ensure that Scripture sticks in kids’ hearts? Here’s what you need to know about helping kids learn Scripture—for life!
Challenges of Memorizing…
Rather than run from uncomfortable topics with preteens, they need you to set everything aside—and engage in a fearless conversation.
“If God is on our side, why did my friend’s…
