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3 Quick and Simple Devotions to Encourage Your Volunteers

Use these three devotions to encourage your volunteers in a brief team meeting or full training. 3 Quick Devotions to Encourage Your Volunteers Devotion #1: On the Spot Encourage your…

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Parent Expectations: Developing Lasting Faith in Children

Just what are the gaps between a parent’s role and a children’s ministry’s role in developing lasting faith in children?  Expectations can be a touchy subject. Christian parents quietly wonder…

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7 Tips for Recruiting Volunteers We Can Learn From Jesus

Ask children’s ministers what their top three ministry needs are and 99.9 percent will list volunteer recruitment as one of those three needs. It’s painfully difficult to capture busy people’s…

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Volunteer Training: Bringing Your Volunteers Up to Speed

Ever wonder if you have the right person in the right volunteer role or if the volunteer understands your ministry? Here’s what you need to know to get your volunteers…

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5 Parables From the Bible to Help Children Grow Their Faith

Keep growing! That’s God’ message to Christians of all ages. Use the parables in this section to help children grow in Christ. Luke 8:15 says that those who listen to…

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7 Practical Tips for Ministry Team Building (And Why It’s So Important)

Here’s a Biblical view on team building, plus some practical tips for enhancing your ministry’s teams. The foundation of Jesus’ approach to working with volunteers is the team — even…

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Share the Joy of Jesus With This Jelly Bean Gospel Poem

Perfect for Easter! Use this Jelly Bean Gospel Poem to share the gospel with children—and everyone! Jelly beans come in all the right colors to tell the gospel of God’s…

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25 Ways to Spend Time With God on the Go!

Are you longing to spend refreshing moments with God, your Bible, and a cup of coffee? The most important thing we can do as we minister to the next generation…

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A Blueprint for Family Ministry

Every children’s ministry today needs a blueprint for family ministry. Family is in. Marketers know it. Employers know it. But does the church know it? After talking to children’s ministers…

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Use These Practical Ideas to Help Your Ministry Partner With Parents

If what ails children’s spiritual growth is primarily parents not knowing what to do, we’ve got practical ideas for you to partner with parents now. Imagine that you’ve become sick…

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5 Critical Ways to Keep Your Volunteer Team From Fraying

Is your volunteer team running ragged? Read more to discover ways to maintain the fabric of volunteers’ spiritual lives. A beautiful tapestry is so well-made that rather than looking at…

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Build Community and Reach Out Through Your Kids!

Start your plan to build community today! It’s the perfect time to plan a fun outreach to children that spreads the light of Jesus to their whole family and gets…

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What’s Wrong With Character Education in Children’s Ministry?

What’s wrong with character education in children’s ministry? What happens when we focus more on character than on relationship with Jesus? What’s the goal of your children’s ministry? Is it…

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Tips for Ministering to Kids in a World After Crisis

Find out what it means to minister to kids in a post-9/11 world. Helping today’s children walk in God’s light takes more than church programs and fancy special events. Throughout…

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10 Practical Ways to Train Kids to Be the Church Today

Here are 10 practical ways to train kids in your ministry to be the church now. A few weeks ago, I experienced a rite of passage with my oldest son.…

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16 Shocking Stories of Children Who Were Burned at Church

16 sad and sometimes shocking stories from people who were hurt, offended, and more at church when they were children. We talk about unforgettable lessons a lot in Christian education…

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Your Ministry Should Give Sports a Sporting Chance

If you feel that kids’ sports are one of your biggest competitors, this article is for you to get a win/win. Should sports programs be seen as a danger to…

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At a Ministry Crossroad? Find Out If You Should Stay or Go.

When you’re at a ministry crossroad, don’t leave until you get God’s green light. Here’s help to know if God is moving you from your current ministry. Are you at…

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5-Point Guide to Check Your Ministry’s Alignment to the Church

If your ministry isn’t in alignment with your church, you’re going to hit some big potholes along the way… Do you feel as though your church is going in a…

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7 Disruption-Proof Teaching Tips

Teach wide-eyed, jaw-dropping lessons every time—and stop disruptions before they start. That Sunday morning, I’d just had it! My Kids Church ministry had attracted three out-of-control fifth-grade boys. They’d snickered,…

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