Your children’s ministry team won’t want to miss your meetings with these fun and creative teacher training meetings!
Ahhh…training meetings. You plan and show up early. You wait and watch…
Are you married to your ministry? Take our quiz and see. Plus, here’s how you can find the balance between work and family.
Don’t make the mistake of having an…
For varied reasons, some children’s ministry leaders choose to write their own curriculum. While this may allow for deeply customized content, choosing a published curriculum offers you more bang for…
Why do kids love screens so much? And how can we minister to children whose minds seem centered on electronics? Here are 7 amazingly simple but effective ways to reach…
Use this lesson to help kids learn about how the Prophets told of how Jesus fulfilled God’s promise. This lesson comes from FaithWeaver NOW Sunday School. Find more great Sunday…
Supersize your children’s ministry service projects with these 8 awesome ways to serve your church, families, and community!
Our goal might be to raise up kids with servants’ hearts. But…
Use these 10 ways to fill your ministry with prayer—just as the disciples asked Jesus when he taught them the Lord’s Prayer: “Teach us to pray.”
“God is great, God…
Change.
Go ahead, let the shiver run all the way up and down your spine. That’s the natural response to change. So many change efforts have failed for so many…
Use this free Sunday school lesson to teach kids that Jesus heals and that, most importantly, he is their friend. Find more great Sunday school lessons to help kids grow…
A successful bus ministry can be a great outreach tool — but only if it’s run well. Here are the secrets to making it work…
Imagine a church bus pulling…
Uncover these six parent secrets you need to know—and discover pointers on how you can approach and partner with the parents of kids in your ministry.
Parents can be your…
If parents are supposed to be their children’s primary faith influencers, why not require parents to serve in children’s ministry? Two different views; two different approaches.
Yes! Require Parents to…
Is this thing called Sunday school working? Find out what Group Publishing President, Thom Schultz, and Group Publishing Cheif Creative Officer, Joani Schultz, have to say.
You can find millions…
An honest, heartfelt letter from a parent to a children’s ministry leader.
The Surprising Truth a Parent Really Wants to Tell You
Dear Children’s Minister,
I watched you this past…
Training doesn’t always need to be an event. Here are ways to sneak in training when your volunteers least expect it.
There’s always so much to do with so little…
In a world that’s super scary at times, it’s easy to overprotect our kids. Here’s why teaching them to live boldly like Jesus, the real superhero, is a better idea.…
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…
Enjoy these 4 free Christmas Sunday school lessons — one for each Sunday leading up to Christmas.
Each lesson is from one of Group Publishing’s bestselling curriculum. It’s our gift…
Parents are the primary catalyst in their children’s spiritual growth. But some parents can become overwhelmed or find it difficult to know where to begin teaching their children. This prayer…
Here are 8 surprising Easter ideas to celebrate the Easter season, from Easter Soap Eggs to exciting treasure hunts.
Two holidays stand out in the minds of almost every Christian…
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…