Elementary and Preteen Christmas Skit: La Posada
This Christmas Skit, La Posada, is a traditional Mexican drama with your kids to bring Christmas to life for them. La Posada is an honored and traditional Mexican drama at…
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7 Things You Need to Know to Get a Raise in Children’s Ministry
Ministry isn’t about money, but there are times you need to be smart about getting a raise in children’s ministry. Here’s how. “I resigned a few weeks ago because of…
4 Problems to Address to Rev Up Your Preteen Sunday School Classroom
Give a copy of this article: How to Rev Up Preteen Sunday School to your Sunday school teachers. “Why do I keep doing this? I’ll never reach those kids. Josh…
One Simple Event to Double Your Sunday School Attendance
What children’s ministry doesn’t want to double your Sunday school attendance? We all do! Here’s what we did. For Double Day, our goal was for every child to bring one…
How to Help Children Grieve: Advice From a Grief Counselor
Here’s what a pastor and grief counselor says you need to know about how to help children grieve when they’ve experienced a loss. “Mommy, I want to arrest God for…
How to Build a Children’s Ministry From the Ground Up
I’ve built a children’s ministry from the bottom up. Six years ago, our church had two children in preschool and four in the combined elementary Sunday school class, no midweek…
Sunday School Lesson: Bullying
With this Sunday school lesson: Bullying, use the movie A Bug’s Life to teach children of all ages about bullying. Find more great Sunday school lessons to help kids grow…
How to Teach Kids When It Feels Like Respect is Disappearing
Do you ever feel like respect is disappearing from kids’ vocabulary these days? If so, read on. As I passed by a Sunday morning kindergarten classroom a few weeks ago,…
How to Develop a Ministry for Kids With Disabilities
Here are useful insights from Joni Eareckson Tada on how to develop a ministry for kids with disabilities. When a boy’s arms are paralyzed, how does he raise his hand…
13 Ways to Make Your Children’s Ministry Kid Approved
In one church’s effort to make their programs “kid-targeted” and “kid-inspired,” they learned these things along the way. We create environments that stir kids’ hunger for God’s Word by giving…
Get Smart With These Discipline Tips for Children’s Ministers
Discipline is an ever-present need in children’s ministry settings. Get smart with these discipline tips. Inevitably it happens. If you’ve volunteered in children’s ministry, you’ll never forget the day you…
A Master Plan for Spiritual Growth in Kids
Pull on your overalls and grab your hoe. Because we’re going to explore this passage to discover a master plan for spiritual growth in kids. Children often have trouble grasping…
Critical Lockdown Procedures for Children’s Ministry
It’s imperative to prepare a lockdown plan before you need it. Use these tips to create your plan. Today’s children are exposed to ever-increasing rates of violence. We often associate…
5 Experiences That Help Kids Better Understand Disabilities
People fear what they don’t know so use these 5 ways to help kids understand disabilities. Rachel Olstad, mom to a child with special needs, is working with the Southern…
4 Steps to Helping Nursery Parents Say a Healthy Goodbye
Nursery dropoffs can be an emotional time. These are perfect steps to help parents say a healthy goodbye at your church nursery door. 4 Steps to Helping Nursery Parents Say…
Making Friends and Nurturing Relationships at Any Age
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…
3 Things That Really Matter When You Teach
Jesus, the great teacher, shows us the three things that really matter. Great Bible teachers leave a mark. They masterfully carve God into our lives, and reveal an inconceivable forgiveness.…
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…
5 Steps to Conflict Resolution in Your Ministry and Church
Follow these 5 steps to conflict resolution to experience being a peacemaker in your ministry. Your teaching partner is late. Again. Three times in five weeks. She acknowledges her tardiness…
What You Need to Know About Busting Cliques in Sunday School
The hurtful results of cliques can happen in the Sunday school room, on a group outing, or at a church event. Here’s what you need to know. Sarah ran out…
4 Requirements for Effective Children’s Ministry Teamwork
Use these 4 key teamwork principles to help your ministry effectively ride the waves of change. When the waters are rough and a change of direction is required, you quickly…
