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Faith That Lasts: Fostering Lifelong Faith in Kids

What can you do now to help children grow a lifelong friendship with Jesus? And what can you do when they don’t? Read on to discover 10 things you can…

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How to Infuse Lifelong Faith in Preschoolers

Your preschool ministry offers an opportunity to infuse little ones with faith at one of the most important points in their lives. If you work with preschoolers, it’s likely you’re…

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Age Level Insights: Encouraging Kids to Pray at All Ages

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…

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5 Important Ways to Help Parents Pass On Faith to Kids

Here are five ways to help parents pass on faith to their children.  How do your kids’ parents view you? Are you the babysitter they leave their kids with while…

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5 Family God Sightings: Noticing God at Work in Families Today

When we look at families today, many of the general challenges and stressors are fairly easy to identify. But when was the last time you paused to notice the good…

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5 Questions to Ask Yourself as You Teach Kids to Pray

If you want to teach kids to pray, answer these five important questions. The class ends, and you plop into a chair to quietly ponder the morning. You started class…

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3 Faith-Building Activities for Parents to Do With Their Kids

Share these three faith-building tips for parents in your newsletter or website, or hand them out! Faith-Building Idea #1. Doodle Prayers Carry a Magna Doodle drawing toy in your vehicle.…

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Age-Level Insights: How Kids Learn Bible Stories at All Ages

Here’s a peek into how children of various ages and stages learn Bible stories — and ways to teach them. How Children Learn Bible Stories Ages 2 to 5 Years…

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10 Ways to Focus Families on a “Faith at Home” Outlook

Help busy Christian families focus on a “faith at home” outlook with these 10 time-savvy ideas! Families are swamped. Schedules overflow with commitments. You hear or read about overextended families…

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Practical Ways to Help Families Nurture Faith at Home

A spiritual home will nurture a spiritual child who grows into a spiritual adult. Here are specific activities to help parents make formative faith connections at home. Family devotions are…

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9 Easy Ways to Make Life Application Part of Every Lesson

A lesson is just words if it doesn’t include meaningful life application. Here’s how to be sure every activity goes deeper for true understanding and transformation. You jumped into children’s…

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Puzzles With a Purpose: From Time Filler to Teaching Tool

Using puzzles and activity pages in children’s ministry is nothing new. Many of us grew up doing Bible word searches and dutifully filling in the blanks. But Group has historically…

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Faith: How to Ensure Kids Are Getting the Message

Wonder whether kids are listening when you teach? Fear your words go in one ear and out the other? When it comes to faith, here’s how to ensure kids are…

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High-Energy Elementary Game for All Saints’ Day

In this game, kids use their noses to carry cotton balls across a line. This is a great experience to include for All Saints’ Day! Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-2 You’ll need:…

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5 Ways to Stop Shaming Kids in the Name of Jesus

There’s no children’s minister out there who intentionally attempts to evoke shame in kids. But when our words or communication are misguided or careless, shame is often the result. And…

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9 Fabulous Fall Ideas to Use in Your Children’s Ministry

Use these 9 ideas to make this your most amazing fall for families, children, and your entire church. Colorful leaves, football, hayrides, apple cider, a return to school, and fuller…

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Teaching Kids to Pray for Miracles

We want kids to pray and trust God for answers, but when it comes to the really big prayers — the ones that need miracles — how do we pray…

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Preteen Lesson: Do Miracles Happen Today Like in the Bible?

Today’s preteens have nearly seen it all—whether it’s unnerving news reports, violent video games, outrageous reality TV, special effects, or superpowers. If you ask kids, they’ll easily offer reports of…

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Is Your Sunday School Communicating Shame in the “Shoulds”?

Do all of our “shoulds” teach children that being a Christian is more about rules than it is about relationship with Jesus?  I failed him. His drawing made it clear.…

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7 Summer Faith Builders for Families to Try Together

Here are 7 faith builders tailor-made for families to use as summer family activities. Fancy trips and high-tech gadgets aren’t required for first-rate family memories. In fact, some of the…

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Appropriate Faith Development Through the Years

Here’s your developmentally appropriate guide-at-a-glance for effectively encouraging faith development in kids of all ages. Remember, children’s personalities and developmental pace vary. Hold these guidelines on a sliding scale for…

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