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6 Secrets to Planning a Wildly Successful Fall Festival

Use these secrets to planning a wildly successful festival. We’ll help you make planning your Fall Festival simple and fun. 6 Secrets to Planning a Wildly Successful Fall Festival 1.…

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50 Inexpensive Volunteer Affirmation Ideas From the Grocery Store

We’ve compiled 50 inexpensive volunteer affirmation ideas that you can find in your local grocery store. Simply attach a note and voilà!  What’s something we all have to do at…

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Partnering With Families

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5 Ways to Make Your Family Ministry Count

Don’t limit your family ministry efforts only to Sunday. Here’s how to make family ministry count all week long. You’ve just experienced a wildly successful weekend. You saw wonderment, heard…

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5 Red Flags for Curriculum

There are so many curriculum options out there. How do you choose? While your church likely has specific needs for your ministry context, there are universal features that can make…

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Here’s a Close-Up of Children’s Ministry Curriculum

What makes a great curriculum — and how to make it a win for families and your ministry The cornerstone of every great children’s ministry is a curriculum that sets…

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Age Level

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13 Ways to Build Friendships with the Children You Teach

Don’t miss these 13 practical, healthy ways to build friendships with the kids you teach in your children’s ministry. Each week, we face rooms with children excited and ready to…

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Should Your Ministry Try to Reach Kids—Or Their Parents?

Who should you spend all your time, money, programs, and effort on — kids or parents? Find out from one of the most innovative children’s ministries in America. Here’s a…

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5 Sunday School Attendance Boosters to Encourage Commitment

Use these 5 Sunday school attendance boosters to create opportunities for celebrating faithful attendance, diligent teaching, and successful learning. When parents enroll their children in ballet, soccer, or music lessons,…

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Why Preteens Don’t Come Back to Your Church — and What to Do About It

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…

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10 Ways to Make a Great First Impression With Guests

Do you want families to return to your church? There are specific, proven ways you can make a great first impression on guests so they’ll want to come back. Retailers…

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7 Ways to Avoid the Brink of Burnout

Sometimes we get to the point where we just want a way out of our “ministry lives.” Burnout is real and impacts almost everyone at some point. What then? There…

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5 Fantastic Follow-Up Tools for Children’s Ministry Events

Use these 5 fantastic follow-up tools for children’s ministry events—to get families to return next week. Outreach events can be a lot of work, but they’re worth it when done…

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How to Pick a Winning Children’s Ministry Curriculum

Is finding a new curriculum on your mind? Consider these factors to ensure you choose the best fit for your ministry. It’s that time of year when thoughts of curriculum…

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7 Things to Do When Short on Children’s Ministry Volunteers

With these 7 things to do when short on children’s ministry volunteers, you’ll solve a volunteer crisis quickly. If you’re staring at empty rooms and you can hear the impending…

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Top 3 Reasons for Choosing Published Curriculum

I’ve heard in the past that around 20 percent of children’s ministers write their own curriculum. (And as I’ve mentioned before, I used to reside in that camp.) Since that…

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Top 5 Ways to Rest (and Avoid Burnout!)

Do you find yourself growing increasingly snappy at your volunteers? Postponing phone calls? Growing more and more impatient with kids? Sighing a lot? Perhaps you’re not getting enough rest to…

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The Minute-By-Minute Volunteer Recruitment Strategy You Need

Are people running from you in the church halls again? Before you invest in a new box of Altoids, consider if your ministry recruitment techniques are responsible for the cold…

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Volunteer Management

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Should You Require Parents to Serve in Children’s Ministry?

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…

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7 Secret Ingredients to Your Recipe for Fall Success

Use our recipe to cook up a delicious fall kickoff! Here are the seven secret ingredients for fall success in your children’s ministry. For kids, moving up a grade is…

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The 3 P’s to Shape Your Volunteer Affirmation Ideas

If you’ll follow these 3 P’s of volunteer affirmation, your volunteers will truly feel appreciated. On my desk I keep a paper heart with a handwritten note from a third-grader…

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3 Important “Must-Dos” When Switching Curriculum

Last week we talked about various reasons for choosing a published curriculum. But what if you’re already using published curriculum and the itch to switch arises? Here are some things…

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