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How to Have a R.E.A.L. Impact in Your Children’s Ministry

If you want to have a real impact in children’s ministry, use these four ingredients of R.E.A.L. Learning. In a past VBS experience, we taught kids about the time Jesus…

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5 Steps to Take to Genuinely Partner With Parents

“Partner with parents”—it’s a children’s ministry catchphrase; it’s a tagline; it’s a promise. And I’m going to risk offending you by saying that it’s something few children’s ministers truly do.…

A VBS volunteer smiles as she points at a young boy. He is sitting next to a young girl.

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A Solid Strategy to Keep Your Volunteers After VBS

Once the dust settles following VBS, you may worry about whether your weary volunteers will stick around. Never fear! They will continue serving when you employ a strategy for volunteer…

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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…

A bald elementary boy stretches his arms out as he participates in outdoor inclusive worship.

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Special Needs Ministry: Creating Inclusive Worship Experiences

Inviting children into “big church” allows them to learn the worship format as well as reap the benefits of a multigenerational experience. For families affected by disabilities, however, worship can…

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4 Tips to Strengthen Ministry Relationships Within Your Church

Children’s ministries impact children, but when functioning at their best they also impact entire churches. Unity within your church is foundational to successful children’s ministry. Here are four quick pointers…

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Mix It Up! How Mixed-Age Groups Improve Your VBS

When it comes to organizing kids at your VBS, mixed-age groups may seem like a good idea…but how do you actually pull it off? Read on to hear one former…

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Mental Illness and Your Ministry

What you need to know about the mental illness issues families are dealing with today—and why we’re all so reluctant to talk about it. Justin and Brenda are dismayed to…

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5 Signs You Need a Special Needs Ministry

As a busy children’s ministry leader, I often missed a lot that went on at church even when it was happening all around me—especially when it came to needing a…

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Tough Stuff: Navigating Divorce With Families in Your Church

Not sure how to support kids and their parents as they navigate divorce? Read on for helpful insight and practical examples of how to help kids and families process divorce. …

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How to Use Network Recruiting to Staff Your Vacation Bible School

Need help recruiting for your vacation Bible school? These three tips can help! Let’s face it, the most dreaded part of vacation Bible school (VBS)and almost every other children’s program…

A woman volunteer sits outside on a ledge with a preschool girl. The girl has her knees up to her chest and the volunteer kindly talks with her.

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4 Focus-Areas for Creating a Trauma-Informed Ministry

Mental health principles from the trauma-informed care movement can make your ministry a healing, healthy space for all families. Making Time to Understand Trauma Right now, you’re no more than…

A woman volunteer hugs a boy with special needs.

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5 Ways Special Needs Families Enrich Your Church

Often when talking about families living with special needs, we focus on the side of practical disability ministry—programs, needed resources, volunteers. That’s all good and necessary, but it’s only half…

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Why Do Crafts? Because They Can Make Your Lesson Better

Here’s how crafts can make your lesson better. Almost every Sunday morning after class, children run out of classrooms with a new craft. Some of these crafts make it home…

Two summer staffing volunteers help a child with a craft.

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7 Summer Staffing Solutions to Maximize Your Ministry

Great news! We scouted the best ways to get temporary summer staffing — tried and true ways to maximize all the human resources surrounding you. 7 Summer Staffing Solutions to…

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Soul Care: Why Your Friendship With God Is So Important

You’ve made it through the Easter season. Hallelujah! Now VBS and summer events loom large on the horizon. In your attempt to serve God and nurture young souls during this…

A woman is sitting at a table with other women. She is resting her chin on her hand and has her eyes closed as she laughs joyfully.

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A Fun-Filled, Kid-Hosted Mother’s Day Meal

Let kids take the lead this Mother’s Day! Children from kindergarten up each invite their mother, aunt, grandmother, or another special woman to the meal they prepare! A Fun-Filled, Kid-Hosted…

Woman talking to a man. They are drinking coffee at a table by the fireplace. She is recruiting him to be a volunteer.

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Tips for Effective Volunteer Recruiting

In a volunteer recruiting rut? Join our conversation with veteran recruiters to discover their secrets for effective recruiting that stands the test of time! Will the kids in your ministry…

A parent smiles as he participates at a special event.

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10 Ways to Create Parent Connections That Actually Work

Learn how you can create parent connections that work with today’s families. It’s a children’s minister’s fantasy: Every parent involved in your ministry. You hear weekly, firsthand reports about kids’…

A woman, who looks very sad, pulls a young boy in for a hug. She has her hand on the back of his head. She seems to be apt at helping children grieve in a healthy way.

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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…

Two women in a worship service. One woman has her arm around another woman's shoulder. They are praying against burnout.

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4 Strategies for Combatting a Burnout Season in Ministry

It’s not just the tough times that leave us running on empty. The good times in your ministry can lead to a burnout season, too, if you’re not careful. Burnout…

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How to Have a R.E.A.L. Impact in Your Children’s Ministry

5 Steps to Take to Genuinely Partner With Parents

A Solid Strategy to Keep Your Volunteers After VBS

Faith That Lasts: Fostering Lifelong Faith in Kids

Special Needs Ministry: Creating Inclusive Worship Experiences

4 Tips to Strengthen Ministry Relationships Within Your Church

Mix It Up! How Mixed-Age Groups Improve Your VBS

Mental Illness and Your Ministry

5 Signs You Need a Special Needs Ministry

Tough Stuff: Navigating Divorce With Families in Your Church

How to Use Network Recruiting to Staff Your Vacation Bible School

4 Focus-Areas for Creating a Trauma-Informed Ministry

5 Ways Special Needs Families Enrich Your Church

Why Do Crafts? Because They Can Make Your Lesson Better

7 Summer Staffing Solutions to Maximize Your Ministry

Soul Care: Why Your Friendship With God Is So Important

A Fun-Filled, Kid-Hosted Mother’s Day Meal

Tips for Effective Volunteer Recruiting

10 Ways to Create Parent Connections That Actually Work

How to Help Children Grieve: Advice From a Grief Counselor

4 Strategies for Combatting a Burnout Season in Ministry

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