5 Ways Kids Can Play for God’s Team
Any football fans out there? It’s true that the enthusiasm can be taken too far…but with the right attitude, I’ve always found Super Bowl Sunday to be a time for…
Preteens
Children ages 10-12 are exceptionally moldable and eager to learn. We want to equip you with the tools you’ll need to minister to this special age group. Grab tips and tricks to share with your Sunday School teachers and children’s ministry volunteers, and learn how to get preteens thinking and growing today!
What You’ll Find
In this section, we’ve compiled tips, ideas, and methods from children’s ministry experts for understanding and teaching your 5th and 6th-grade kids. Read from ministers like you about the challenges and joys of ministering to 10 through 12-year-olds. In an increasingly technological society, discover four ways to help preteens see who they are. Learn why they make the best leaders. Check out expert help to reach preteens for Jesus. And lots more!
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About Preteens
11 Keys to Engaging Kids in Worship
Musician Justin Graves reveals the secrets to getting kids “all in” when it comes to worship. Kids worship seems like a no-brainer, right? Just throw a few songs together, get…
Fearless Conversation With Preteens
Rather than run from uncomfortable topics with preteens, they need you to set everything aside—and engage in a fearless conversation. “If God is on our side, why did my friend’s…
14 Playful Ways to Reinforce Sunday School Lessons
Use these 14 playful ideas to reinforce your lessons about the Word of God. It’s been a long week, and Saturday night has you scrambling through your lesson plan. Quickly…
Train Kids to Be Leaders in the Church
These children’s ministers believe kids are the church’s ministers and leaders of today. Here’s how they’re growing kids’ gifts and skills for power-packed ministry. There’s a great and familiar story…
How to Answer Kids’ Toughest Questions
Insights from experts on how to answer kids’ toughest questions. You’ve heard them before: Those questions from children that stops you cold and leaves you searching for the right words…
Is Your Ministry SEL Compatible?
Learn how SEL (Social-Emotional Learning) in education is challenging—and changing—kids today. As I enter a first-grade classroom in Sacramento, California, two girls leave the group and make a beeline for…
Ministry Secrets From a Gaming Guru
Discover the keys from a video-game worldbuilder to capture kids’ attention through gaming in ways that’ll impact their minds, hearts, and faith growth. Games are everywhere, even if they don’t…
24 Smart Ways to Get Kids Into the Bible
Use these 24 smart Bible study idea designed to help kids get into the Bible—made exactly for them. I love studying the Bible, looking up verses and cross-references, diving into…
How to Teach Kids to Have Reasonable Faith
What a cold-case homicide detective wants to teach kids about having a reasonable faith. J. Warner Wallace was an avowed atheist until age 35. He rejected the New Testament claims…
