Charlie Wallace

The Gospel for Children: The Importance of Jesus in Every Kids Church Lesson

October 24th by Charlie Wallace
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I took part in a roundtable discussion yesterday with pastors and staff from churches around the area. The topic and reason for the conference was the subject of evangelism.  It was a great time of church leaders sharing different ways that they try to reach people for Jesus. I was the lone children’s pastor in [...]

Children & Salvation

Kids Ministry Game: Captain Midnight

October 20th by Charlie Wallace
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Here is another “backpocket” game that you can play if you have a large group of kids and a large area where they can run.  This can be a game that you can play to fill up time at an Easter Egg Hunt, Backyard Bible Club, or whatever the situation. Like Quiet Ball and Silent [...]

Children's Ministry Activities

Book Review: Family-Integrated Church

October 9th by Charlie Wallace
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One of the current buzzwords in churchlife today is the phrase, “family-integrated.” However, what looks to the casual observer as simply a “fad” is more than that: it is a theological, methodological, and philosophical conviction for those leaders in churches who are truly family-integrated. Family-Integrated Church, by J. Mark Fox, (Xulon, 2006) is one church’s [...]

Book Reviews

Avoid Ministry Burnout & Do More Through Delegation

September 25th by Charlie Wallace
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Those that lead in children’s ministry are typically expected to “do everything” – even if they are not gifted in certain areas. In fact, a common notion is that a “good” Children’s Pastor is one that teaches, administrates, leads, takes out the trash, trains teachers often, is at the church 6 days a week (at [...]

Children's Ministry Leadership

Dealing with Ministry Conflict through Email – Should We?

September 19th by Charlie Wallace
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Raise your hand if you’ve ever received an angry complaint via email. Now, think about that incident and imagine what the “conversation” may have sounded like if it had taken place over the phone. What about in person? The fact of the matter is that when dealing with conflict or complaints a good rule of [...]

Children's Ministry Ideas

Do You Have a Children’s Ministry Philosophy?

September 8th by Charlie Wallace
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Children’s ministry can be messy. The main reason that it can be messy is because you, as a children’s ministry leader must deal with parents of young children. Most often that means you deal with young, first-time parents. These parents love their children and will kill for them (not literally…at least I don’t think). One [...]

Children's Ministry Encouragement & Vision

What About Promotion Sunday?

August 12th by Charlie Wallace
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At the church where I serve, Promotion Sunday, that day when kids move up to the next grade/class in Sunday School and other activities, for years occurred the first Sunday of September. However, by the time I arrived the date had been pushed back to the first Sunday in June. This was done primarily for [...]

Sunday School Ideas

Post VBS Review of Group’s Rome

July 28th by Charlie Wallace
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This year the church were I serve decided to do something it had never done before by branching out and doing Group’s VBS, Rome: Paul and the Underground Church. For years my church has done Lifeway’s VBS. In fact, preparation became so predictable that at times we were just going through the motions. After looking [...]

VBS 2009

AWANA Games for Children’s Ministry: Silent Football

July 6th by Charlie Wallace

Here is another great “backpocket” game to play with kids when you need them to settle down and/or kill time. The game is called Silent Football. Many of you have perhaps heard of this game. Here is how it works: – Have the kids sit in a tight circle – Explain that the point of [...]

Children's Ministry Activities

AWANA Games for Children’s Ministry: Quiet Ball

June 15th by Charlie Wallace
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Sometimes as a leader in children’s ministry you may find yourself in a most inevitable and unfortunate position: downtime. What do you do when you have 30 kids and 5-10 minutes to kill? When I worked at the YMCA we had a stash of ideas that we called “backpocket games.” These games were a way [...]

Children's Ministry Activities

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