From the category archives:

Children's Ministry Encouragement & Vision

Ministries Live or Die On This

17 Jan | by Kristin Charles Children's Ministry Encouragement & Vision
Ministry Tree

There’s been a bizarre magnetic field around my Bible of late, mostly around John 15.  Every day, I feel like I should read some other chapters, but John 15 gets me every time.  It has to. 
I say that because we are entrenched in ministry.  We serve in our home, in our church, in schools, and [...]

Read the full article →

Make Time for Spiritual Refreshment

08 Nov | by Kristin Charles Children's Ministry Encouragement & Vision
Simple Children's Ministry

As servants in children’s ministry, there are multiple demands placed on us.
Some of those demands are external and include job responsibilities related to our position of leadership.  They may include the need for more volunteers, restructuring Sunday School classes, preparing next week’s Bible lesson, or planning the upcoming Christmas drama.
Some of those demands are internal and [...]

Read the full article →

110 Reasons to Love Children’s Ministry

03 Nov | by Tony Kummer Children's Ministry Encouragement & Vision
Why Do You Love Children's Ministry

A few weeks back, I asked our readers to answer one simple question – why do you love children’s ministry? The response has been amazing and each answer has personally encouraged me. This post is an edited list of those responses, with a few of my own mixed in.  I tried to combine duplicate answers [...]

Read the full article →

Children & Prayer: What are real kids praying about?

21 Oct | by Tony Kummer Children's Ministry Encouragement & Vision
Thumbnail image for Children & Prayer: What are real kids praying about?

Prayer is our direct connection with God. As children grow spiritually we teach them to call on their Father in Heaven. Sometimes the honesty of these prayers reminds us what Jesus meant by the faith of a child. Here is an amazing video that features the real prayers that children pray.
This is the kind of [...]

Read the full article →

Do You Have a Children’s Ministry Philosophy?

08 Sep | by Charlie Wallace Children's Ministry Encouragement & Vision
Thumbnail image for Do You Have a Children’s Ministry Philosophy?

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 [...]

Read the full article →

Church Decline: Ministry in a Shrinking Church

03 Sep | by Tony Kummer Children's Ministry Encouragement & Vision
Thumbnail image for Church Decline: Ministry in a Shrinking Church

Confession time – my church is shrinking. I would not say that we are dying, but the numbers show a steady 20% downtrend over the past five years. That is an approximate number for both giving and attendance. There are several factors, but without question my church is in a period of decline.
This is not [...]

Read the full article →

Charles Spurgeon’s Encouragement for Children’s Workers

01 Sep | by Jeri Tanner Children's Ministry Encouragement & Vision
Thumbnail image for Charles Spurgeon’s Encouragement for Children’s Workers

Charles Haddon Spurgeon, the “Prince of Preachers,” served as Pastor at Metropolitan Tabernacle in London, England from 1854-1891. Here are words of wisdom on children’s ministry taken from a chapter in his book “Come, My Children:”
“Nowadays, since the world has in it, alas! so few of Christian mothers and grandmothers, the church has thought [...]

Read the full article →

Is Your Kids Ministry Becoming Spiritually Toxic?

28 Aug | by Tony Kummer Children's Ministry Encouragement & Vision
Thumbnail image for Is Your Kids Ministry Becoming Spiritually Toxic?

Over the last few years, there have been hundreds of toy recalls. Some have been poor design, but many are due to toxic materials. As a parent, I shudder to think of my little ones playing (and chewing) on toys covered in lead paint.
Every church that loves children has been equally careful to remove these [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

"Friend of Sinners"