Children’s Ministry Encouragement & Vision

Why I Don’t Want to Be Too Good at Kidmin

August 19th by Wayne Stocks

I saw a tweet the other day extolling the virtues of summer volunteers because they bring excitement and enough nervousness to rely on Jesus (thanks @mattguevara). That tweet set me thinking about my own approach to children’s ministry. I constantly talk about the need to be prepared, the need to invest the time, the need [...]

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5 Articles to Encourage Your Children’s Ministry

August 4th by Tony Kummer

With all the content on our website, it can be easy for new readers to miss some great articles. In this post I want to highlight some of our most encouraging writings. Like always, you can print these off to share with others and even publish them in your church newsletter. If you have a blog [...]

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What’s the Proper Role of Children’s Ministry?

July 24th by Wayne Stocks

I will preface this post by saying that this is not a post with a whole lot of answers (to be properly read….none). Instead, this post focuses on a series of questions that have been bouncing around my head recently when it comes to teaching kids about God. I recently came across the following quote [...]

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Surviving Ministry in a Shrinking Church

July 9th by Tony Kummer

It’s been a few months since our last Think Tank discussion. These are occasional forum-type posts where I ask several Children’s Ministry leaders to respond to a difficult question. The responses are always helpful and bring insight from several different directions. For this session of the Think Tank, I posed a question that affects my [...]

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How Do You Build Momentum in Your Children’s Ministry?

July 9th by Wayne Stocks

Have you ever had “that moment?” The moment in kids’ ministry when you’re in front of a group of young children trying to explain the gospel to them, and God gives you words that you know must have come from him because you’re not smart enough to explain it that way? I had that moment [...]

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5 Ways To Balance Family and Church Ministry

June 17th by Kristin Charles

For my husband and I, serving in the local church is a regular part of our lives. We’re integrated, involved, and intentional about our role in the body of Christ. God has impacted us that we might impact the next generation and we love it. However, sometimes we mostly I have a difficult time balancing [...]

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Does Quality Time Always Have to Be Spiritual Time?

June 7th by Wayne Stocks

The other night marked the end of our yearly AWANA program for the summer. We did our awards ceremony and had a cupcake banquet after. I had a great year coordinating games this year and getting to have fun with the kids. As game leader, I had the privilege of leading a couple of hundred [...]

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The Truth About This Sunday

May 20th by Wayne Stocks

This weekend may very well be just another weekend for you – not so different than the one that came before or the ones to come. It may be a weekend just like any other in your life. Saturday, you’ll spend some time preparing for your Sunday lesson. You’ll get a good night’s sleep Saturday [...]

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Ministries Live or Die On This

January 17th by Kristin Charles

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, [...]

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Make Time for Spiritual Refreshment

November 8th by Kristin Charles

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 [...]

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