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Ministry leaders can save time by using document templates
“Why reinvent the wheel?”
That’s what one busy ministry leader said to me about creating forms for her children’s programs. I completely agreed and decided to put together a central list for finding these resources online.
Most of the following are free resources from other websites. Please leave a comment if you know of other forms online. You can also email me your documents and I’ll post them here for other readers to use.
Planning Ahead
- Sample Budget (from Children’s Ministry Online)
- Budget (MS Word format at Cold Water Cafe )
- Ministry Operating Budget xls spreadsheet (from Children’s Ministry Archive)
- Volunteer Schedule (MS Word format at Cold Water Cafe )
- Discipline Policy (from Dick Gruber)
- Discipline Policy MS Word doc (from Children’s Ministry Archive)
- Communication Planning & Template (from our website)
- Maintenance Request (MS Word format at Cold Water Cafe )
- Service Planning Checklist (MS Word format at Cold Water Cafe )
- Church Nursery Worker Job Description (our website)
- Church Nursery Schedule (our website)
Volunteer Forms
- Application for Adult Workers (MS Word format at Cold Water Cafe )
- Volunteer Application MS Word doc (from Children’s Ministry Archive)
- Youth Worker Recommendation (MS Word format at Cold Water Cafe )
- Permission for Youth to Volunteer (MS Word format at Cold Water Cafe )
- Volunteer Pledge of Commitment (MS Word format at Cold Water Cafe )
Registration & Permission Forms
- Child Registration Form (from Children’s Ministry Online)
- Activity Registration From PDF (Berea United Methodist Church)
- Special Need Ministry Intake Forms (from The Inclusive Church Blog)
- Field Trip Permission Slip (MS Word format at Cold Water Cafe )
Follow-Up and Post Service
- Exit Interviews / Lesson Review Template (our website)
- Comments Concerns (MS Word format at Cold Water Cafe )
- First Time Visitor Letter (MS Word format at Cold Water Cafe )
- Incident Accident Report (MS Word format at Cold Water Cafe )
- Prayer Request Praise Report (MS Word format at Cold Water Cafe )
- Salvation Follow-Up Letter to Child (MS Word format at Cold Water Cafe )
- Child Sign In Sheet (MS Word format at Cold Water Cafe )
- VBS Follow-Up letter for kids (our website)
- VBS evaluation forms for volunteers (our website)
- Year End Review of Children’s Ministry MS Word doc (from Children’s Ministry Archive)
Volunteer Encouragement
- The Calling Poem (from Kidz Blitz Ministries)
- 5 Articles to Encourage Your Ministry (from our website)
More Resources on the Internet
- Free CM Stuff is always posting new places to find free printable forms
- Here is another website listing free children’s ministry forms
- Large variety of forms & templates at the Children’s Ministry Archive.
- Effective Children’s Ministry has free PowerPoint review games
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Wow! What a terrific list and fabulous resource, Tony! Thank you so much for posting this and for taking the time to put it all in one place. Much appreciated!
This list is phenomenal. It is a GREAT resource. Thank you so much for compiling it. We will certainly be utilizing it a ton. Will save a lot of time too. Thanks!