Comments on: Facilities: Do You Have Room For Your Children’s Ministry? http://ministry-to-children.com/facilities/ Children's ministry should NOT be so hard . . . Ministry-To-Children.com exists to help you. You'll find thousands of lessons, ideas, and resources for telling kids about Jesus. All of this is 100% free and easy to print.. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:40:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anthony Prince http://ministry-to-children.com/facilities/comment-page-1/#comment-6461 Anthony Prince Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:59:51 +0000 http://ministry-to-children.com/?p=2041#comment-6461 Our church recently upgraded our playground area. I blogged about the process we went through in the series of posts found below: http://westcoastcm.wordpress.com/2009/04/25/the-law-of-3/ http://westcoastcm.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/saving-money-serving-jesus/ http://westcoastcm.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/without-killing-yourself/ http://westcoastcm.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/new-playground-video/ Our church recently upgraded our playground area.
I blogged about the process we went through in the series of posts found below:
http://westcoastcm.wordpress.com/2009/04/25/the-law-of-3/
http://westcoastcm.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/saving-money-serving-jesus/
http://westcoastcm.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/without-killing-yourself/
http://westcoastcm.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/new-playground-video/

]]> By: Tony Kummer http://ministry-to-children.com/facilities/comment-page-1/#comment-6445 Tony Kummer Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:19:06 +0000 http://ministry-to-children.com/?p=2041#comment-6445 Charlie, Our church is blessed with a great facility for the size of our congregation. We have a nice technology set-up in children's church, a custom playground and a few acres for Upward Soccer. I do see Brenna's point and we've had to fight the building-matter-more-than-people attitude that creeps up on everyone. Thanks for writing this post. It's a good issue to bring up. Charlie,
Our church is blessed with a great facility for the size of our congregation. We have a nice technology set-up in children’s church, a custom playground and a few acres for Upward Soccer.

I do see Brenna’s point and we’ve had to fight the building-matter-more-than-people attitude that creeps up on everyone.

Thanks for writing this post. It’s a good issue to bring up.

]]> By: Tony Kummer http://ministry-to-children.com/facilities/comment-page-1/#comment-6444 Tony Kummer Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:16:52 +0000 http://ministry-to-children.com/?p=2041#comment-6444 I really respect this outward focus and expect that you see a lot of people in your ministry that would never come into a church building. Thanks again for adding some balance to our site. I really respect this outward focus and expect that you see a lot of people in your ministry that would never come into a church building. Thanks again for adding some balance to our site.

]]> By: Charlie Wallace http://ministry-to-children.com/facilities/comment-page-1/#comment-6436 Charlie Wallace Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:21:27 +0000 http://ministry-to-children.com/?p=2041#comment-6436 Brenna, Please do not think that I am suggesting that to put money into facilities is to forget about those outside of the church. In fact, one of the best ways to reach young couples and children is to have a safe, clean, and fresh Children's area. You don't have to spend mega bucks do have that either. I'm a firm believer that everything that we do in Children's ministry should be done in excellence, however "excellence" will differ from church to church. I can't imagine how tough it is to do Children's ministry week after week in a rented building! Brenna,

Please do not think that I am suggesting that to put money into facilities is to forget about those outside of the church. In fact, one of the best ways to reach young couples and children is to have a safe, clean, and fresh Children’s area. You don’t have to spend mega bucks do have that either. I’m a firm believer that everything that we do in Children’s ministry should be done in excellence, however “excellence” will differ from church to church.

I can’t imagine how tough it is to do Children’s ministry week after week in a rented building!

]]> By: Brenna http://ministry-to-children.com/facilities/comment-page-1/#comment-6435 Brenna Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:03:40 +0000 http://ministry-to-children.com/?p=2041#comment-6435 What facilities?? Our church meets each Saturday night ...yes, Saturday night... in rented facilities. This is often a very common arrangement, especially in regions outside of the south. Yes, sometimes we lose people's interests because we don't have our own facilities but the faithful attenders we have each week have gotten over this idea. They are ok with renting from another church, holding worship on an alternate day, and being creative with our home Bible study times and fellowships. Sometimes it would be nice to have our own facility but then we would forget that we are supposed to be out in the field, not tied to a building! What facilities?? Our church meets each Saturday night …yes, Saturday night… in rented facilities. This is often a very common arrangement, especially in regions outside of the south. Yes, sometimes we lose people’s interests because we don’t have our own facilities but the faithful attenders we have each week have gotten over this idea. They are ok with renting from another church, holding worship on an alternate day, and being creative with our home Bible study times and fellowships. Sometimes it would be nice to have our own facility but then we would forget that we are supposed to be out in the field, not tied to a building!

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