This Week in Children’s Ministry for 1/20/2010

It’s been a busy week in the kidmin blogosphere, here are a few of the posts I thought would be helpful to pass along to our readers. If I left off something big, leave me a comment below. Enjoy!

Newsworthy

• 1/3 of US 11 year olds have cell phones (chart)
• Karl Bastian posted some pics from the CPC
• Kidology is Giving Away some great curriculum
• Sam Luce interview with Dallas Willard (one, two, three)
• Top 5 Children’s Ministry Website according to CM Magazine (and they mention us!)
• Scott McKnight blogs about Spiritual Formation & Children’s Ministry (HT)
• The Myth of the Perfect Parent
• Roe vs Wade is now 37 – Trevin Wax reflects

Haiti Earthquake and Children’s Ministry

• Why Bad Things Happen & Teaching Kids to Respond Through Mission
• Haiti and Your Children’s Ministry
• Compassion International on Helping Haiti
• My video giving tips for helping Haitian Kids
• Mark Driscoll updates from Haiti
• Albert Mohler asks “Does God Hate Haiti?” (The answer is John 3:16)
• Sojourn Music shares a Lament for the People of Haiti with free Mp3

I’m Seeing Orange

Kenny Conley has been coordinating some great conversation with an even called “Orange Week.” He has several different children’s ministry bloggers dealing with 5 topics related to church & families partnering together. This all ties back to a conference and curriculum of the ReThink Group. Here are some of the blogs involved.

• Revival Fire Kids
• Children’s Ministry Online
• Sam Luce
• Gina McClain
• Jonathan Cliff
• Dan Scott

Practical Help

• Don’t Turn the Bible into a Fairy Tale
• Lesson Outline about Kids Honoring Their Parents
• Win a Kidology Handbook
• Ask these questions to learn if your church values Kids Ministry
• Family Devotion about Loving God
• Some thoughts on being a better storyteller
• More tips on teaching large groups of children
• Sojourn Kids is doing a visual art project on Proverbs
• 10 Commandment for teaching Sunday School
• Free PowerPoint about Trusting the Bible
• North Point Kids learning How To Pray
• 10 Ways Your Church Can Support Spiritual Parenting
• Why Sick Kids (and Adult Leaders) Should Not Come To Church
• More Family Ministry Ideas from Ryan Frank

Be sure to check out our Big List of Children’s Ministry Blogs

Related posts:

1. This Week in Children’s Ministry for 1/6/2010
2. This Week in Children’s Ministry for 1/12/2010
3. This Week in Children’s Ministry for 12/28/2009
4. This Week in Children’s Ministry for 12/16/2009
5. This Week in Children’s Ministry for 12/02/2009