Here is my weekly roundup of some interesting and newsworthy links about children’s ministry. Most of these come from the Children’s Ministry blogs that I follow. I’m tweaking the format to make it a little more fun. Enjoy keeping current!
It’s Official
All the cool Kidmin leaders are going to Napkin. They even have Peter Parker in the promo video. Get more info from Justyn Smith or check out their conference website.
“I got the sickness.”
That is what one very ill first grader said right before I sent him to rest in my office. You can avoid some of that hassle if you follow these tips from North Point Kids about communicating your child wellness policy.
Need Some Games?
The Blog of Dan has some great Bible games for kids.
VBS = Evangelism
According to LifeWay Research, VBS is the #1 outreach event in most Southern Baptist Churches.
9 Trends in CM Leadership
Here are the first four from Ryan Frank, editor of K! (the new children’s ministry magazine).
- Trend #1: Children’s pastors are doing more with less
- Trend #2: Children’s pastors are networking online
- Trend #3: Church staffers are learning together
- Trend #4: Limited budgets and busy volunteers require creativity in training
Orange Tweet Recap
Matt consolidates his twitter notes from Orange on one post.
Attendance Downturn?
Kenny asks if anyone took a bigger than normal hit on attendance in October?
Happy Birthday Jesus
Here’s a creative + family friendly kids ministry activity for Christmas. You might also enjoy Brittany’s post about planning an Advent Festival.
Blog Patrol
Wayne’s monthly children’s ministry roundup is massive.
Bad Behavior
Yes – I’m printing this one out.
Family Ministry Week
Everyone was posting about family ministry this week, here are a few of the best offerings.
- Is Your Church Hospitable to Families with Children?
- Family Ministry Book discussion from Sojourn Kids
- Biblical Basis for Parental Responsibility from Glen Woods
Family Ministry Fail
Both Wayne and Todd posted about this funny video about bedtime prayers.
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Ha! you mean Emo Peter Parker.
“With great power comes great responsibility.”
The video made you look more like the good Peter Parker, it must have been some heavy editing.
>> According to LifeWay Research, VBS is the #1 outreach event in most Southern Baptist Churches.
Yeah, that’s not an unbiased piece of research at all.
It sounds legit, but they are doing survey’s with pastors of SBC churches. My problem is when they take the stats and then use them in their marketing to make VBS sound like the best and only option for reaching people.
Perhaps they need independent research, using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Might yield more helpful results.