I had never heard of a church based Trunk or Treat until I became a children’s minister a few year ago. To be honest, I wondered if the idea was blasphemous to encourage trick or treating at the church facility. I found out quickly that it was an excellent outreach event to our community. For […]
What’s a Christian Dad Suppose To Do: Randy Stinson
What follows is my rough paraphrase and summary of a talk from the 2010 Connecting Church and Home Conference. In this break-out session, Randy Stinson assumed a basic understanding of Ephesians 5:22-33. This message was more about an application for husbands as they lead their families. There are nine applications that build on one another. […]
6 Habits of Gospel-Centered Homes: Peter Schemm
What follows is a rough paraphrase and summary from the 2010 Connecting Chruch & Home Conference. This session was comprised of the eleventh chapter of the forthcoming book, Trained in the Fear of God edited by Randy Stinson and Timothy Paul Jones. While we did not delve deep into each point Schemm has, we did […]
M is for Manuscript (Apologetics in Children’s Ministry)
Questions Asked These are some of the questions that you may be asked in the course of your ministry. How do we know that the Bible we read today is what they wrote so long ago? Didn’t man decide what was going to be in the Bible? The Bible is full of errors, how can […]
Heart Crafts for Sunday School (John 3:16 Printable)
If you’re looking for Christian ideas for Valentine’s day, this John 3:16 valentine printable should help. Use it for crafts in your Sunday School or children’s church. We first posted it for Valentine’s Day, but you could also use it on March 3-16 for John 316 day. It has the text of John 3:16 in […]
God’s Holy Spirit Is Everywhere (Psalm 139:7) Object Lesson
Use science to illustrate Bible Truth! This classic object lesson is a fun way to explain that God’s Holy Spirit is everywhere even when we can’t see it. Watch the video example below. Have you ever been asked the following question? How can the Holy Spirit be a person in the Trinity and yet He […]
Apologetics in Children’s Ministry: An Introduction
“Always [be] prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you” –1 Peter 3:15 Recently, we interviewed Ken Ham and he talked about the need for apologetics to be taught in the Sunday School room and in the church in general. We, here at […]
An Interview with Ken Ham, President of Answers In Genesis (Part 3 of 3)
This post is part 3 of 3 of our special interview with Ken Ham, the president of Answers in Genesis. Here are the links to read part one and part two. MtC: What do you believe is the solution to the mass exodus taking place with the younger generation? Ken: Churches need to do a […]
An Interview with Ken Ham, President of Answers In Genesis (Part 2 of 3)
This post is part 2 of 3 of our special interview with Ken Ham, the president of Answers in Genesis. Here are the links to read part one and part three. MtC: You recently wrote a book entitled “Already Gone” with the help of research performed by Britt Beemer. While it is safe to say that […]
An Interview with Ken Ham, President of Answers In Genesis (Part 1 of 3)
This post is part 1 of 3 of our special interview with Ken Ham, the president of Answers in Genesis. Here are the links to read part two and part three. Ministry to Children (MtC): Please tell our readers a little about yourself and your ministry. Ken Ham (Ken): I like to call myself “a missionary […]
Review: VeggieTales DVD Library Curriculum
Many of our readers at Ministry To Children are familiar with the Veggie Tales DVD’s. Yes, we have been critical of VeggieTales in the past, but we have also been complimentary as evidenced by this interview with Phil Vischer, the creator of VeggieTales. Now, they are at it again in helping Children’s Ministries reach children […]
Already Gone: A Must Read Book for Ministers & Sunday School Teachers
Why your kids will quit church and what you can do to stop it I recently wrote a review of a book at Christian Book Notes that I believe everyone in the ministry from children to senior pastoral ministry must read. The book is entitled Already Gone by Ken Ham and Britt Beemer. It seeks […]
Can the Polar Express Movie Be an Evangelism Tool?
Confession time. I recently watched The Polar Express for the first time with my boys and I have to admit that I found myself in tears during a few scenes. As I racked my brain trying to figure out why I was crying, I realized it was the unintended hidden message of the movie. For […]
Advent Children’s Sermon: Those Christmas Lights
Here is a brief devotion for Christmas based on some observations of the Christmas lights. Put these ideas into your own words and you could easily use this content as a Children’s Sermon around Christmas or Advent Season. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the […]
Christmas Reflections on the Nativity & Children’s Ministry
I love the Christmas season. We get to decorate our house and set up our nativity to celebrate the coming of our Lord and savior. Every time I hold a newborn baby, I think back to the first Christmas. Can you imagine what Mary must have felt like holding the Son of God? On one […]
Christmas Children’s Sermon: The Wise Men & Christmas
How many of your Nativity sets have wise men in them? Where do you usually place your wise men? Do you want to know where I place mine? Good! I place mine either on the other side of the entertainment center (across from the nativity) or if they are larger, on the other side of […]
Christmas Devotional: How to Keep Christmas Focused on Jesus
In Children’s Ministry, it is easy for us to challenge the kids in our care at the church to be mindful of Christ at Christmas. I have found that it is somewhat more difficult to get the parents to keep Christ at the center of Christmas. I have discovered some nice resources that help to […]
Making Un-Churched Childern & Families Feel Welcome
I realize not every church has the same cultural context as mine, but as children’s ministers we all are striving to reach the kids in our community whether that community is rural or inner-city. When we do start bringing these children in to our churches, do they feel welcome? I am thinking primarily about the […]
Children’s Sermon: He Sat Down!
So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. –Mark 16:19 (ESV) This could be the last children’s sermon in a series about the gospel of Jesus Christ, but can also stand alone. For those churches who have skits […]
Children’s Sermon About Creation (Days 1-4)
Leader: Who knows what God created? Children: everything, the earth, the sun, the universe, the stars, animals, people (let them give a good list to get the idea that all things were created by God). Leader: Does anyone know what God created first according to Genesis 1? (Gen. 1:3-5) It is very important that we […]