The following children’s Bible lesson on God’s promise to Abraham will help children to understand more about God’s plan to restore mankind. It continues a children’s church curriculum based on The Big Picture Story Bible. These children’s church lessons can easily be modified to serve as children’s Sunday School lessons.Download this lesson plan as a Microsoft Word document from this … More Children’s Ministry Resources
The following children’s Bible lesson on life outside the garden will help children to understand more about the consequences of sin. It continues a children’s church curriculum based on &utm_medium=blogpartners”>The Big Picture Story Bible. These children’s church lessons can easily be modified to serve as children’s Sunday School lessons. These kid’s Bible lesson are offered as guides for your own … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Over the past week, I’ve been helping set up a new site for Christian devotions. The site works like an RSS aggregator and pulls all the best daily bible devotions into one homepage. The end results is an extremely user friendly way to make use of these excellent online devotions. Going forward the site will add more features and begin … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Teaching children about missions is important. Tonight I found several great websites that offer missions education for children. These were links I found on the Kids page from Wycliffe Bible translators. Just for fun, I asked my 8 year old Son to check out these sites and give me a few comments for this post. I’ve put his thoughts in … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Last week I watched a documentary about my city. It included video footage from the early 1930s. Several clips showed children at local elementary schools lining up for school dismissal. These boys and girls had bright eyes and faces full of hope. Many of them looked familiar and I almost expected to see kids from my church mixed into the … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Most churches commit a set amount of their children’s ministry budget to pay for vacation bible school. The main expenses are VBS curriculum, craft supplies, advertising, and decorations. But this year, many smaller churches are facing hard times and mid-year budget cuts. How will they afford Vacation Bible School material? I just found a few new Vacation Bible School ideas … More Children’s Ministry Resources
The following children’s Bible lesson on The Fall of Man will help children to understand more about the original sin of Adam and Eve. It continues a children’s church curriculum based on &utm_medium=blogpartners”>The Big Picture Story Bible. These children’s church lessons can easily be modified to serve as children’s Sunday School lessons.Download this lesson plan as a Microsoft Word document … More Children’s Ministry Resources
The following children’s Bible lesson on creation will help children to understand more about how God created the world. It begins a children’s church curriculum based on &utm_medium=blogpartners”>The Big Picture Story Bible. These children’s church lessons can easily be modified to serve as children’s Sunday School lessons.Download this lesson plan as a Microsoft Word document from this link – The … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Children’s pastor and book review blogger Terry Delaney has posted a review of Caleb’s Lamb. I’m always interested in books that teach sound doctrine in ways that children can understand and appreciate. Terry writes: This book is an excellent tool to teach your children what substitutionary atonement is and how Christ’s death on the cross was foreshadowed in the book … More Children’s Ministry Resources
I recently sent out a special newsletter talking about gift ideas for Sunday School teachers and other children’s ministry workers. I want to get your ideas too. What gifts do you give out around your church? Leave a comment below to share your thoughts.
Teaching parents to pray is a task that is often overlooked in children’s ministry. But when you think about it, there are few things that will have as much eternal impact on the kids in your church. When dads and moms pray, they join their petitions to God’s desires. My friend, Trevin Wax, is education minister at a Baptist church … More Children’s Ministry Resources
“If I only get that – then I’ll really be happy,” she said. I was amazed. “You don’t really believe that? Do you?” “Yes, it will make me happy . . .. I know it will.” This was a conversation I had last week with a child from our church. It reminded me of the spiritual dangers of Christmas. Many … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Sojourn Church in Louisville KY has a wonderful children’s ministry called SojournKids. This is the same ministry behind the book “Pastor Daddy.” Now, they’ve launched a blog for parents and ministry workers. It’s very promising and will be one I visit frequently. I know some of their leaders and they share a powerful vision for God-centered children’s ministry. Here are … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Try our collection of free printable craft ideas for Sunday School. Download the PDF directions and watch the videos below. These activities are a perfect companion to our Thanksgiving Sunday School lessons for children. Thanksgiving Craft Projects & Activities Scroll down to see many more ideas for crafting thankfulness with your Sunday School class. We’re adding new ideas each week … More Children’s Ministry Resources
It’s time to start planning your Christmas program for kids. Browse our 100% free printable Christmas plays and download the one that’s right for your church. You can get some excellent Christmas programs under $10 on Amazon.com, but we know many churches want to create something original. For children’s Christmas songs for church we recommend this CD from Amazon. “Christmas … More Children’s Ministry Resources
I want to make a confession, sometimes I feel discouraged about our children’s ministry. From an outsiders perspective it is anything but glamorous and sometimes it just feels like a Christian job. There are constant discouragements and I’ve wondered how people serve in children’s ministry decades after decade. For example: Your Ministry Can Change A Child’s Life If you’ve ever … More Children’s Ministry Resources
I just found this very interesting report on the Children’s Ministry Magazine website. It gives the salary breakdown for children’s ministry jobs and even lets you calculate and compare your salary based on very fine tuned demographics. NOTE: That tool is no longer available since they updated their website. You can read their 1995 survey that listed the average salary … More Children’s Ministry Resources
I have always struggled to find good ideas for my church’s Sunday school bulletin board. The default mode is to post the latest crafts, but a well-decorated bulletin board can be a good way to keep your children’s ministry area interesting. Here are a few web resources that offer free Sunday school bulletin board ideas. Bulletin Board Ideas for Sunday … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Have you ever had to modify a lesson plan because it didn’t line up with the Bible story it was supposed to be teaching? Children’s ministry workers and Sunday school teachers should always be careful when teaching from a Sunday school curriculum. Most publishers have a statement of faith and editorial reviews to ensure sound doctrine. But sometimes individual lessons … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Timmy Brister posted some great questions that originated from the kids in his church. I know a little about his church from the Kids Bible Memory System they’ve produced. But I’m still impressed with their deep theological thinking. I guess it just shows that kids do want to talk about big God questions. Here are the questions he listed: 1. … More Children’s Ministry Resources
In most churches, finding volunteers for children’s ministry is a constant struggle. Most children’s ministers spend hours recruiting for Sunday school, church nursery, vacation Bible school, and other ministry programs.This shouldn’t be the case. If people really understood the spiritual blessings of serving God’s kids, we would have to start a volunteer waiting list. Children’s Ministry is one of the … More Children’s Ministry Resources
I just got this great question from a reader and thought someone else might be able to help: I can’t tell you how many countless hours I’ve spent searching for new Sunday School, Children’s Church and midweek curriculum for our church and it’s like finding a needle in a haystack when trying to find a curriculum that’s FUN, KJV and … More Children’s Ministry Resources
This week, my friend Terry is starting his new ministry placement as a full time children’s pastor. I’m excited to see the work God will do, both in that church and in Terry’s life. Here are some practical tips I would offer to any new children’s minister. 1. Set aside a daily prayer time. This should be in addition to … More Children’s Ministry Resources
If your church is like mine, the dog days of Summer can be the dog days of attendance too – especially for young families who use the Summer break to go on vacation. 6 Ways To Avoid Discouragement This is an aspect of ministry that I still struggle with. It almost always affects my mood when our kids church attendance is way … More Children’s Ministry Resources