If I Sang a Silly Song . . . Family Fun Night and I'm Giving One Away!

It's a Silly Song Telethon . . . and since it's a VeggieTales Silly Song Telethon, it is sure to feature the silliest silly songs ever! This new dvd from VeggieTales, If I Sang A Silly Song, features 20 of their all time silliest silly songs from twenty years of Veggies! In addition you'll find "extras' including the Karaoke versions of each song so children and families can join in the fun and sing along! And, if all this isn't enough silly fun, an all-new silly song debuts on this dvd . . . Bubble Rap with the return of Boyz in the Sink!

Celebrating Milestones - Welcome Little Ones to Your Children's Ministry!

For the past few days I've been posting about celebrating milestones and reviewed two amazing resources to help your church do exactly this . . . Legacy Milestones and Group's Family Faith Celebrations. Both of these resources provide the information and tools you need to help the parents in your ministry understand their God-given role as the primary faith influencer in their child's life and to involve your entire church in celebrating milestones - Baby Blessing, Faith Commitment, First Bible and Preteen Passage . . . all important moments in a child's and family's life and most certainly worthy of celebrating! 

VBS 2012 - Side-by-Side Comparison Chart

I'm my updated and completed 2012 Side-by-Side VBS comparison chart today for the fifteen kits I've reviewed for VBS 2012 - you'll find the chart at this link. (If you have trouble opening this link, email me and I'll email you a pdf of the chart)


So . . . how is this helpful to you? Use the kit as a tool to help you . . . 

• narrow down the kits you are most interested in taking a closer look at. You'll be able to see all kinds of information on this chart - from price and version of the Bible used to scope and sequence.
• identify the strengths and weakness of the curriculum you choose. For example, if you decide on a kit for your VBS, but see in the chart it doesn't offer information on screening your volunteers or how to lead a child to Christ, then you'll know you need to find this information from other sources.

I hope you'll find my chart a helpful tool for you as you evaluate these curriculum options for use in your ministry.

First Friday Freebies . . . On a Monday . . .Qpon Monkey!

I'm delighted to let you know about a new website which was, "created to provide the very best deals for those of us involved in ministry.  Yes, it's a coupon site designed specifically to help stretch your ministry budgets. They will also be including honest straight forward reviews of products written by ministers serving in the local church with weekly giveaways as a way for their product providers to say 'Thanks' to everyone who visits the site." 


Similar to other coupon sites, this one focuses on and features resources, tools and product which you will be able to use in your ministry, so take a moment and check it out!


And, just for joining you'll receive a free download of "Crazy, Messy, Kidmin Games"!

Celebrating Milestones - Family Faith Celebrations - I'm Giving One Away!

Today I'm looking at some resources from Group Publishing designed to help your church equip parents to celebrate milestones in their child(ren)'s lives. These Family Faith Celebrations seem to be patterned after the Legacy Milestones resources I posted about yesterday and even have Dr. Brian Haynes on the dvd you may use in your parent training classes. Group has six Family Faith Celebrations available, but four of them relate to children's ministry, so those are the four I will post about today.

VBS 2012 - Zapped from Orange!

I'm happy to post my final review for VBS 2012 reviews  . . . Zapped from Orange!  They did a great job with the content and substance of this VBS resource and they provide a lot of options for you. Take a look and consider if Zapped is a good "fit" for your children's ministry!

Put Feet to Their Faith With the Children's Heart Project Through Samaritan's Purse!

All this month I'm focusing on the Children's Heart Project through Samaritan's Purse and am encouraging you to "Put Feet to Their Faith" and involve the children in your ministry in a project to raise money for the Children's Heart Project. Through the Children's Heart Project, Samaritan's Purse provides life-saving heart surgeries for children around the world who are in need. They bring these children and a parent to the United States where they live with a host family while their child has the surgery. The host families share Jesus with the parents and children and not only are hearts made whole physically, but people get saved and hearts are made whole spiritually as well! Consider the account of two little boys from Uganda . . . 

Family Resources - Celebrating Milestones - Legacy Milestones!

I am soooo excited to share the ministry of Kingsland Baptist Church and Dr. Brian Haynes from Katy, TX with you today as we think about celebrating milestones! This church has intentionally designed a plan to, as they say, "equip parents to effectively train our children in the Christian faith as they do the common things of life." They call this plan - "Legacy Milestones" and it is nothing short of amazing! They have identified seven "milestones" for all ages, but in this post we will focus on the first three as they relate to children.

VBS 2012 - Zapped from Orange Arrived Today . . .

FedEx delivered Zapped from Orange today so be watching for it's review on Monday! I'll also post an updated side-by-side comparison chart which includes Zapped and my final Dollars & Cents of VBS, so please check back on Monday! (I'll also send my Zapped review to CM Buzz for Monday, too!)

Mark Your Calendars for February 15th!!!! You Don't Want to Miss This!!!!

Before you do anything else today, mark your calendars for February 15th!!! Grab a red pen and circle the date!!!! Why, you ask? Well, because it is the day after Valentine's Day!!!! So, you ask? Because the day after Valentine's Day all the heart-shaped Valentine's Day candies go on clearance!!!! What can you do with heart-shaped candies? Well, please allow me to share just a few of the many things you can do with heart-shaped candies in your children's ministry . . . 

Please Check Out Kidmin1124 - My New Post is About 5 Essentials For Your Volunteers!

When you have a few minutes, please check my new post on Kidmin 1124 - Five Essentials for Your Children's Ministry . . . #5 - Give Them Resources! I said, "There certainly are a lot of things we need to give our volunteers, but for the next few weeks, I’m going to share my top five essentials for us to give our volunteers. Today let’s think about the #5 essential thing for us to give our volunteers . . . give them resources! When we ask someone to volunteer their time, energy and self to serve in our children’s ministry, we need to be sure we are not also asking them to come up with the resources they will need to serve. Be sure you provide each of the following things for your volunteers . . ."

Two Free Resources for Parents - and Grandparents!

If we are serious about equipping parents so they are able to be the primary teachers, leaders and disciplers of their children, then we need to be "sharers of resources"! Let your parents - and grandparents - know of resources which provide information, ideas and tools which they might take advantage of as they strive to lead their children. So, today I have two free resources you could let the parents and grandparents in your ministry know about!