Is your Children's Ministry, "in the box", or are you, "out of the box"? I know in the past few years one of the "catch phrases" in ministry has been to, "think out of the box", and many Children's Ministries have reevaluated what they do and how they do it with a goal of being more effective.
Monday, January 18, 2021
Are you In or Out of the Box?
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Make 2021 the Year Your Church Hands Down Confident Faith!
Thursday, December 24, 2020
Equip Parents & Grandparents to Hand Down Confident Faith in 2021
It is also the reason why we must be focused upon equipping parents and grandparents to hand down confident faith to the children. If families rely on church to do this - as so many do - then what happens when we experience a pandemic (and we are likely to experience this again)? Handing down confident faith is something which must take place during the day-in-day-out living of our lives - not something which must depend upon being able to go to church.
Monday, December 21, 2020
Why Integrity Matters in Children's Ministry - Do What We Say We Will Do
If asked, I'm confident we would all agree integrity matters in Children's Ministry, but do we actually live as people who show integrity in our Children's Ministry? When it actually comes down to it, do the volunteers, families and children truly see us as people of integrity? People who actually do what we say we will do? People who do not gossip? People who tell the truth? People who do not take credit for what others think of and do? People who can truly be trusted?
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
What Survivor Taught Me About Children's Ministry!
How Do You Measure the "Success" of Your Children's Ministry?
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
This Christmas Be the Gift God Wants You to Be!
Today I want to share a few thoughts about Christmas. While it is the time of the year when we tend to be more joyful, more merry . . . at least, many of us are, it can also be a very difficult time of year for some of the children and families in our ministries if they are experiencing difficult times in their families. Along with leading children in worshipping and celebrating the birth of Jesus, we need to also be on the watch for those children and families who may need our help. Watch for . . .
Monday, November 30, 2020
Ask the Question - What About the Grandparents?
When we think about the questions we need to ask on a regular basis about our Children's Ministry, there are definitely several important questions to keep in mind. One you may not think about, but need to, is; what about the grandparents? This question, and it's answer, matters for the following reasons . . .
What Inspired You to Become Involved in Children's Ministry? What Inspires You to Continue in Children's Ministry?
A few years back on CM Connect I saw a question posted by a man named David - he said he was being given the opportunity in an upcoming service to speak on behalf of the Children's Ministry. He asked fellow kidmins to "inspire" him. This got me to thinking about what inspired me to be involved in Children's' Ministry in the first place and what inspires me to continue to do so.