Think about the most important message that you can teach the kids in your class? What would it be? Most of us would agree that we need to teach our kids that Christ died for our sins and rose from the dead, and yet most kids’ ministries shy away from a clear presentation of the […]
We hear a lot about bullying these days. The truth is that there have always been bullies since the days of Cane and Abel. I will never forget the day that one of my church kids looked at a handicapped 9 year-old girl who was visiting and said, “Do you know that you are ugly?” […]
How I’ve learned to see long term in kids ministry.
It’s is critical that we not just talk about the Holy Spirit, but that we teach kids how to actually hear the voice of the Holy Spirit.
MEMORY VERSE: Romans 8:14, “For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.”(NLT) BOTTOM LINE: The Holy Spirit speaks to me through my conscience. The first way that the Holy Spirit leads me is by the inward witness. I say first because this is the most common way that the […]
My goal is that the kids in my class attend church on a weekly basis. The reason I say weekly is because discipleship is most effective with a weekly commitment. I understand that the tendency today is for families to attend church every other week, but the bottom line is that the kids that attend […]
MA child’s self-image is the biggest determining factor in their happiness and overall success in life. A parent’s responsibility is to build their child’s self-worth and give them the confidence they need to succeed, but our churches are full of kids whose parents don’t do this. Jesus told us to “love our neighbor as yourself.” […]
I still remember the day I changed my strategy for recruiting and training volunteers. It was a cold winter morning in 1987, and I had just accepted a new position as a children’s pastor at a church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I was frustrated because yet another volunteer had informed me he was stepping down. And, […]
I remember the first time I met a Children’s Pastor. It was October of 1978. I was attending Rhema Bible College in Tulsa, Oklahoma. One of my classes was entitled, Ministering To Children and was taught by Willie George, a children’s pastor at a local church in Tulsa. Today, Willie George is the Founding and […]
We hear a lot of talk today about family ministry, but what exactly is family ministry? My thoughts about family ministry have changed over thirty-five years of ministry. I have a different view of things than when I started. This is my definition of family ministry: family ministry is comprised of the church and the […]