I WANT YOU to take a moment and think about your favorite cookie. Mine is chocolate chip. Now, think about a time when you or your mom, wife or girlfriend, baked a batch of chocolate chip cookies. What did you do? You gathered all the ingredients and then put them into the oven and as […]
“I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn’t receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.” – Luke 18:17 Children are created with a tendency to believe. If you tell a child a story from the Bible they will believe it. Kids do not wrestle with doubt like adults do, because they haven’t […]
I was a Children’s Pastor for 15 years before I understood the primary purpose of my job. I thought the main thing was teaching kids the Word of God, but really the main thing is being a conduit of the love of the Father to the kids that you teach. I still remember the […]
What do you want to be? Isn’t that a question that we ask little kids? And their response is usually something like, “A fireman!’ or “A policeman!” or “A ballerina!” But, as a Christian it is important to realize that we have to ask ourselves this question. We are never too young or too old to […]
Kids are created with a trusting nature, but when they become teenagers they will begin to question what they believe. If they have been raised in the church they will begin to question what they have been taught by the church. We already know what their questions will be because this has been happening […]
Years ago I required my volunteers to attend monthly training meetings on Sunday nights. This worked well, but eventually less and less people attended the Sunday night training meetings. If I am doing something that is having less success than it used to have, it may be a signal that I need to […]
We hear a lot of talk today about partnering with parents but how do you do this if you have little exposure in the pulpit? The best way to partner with parents is to get parents involved with the children’s ministry program. In other words, use the kidmin program to disciple the parents. I meet […]
It’s easy for a parent or a teacher to recognize leadership gifts in their children. If I can spend several hours teaching and observing a group of children, I can pick out who the leaders are. One thing about people who have leadership gifts is that they will find a way to use their […]
Does God speak to kids? Emphatically, YES! God spoke to kids and teens in the Bible and He still speaks to kids today. I remember when I began in full time ministry, it was an exciting time because at every church we went to, most of the kids in children’s church would get saved […]
Think about this – can you think of a person mentioned in the scriptures who had a God encounter, and then rebelled against God? Years ago, as a Children’s Pastor at a church, I heard a story about one of the kids I used to pastor. He was a good kid. He knew the memory […]