Category Archives: Creativity

Why Happy Birthday, Jesus Curriculum?

You may be wondering, why a Happy Birthday Jesus Christmas Curriculum? Imagine for a minute that it is your birthday and your best friend has planned a birthday party for you. You are super excited as you arrive at your party. Everybody is having a great time, but for some reason no one talks to […]

Training Volunteers in the 21st Century

People are busier than ever. I used to train my volunteers at monthly meetings on Sunday night, but it’s hard to get people to show up for extra meetings. I had to figure out how to train my volunteers in small doses. Now, I do all of my training in four bite-size nuggets. 1. The Ten-Minute […]

Can the devil steal the Word of God from your kids?

Several years ago, I had to fill in on my Wednesday night Preschool Class.  Something came up at the last minute and the lead teacher couldn’t be there. So I grabbed the lesson.  When I saw the lesson, I breathed a big sigh of relief. The Helmet of Salvation, this will go fine, so I […]

5 Holy Spirit Sunday School Lessons from the Dollar Store

Click below to watch video. THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL TAKE THE CHICKEN OUT OF YOU (Rubber Chicken) Have you ever been afraid to tell others about Jesus?  If  you have, you are not the only one.  Jesus said you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you.  The purpose of the power is […]

The Most Critical Years for a Child’s Spiritual Growth

The experts say that a child’s most formative years are their youngest — from birth to age five. About 90 percent of a child’s brain develops in that time, according to studies. And 85 percent of a child’s intellect, personality, and social skills are developed by age five. This begs the question, Is this also true […]

The Quest: Biblically Literate Kids

Children in our churches are becoming increasingly unlearned as far as the Bible is concerned. I hear many KidMin Leaders complain about the problem — mainly because there is no starting point. I have taken that as a personal mission to do whatever I can to become part of the solution. Here are a few of my […]

Why aren’t kids reading the Bible?

One day I asked for a show of hands in children’s church. “How many of you read the Bible every day or your parents read the Bible to you?” Out of 200 kids in my class only 30 hands went up. This was not good news. When I am having an 85% failure rate I can’t blame […]

Dollar Store Sermons

EPISODE 101 When I need a dose of inspiration I will walk around the Dollar Store and ideas will pop out at me. Here you go. Watch this three minute video for eight sermons from the dollar store and the best thing about it is they only cost one buck. DOLLAR STORE SERMONS WHAT IS […]

What I wish I knew when I started in KidMin

Today, I am sharing responses on Leadership that I received from FaceBook.  I asked the question, “If you could give some advice to a person who is new in ministry, what would it be?” These responses are from real KidMin Leaders who share what they have learned about LEADERSHIP. LEADERSHIP It’s one thing to lead followers, […]

What I wish I knew when I started in KidMin

I recently took a survey on FB asking the question, “If you could give some advice to a person who is new in ministry, what would it be?” I was blown away by the answers and how many responses I received. Father God calls us and we answer His call.  Our journey begins.  Early in […]