Take a few minutes and ask yourself some questions: • What can I do during the grade school years to prepare kids for the teen years? • What does a spiritually strong 10-year old look like? • What type of skills does he or she have? This is at the top of my list: When […]
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Last weekend Victoria Osteen started a firestorm when she made the following remarks during a worship service at Lakewood Church: “I just want to encourage every one of us to realize when we obey God we’re not doing it for God — I mean that’s one way to look at it,” she said from the […]
Last week a local Fox News Channel aired a story that hit a little too close to home. The story is titled “Child Porn Investigation: His Charisma Can Fool You”. It’s about a family who are members of my former church and a 14-year old girl that was stalked by a pedophile. The really scary […]
A story broke last week about Michael Gungor (who writes a lot of the worship choruses that we sing) that sent shock waves through the Church. Michael stated in a recent blog post that he no longer believed in the Biblical accounts of Adam and Noah. Here is a quote from Michael’s blog: “I have no more ability to […]
As children’s ministry leaders we are great at taking care of the families in our ministries. We’re good at putting others first. However, I find at times we neglect to take care of ourselves. I am guilty of this more times than I would like to admit, but I know it’s an important subject that […]
When we entered children’s ministry we were full of ideas. We had a hunger and excitement to reach the next generation in a new way, but after awhile the passion waned and we got in a rut. We got in a rut: How we worship How we structure services How we plan for […]
In life there are all types of people such as optimists, realists, pessimists, and opportunists. Therefore, it should not be a surprise that we have different types of people serving in our children’s ministries. We operate as a team, so whatever is effecting one person on the team usually seeps into the other members that […]
How do you talk to kids about sex? No parent looks forward to this conversation, and many Christian parents have their heads in the sand. They tend to put this conversation until it’s too late, which can be dangerous. If parents aren’t talking to their kids about sex, then they are getting information from other sources. The problem is that many […]
Summer is in full swing and with that comes all of the usual suspects for those of us in children’s ministry.The most beloved besides VBS is summer camp!As a teenager I loved going to summer camp; however, when I moved into children’s ministry and I dreaded it. Personally I had never been to a summer camp […]
Kidmin volunteers love impacting the lives of children in a positive way. They enjoy sharing Jesus’ message with kids and seeing God move in the lives of the next generation. But sometimes, we unknowingly and unintentionally get in their way. We do things that frustrate them and neglect to do things they expect of us. […]