. Are you a Children’s Ministry leader looking for a new place to serve? Do you know of a church looking for a Children’s Ministry leader? KidMinJobs…a new service of KidMin360… can help! We are constantly being asked if we know of a Children’s Ministry leader available for a new assignment. And, likewise, we are…
We kick off our series on The Future of Children’s Ministry with Karl Bastian, the Kidologist. Read more about the series here. And be sure to check out how you can be part of the discussion on Kidology.org and possibly be part of the published ebook we will be creating (see details at the end…
I’ve been reading a great book called The Truth About Leadership, a fairly new book by Kouzes & Posner (authors of the must-read leadership book The Leadership Challenge). The book is a result of their 30 years of research on leadership and addressed 10 fundamentals characteristic of ALL leadership, regardless of culture, generation, position, etc….
My friend Dale Hudson posted this on his site yesterday and I thought it was a great teaching tool and incredibly relevant for Children’s Ministry so I wanted to share it. You might have seen it before but if you haven’t, it’s worth the time to review. So what does this mean to you as…
You are begging for volunteers instead of building relationship. You are entertaining kids instead of engaging them for life-change. You are being the Lone Ranger instead of being a leader. You are providing childcare instead of offering soul-care. You are enabling parents to abdicate spiritual responsibilities instead of equipping to handle them. What would you…
What makes a great children’s ministry leader? Here’s a non-exhaustive list of some characteristics that immediately come to mind. A great Kidmin leader: Loves God & acts on that love daily – seems obvious, but it’s easy to get so caught up in the business of ministry that we let our own relationship slip Loves…
Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.” Matthew 22:37-40…
Since my days working under John Maxwell, I have heard and believed that “everything rises & falls on leadership.” However, too many times as I’ve served as a Children’s Pastor, I’ve heard or seen it implied that “leadership” is not high on the skill requirements list for children’s ministry. After all, isn’t children’s ministry really…
I had the privilege of writing an article for Dan Reiland’s The Pastor’s Coach eNewsletter that went out yesterday. Dan is the “executive pastor’s of executive pastor’s”. He served as Executive Pastor at Skyline Church under the leadership of John Maxwell when I was there as Children’s Pastor – in fact, he hired me into my first…
There have been a couple of lively discussions going on recently regarding children’s vs. family ministry. I would encourage you to check out these discussions (including all comments) & articles: Family Builders chart on models of family ministry Christine Yount-Jones‘ article at childrensministry.com Ryan Frank’s post on what bugs him about Family Ministry Justyn Smith’s…
See How to Create Effective Family Ministry Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3 for further details on this series, including: Step One: Do Your Homework Step Two: Understand Your Context Step Three: Formalize Your Ideals Step Four: Begin The Conversation These first four steps are primarily planning steps…laying the foundation for the next four steps, which…
“Family Ministry” is the hot topic these days in churches. I’m a huge fan of some of the great resources that have come out to equip leaders (some of which we’ll talk about later). But it’s frustrating to see some churches do “family ministry” seemingly just because it’s the thing to do. They grab a…
In the spirit of our post entitled FREE Is Good, we’ll be giving away a new book by Wayne Rice via our Facebook Fanpage. Wayne spoke at the So Cal Large Church Network meeting that we hosted last week and I picked up his book Engaging Parents As Allies. It’s a terrific resource for youth…
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