We just returned from a short term missions trip to South Africa. While there, we had the opportunity to spend some time at Kruger National Park. It was a great experience, one that allowed us to see wild animals in their natural environment. But it isn’t always easy to spot them. There is 12000 square…
Dear Children’s & Family Ministry Leader, You Matter! You are important! And what you do is important! You are important to kids in your church. Create environments that welcome and attract kids. Make sure God’s Word and, most importantly, the Gospel, is presented accurately and engagingly – don’t ever
Have ever felt compelled to do something – called – but knew it was completely inconvenient to everything else you had in mind? It could be anything from talking to the homeless guy at Starbucks when you’re in a hurry, to you life calling. God seems to have a way of asking us to do…
Yesterday we mentioned a couple of incredible offers to get some amazing Children’s Ministry resources (those deals are still on as we write, so be sure to check them out!). Today, we want to let you in on another incredible opportunity for you and your children’s ministry. Our friends over at Worlds of Wow are…
A guest post by Larry Hillman When you look out over your workers and those you are ministering to, do you look at them with the eyes of Jesse or the eyes of Samuel? Remember when Samuel came to the home of Jesse looking for the person God wanted to anoint as King of Israel?…
We hear a lot of talk about being “innovative”. Innovation can be a great thing. Innovation is necessary in every ministry at times. By definition, innovation is: the introduction of something new a new idea, method, or device These are good things – great things at times! But innovation isn’t always necessary in our ministry….
There’s a lot of talk right now about what children’s ministry and/or family ministry should look like. There are unprecedented resources available, offering so many options for programming. This is fantastic! Often times, however, we who lead in this area make the decisions about what our program will look like with little regard for what…
I just got back from CMX2011 and had a great time (you need to go next year!). I was blessed to present two workshops, one of which was entitled Leading Children To a Life-Changing Relationship With Jesus. I love doing this workshop because it’s at the core of what we should be all about. As…
My good friend Roger Fields wrote a great post on his blog yesterday. It corresponds with his ideas about how we ought to interact with kids in our ministries (which I agree with!). I thought it was so good that I asked if I could repost it here on KidMin360! By the way, Kidz Blitz…
We don’t ‘perform’ in our Children’s Ministry – we’re not here to entertain the kids!” I’ve heard statements like this made many times over the years. Some leaders are adamant that they don’t “put on shows” for their kids. That’s too bad. You see, the purpose of a “show” is entertainment. The purpose of entertainment…
There have been several versions of the video below. I’ve used two different versions in keynotes over the past 6 or 7 years. This version is even more remarkable and begs the question: what are you doing to manage the impact of social media in your life and ministry? There’s a terrific quote early in…
We’ve talked about What KidMin Leaders Do over several posts now. You can see the whole series here. In our last post in the series, we talked about the idea of building teams. You really can’t lead successfully in Children’s Ministry if you aren’t committed to building a great team. But how do you build a…
Jesus gives us a great example of how we can approach ministry to children in Mark 10:13 -16. In the rest of the series we’ve seen the disciples display a somewhat chilling lack of concern for kids & the parents who brought them to Jesus. And we’ve seen Jesus’ response to his disciples, defending ministry…
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