Category Archives: Administrative

4 Steps To Make Sure Your Goals Take Root

It’s Here!  2022!  This is the time of year that most of us make a promise to ourselves to do better, lose weight, get a new job, change our life.  But statistically only about 8 percent of us who make a New Year’s resolution stick to it. So what do we do?  Throw up our […]

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR! PART ONE I think it is the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!  But I will not kid you, it can also be one of the most stressful times of the year too.  Just thinking about meeting the high expectations of the holiday may already be making you […]

How to develop a heart of THANKFULNESS in your kids

Thanksgiving is a time where we stop and are thankful for what God has done for us.  Many families have Thanksgiving traditions they celebrate on Thanksgiving Day, such as telling others what we are thankful for. When my kids were younger, as a parent, I wanted to see my kids be thankful, not just on […]

Creating A Leadership Culture

Not all your volunteers will become leaders. In fact, most volunteers do not want to lead, they just want to follow. Followers are people who want to follow. They don’t want to make decisions. They want someone to tell them what to do and they will do it. Leaders are people who want to lead. […]

LEADERSHIP: How to deal with a negative team member

Have you noticed that happy people tend to enjoy volunteering and serving with others. However, it can be difficult to stay positive when you are around someone who is super negative all the time. In life there are all types of people such as optimists, realists, pessimists, and opportunists. Therefore, it should not be a surprise […]

How to Overcome the Feeling of Isolation

Many children’s pastors have experienced the feeling of being “alone” at their church. You’ve probably heard the song “One Is The Loneliest Number,” by Three Dog Night. In movies, it is usually played as the main character walks in the rain and gets drenched with water from a car flying down the road. Sometimes as […]

How to calm a “Reluctant Child”

We have all encountered a reluctant child.  You know, the one who is hanging on for dear life to their Mom or Dad’s leg.  Okay, that is a bit of an extreme mind picture for you.  But at times we will find children who are reluctant to enter our church class.  Many times it just […]

Magnify Your Ministry

If you have been doing kids’ ministry for any length of time, you have discovered that many do not see it as “real ministry.” This is false, of course, but people’s attitudes can still wear you down. As the leader, it’s critical that you not allow this to happen. You have to continue to encourage […]

Recruiting That Works!

If you talk to most KidMin pastors, they will tell you that recruiting volunteers is the most stressful part of their job. Part of the reason for the stress is that many kids’ pastors spend much of their time on things that don’t work. First of all, let’s talk about what doesn’t work: Bulletin announcements […]

Top 5 Reasons why Super Church Curriculum is for you

Are you shopping for curriculum?  I’ve got a couple questions for you… Have you ever thrown your hands up in the air in desperation while searching for curriculum? When you found one you have you thought, “Okay, now much does it cost?” I bet you chuckled and said yes to one of these questions. Here’s the deal, […]