There are young leaders in your class. They may be the kids who are trying to take over. Sometimes what we call rebellion is really young leaders trying to use their leadership gifts. One thing about leaders is that they want to lead. If they can’t find a positive way to use their leadership, they […]
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When a children receive Christ, they Holy Spirit comes to live inside of them. Kids don’t get a junior Holy Spirit. They get the same Holy Spirit that you and I get. Why does the Holy Spirit come to live in us? To lead and to empower us for ministry. If I could do my […]
Here’s ten easy steps to preach to kids: 1. FOCUS – on one message per week. 2. THINK LIKE A KID – Send everything through the kid filter.
The Amazing Baby Food Race Inter-Active Object Lesson WHAT YOU’LL LEARN: It’s time to stop being a baby and grow up.
There is a lot of work involved in leading a kids’ ministry in a local church; but at the end of the day, it is all about the kids and connecting them with their Heavenly Father. I was a kids’ pastor for fifteen years before I really understood the heart of the Father for His […]
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 […]
VBS on your mind? It’s on ours too, so we’ve created a 14 page VBS Planning Guide, so you can have your best VBS ever! We share with you the five steps that take your VBS to the next level. These are the same principles and steps we’ve used to have VBS with up to 1500 […]
Business 101 asks three questions: 1. Who are my customers? 2. What do they want? 3. How can I get it to them? Volunteers are the lifeblood of any KidMin program. I can survive without money, but I cannot survive without volunteers. We need ask the question, “What do […]
Has there been a time in your life where things were really difficult? Have you ever felt like God was far away? Had the feeling like you were wandering around a desert with no map? Sometimes God can feel like He is far away from us. One thing I sometimes forget is kids can feel […]
I still remember the day I changed my strategy for recruiting and training volunteers. It was a cold winter morning in 1987 and I had just accepted a new position as a kidmin pastor at a church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I was frustrated because yet another volunteer had informed me they were stepping down. […]