Imagine for a minute that it is your birthday and your best friend has planned a birthday party for you. You are super excited as you arrive at your party. Everybody is having a great time, but for some reason no one talks to you. When it’s time for gifts, your friends give gifts to […]
The worldview about homosexuality is changing. Homosexuality used to be a subject we did not talk about with kids. People understood it is important to protect the innocence of children, but things have changed. Here are some questions that christian parents are asking: How do I respond to family shows on Disney and Nickelodeon […]
I have made lots of mistakes in ministry, but here are ten leadership principals I have always tried to follow. 1. Get there early. A leader arrives first. It is disrespectful to consistently arrive late. 2. Set a quality example. Be what you want people to do. 3. Praise your people for doing good. Catch them doing […]
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 […]
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 […]