Fun Friday: Encouraging Scripture Cards
Download and print these Scripture cards to encourage your volunteers or staff.
HOW JOHN 3:16 ANSWERS THE 3 BIG QUESTIONS OF LIFE
A person can define the seasons of their lives in many different ways. You might, for example, define a life season based on your living arrangements. …
Ready, Reset, Go!
Summer is here, and kids ministry leaders everywhere find themselves re-entering into the joys and challenges of conducting busy summer ministries …
The Really Good Reason I Serve in Kids Ministry
By Aaron Armstrong Let me tell you about why I serve in kids ministry. Correction: let me tell you about the one really good reason I serve in kids …
3 Reasons Kids Returning to Church Need Extra Care
Disclaimer: I am neither a licensed counselor nor a psychologist, just an untrained observer of human behavior. However, over the past few …
Are You a Mary or Martha Minister?
38 While they were traveling, he entered a village, and a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. 39 She had a sister named Mary, who also sat …
3 Things Not to Say When Your Child Fails
Sometimes I feel like a failure. I think everyone does. And without trying to be self-deprecating, I’ve lived long enough, worked long enough, and …
20 Things Teachers Should Say to Their Kids
Here’s 20 simple things teachers can say to their kids to encourage them each week: I am glad you’re here. It’s OK that you weren’t here last week, …
Top 8 Things Kids Need from Caregivers
By Sarah Humphrey I’m not sure about you, but I wasn’t 100% prepared for parenting when I became a parent. In fact, I was mostly clueless. Like many …
What We Need Now More Than Anything
By Aaron Armstrong Back in the far-off days of December 2020, there was a greater sense of anticipation about the coming year than I’ve seen in a long …
Encouragement—When Things are Tough in Kids Ministry
By Shelly Harris Confession Time: I have wanted to quit serving in Kids Ministry … on more than one occasion. I clearly remember sitting in my car one …
Discipleship is Not a Factory. It’s a Field.
Samuel Slater was born into an English farming family. He got a basic education, but at age ten began working at a cotton mill. He was later …
