Podcasts Archives - Kids Ministry

December 12, 2019

Finding Your Voice at the Leadership Table

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Jana Magruder joins the podcast to discuss ways to find your voice at the leadership table in your church. Check out tips from Jana HERE.

Jana Magruder serves as the Director of LifeWay Kids. She is a Baylor graduate and offers a wealth of experience and passion for kids ministry, education, and publishing. She is the author of Kids Ministry that Nourishes and Life Verse Creative Journal, which she co-authored with her teenage daughter. She and her husband, Michael, along with their three children reside in Nashville.

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December 5, 2019

Mentoring New Leaders

By Kids Ministry 101

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Jeremy Carroll joins the podcast to discuss who will you be leading, what will you be passing on. Check out the tips they talked about HERE

Jeremy Carroll is the team leader for LifeWay Kids Discipleship Resources. Before coming to LifeWay, he has been active in local church ministry for nearly 20 years in TN, TX, and AL. Jeremy earned a Master of Arts in Christian Education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. A Middle Tennessee native, he and his family live in Murfreesboro, TN.

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November 28, 2019

Equipping Parents to Minister at Home

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William Summey joins the podcast to discuss how one of the biggest impacts to a child’s journey is as home and the importance to teach kids according to their age. Learn more about the Levels of Biblical Learning.

William Summey is the Publishing Team Leader for Bible Studies for Life: Kids. He is a graduate of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and Vanderbilt University. William lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife, Christy, and their two sons.

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November 21, 2019

Teaching Kids to Pray through the Hurts and Hallelujahs

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Karen Kennemur joins the podcast to discuss how anxiety levels of children is on the rise! Let’s discuss ways to help children pray through the hurts and hallelujahs and make the most of their prayer lives.

Karen teaches children’s ministry classes on the undergrad, masters, and doctoral level at Southwestern Seminary in Ft. Worth, TX. She also works with churches throughout Texas as the Children’s Ministry Associate with the Southern Baptist of Texas Convention.

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November 14, 2019

Special Needs Ministry: Where To Start

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Heidi Hensley joins the podcast to discuss diagnoses of special needs are at an all time high. As the church, we need to be prepared to minister to these families and kids. In this session we will look at where to start, no matter your church size, and how to develop a program and team to love this very under resourced population.

Heidi M. Hensley has been a Children’s Pastor for the past 24 years. She is passionate about leadership and ministry, and developing more leaders who love to minister to children. Heidi has a Master’s Degree from Southern California Seminary, and lives in San Diego where she leads the Children’s Ministry area at Shadow Mountain Community Church

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November 7, 2019

Equipping Your Teachers with Classroom Management Skills

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Mark Jones joins the podcast to discuss some simple strategies that teachers should use to create a peaceful environment even when they resemble wild monkeys.

Mr. Mark is the Children’s Pastor of Quail Springs Baptist Church in Oklahoma City where he loves and teaches preschoolers, children and their parents. He is a national speaker to train children’s ministry leaders and parents and founder of Mr. Mark’s Classroom, an online leadership development and teacher-resource company- mrmarksclassroom.com.

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October 31, 2019

Small Seeds. Big Faith.

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Tracie Collier joins the podcast to discuss how preschool ministry matters! It is the foundation upon which a child’s faith is built. today we will discuss ways to encourage and equip parents to share their faith with their littlest treasures.

Tracie Collier is the founder of faithfilledkids.com, a site devoted to helping parents plant small seeds of faith into the lives of their children. She holds a masters degree in Children’s and Family Ministry from Bethel Seminary. With over 25 years of ministry experience, she is passionate about encouraging and equipping parents to step into their God-given roles in their children’s spiritual formation.

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October 24, 2019

More than Babysitting: Making Disciples in Early Childhood

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Matt Morgan joins the podcast to discuss how in the first 5 years of life, children are actually absorbing information and using that information to understand the world around them and establish some foundational beliefs about that world. Today we will discuss some of the ways we can help preschoolers develop faith that will last into adulthood.

Matt Morgan is Lead Kids Pastor for Fellowship Bible Church in Little Rock, AR. He has served over 15 years in children’s ministry and is passionate about seeing kids of all ages understand the richness of the Gospel.

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October 17, 2019

Helping Kids Cope with Anxiety: Simple Strategies for Parents & Leaders

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Brian Dembowczyk joins the podcast to discuss some simple strategies for parents and leaders to help kids in today’s society to cope with anxiety.

Brian Dembowczyk is the managing editor for The Gospel Project. He served in local church ministry for over 16 years before coming to LifeWay. Brian earned an M.Div. from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and a D.Min. from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He and his family live in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

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October 10, 2019