Keeping Everyone Engaged in a Multiaged Environment
On a recent family vacation, we had an opportunity to spend some time in a community preserved from early America. As we explored the different …
ETCH Spotlight: Kevin Jones
Meet Kevin Jones. Kevin is a native of Louisville, Kentucky. He is the Co-Editor of Removing the Stain of Racism from the Southern Baptist Convention: …
ETCH Spotlight: Meet Mark Jones!
Meet my friend, Mark Jones! Mark is the Children’s Pastor at Quail Springs Baptist Church in Oklahoma City where he loves and teaches preschoolers, …
ETCH Spotlight: Joshua Straub
Meet Joshua Straub! Joshua Straub, Ph.D. serves as Marriage and Family Strategist for Lifeway Christian Resources and leads Famous at Home, a company …
ETCH 2018: Unbroken
Lifeway’s ETCH Family Ministry Conference is all about helping you link together with other ministry leaders in your church to better serve the …
Better Together: Unify Your Ministry Strategy
The best days in elementary school were when my teacher rolled in the giant metal cart with the VCR and giant TV strapped on top. The lights would be …
5 Tips to Becoming Less Technologically Distracted
This morning I awoke early, spent time looking at my electronic tablet while getting ready, connected my smartphone to my vehicle’s audio system, …
Disconnected Parents in a Connected World
Todd Villemont, Children’s Pastor at FBC Naples, FL, joins the podcast to discuss the importance of connecting with parents in ministry. Parents …
Do Your Kids Love God’s Word?
Ah, February—the month of love and romance, chocolate and roses, and yes—the obligatory Valentines Day (or so our minds have been programmed to think …
Your Family’s Greatest Mission
Guest blogger Kristen Welch appears courtesy of ParentLife magazine (lifeway.com/parentlife). We always want to encourage our families to live on …
Kids and Relationships
Relationships are undoubtedly one of the most important aspects of our lives. What would it look like if we could set our children up to relate …
Ministering to Your Family at Christmas
I remember the first Christmas that I was on church staff in Tennessee. All of our family was back in Mississippi and it also just happened to be a …
