ETCH Spotlight: Meet Gregory Love
Meet Gregory Love! Gregory Love is a recognized expert in legal standards of care related to child sexual abuse, providing crisis response to …
4 Tips for the New Ministry Year
It seems the summer months are busy, filled with meaningful events like Vacation Bible School and camp. At the same time, as a kids ministry leader, …
I Don’t Want To: How to Deal with Obstinate Children
We’ve probably all heard this statement whether from our own kids at home, or from the kids we teach in Bible study. As a third grade Bible study …
The ABCs of Salvation is not the Gospel
Kids Ministry 101 welcomes guest blogger Aaron Wilson. This article was originally published in Facts & Trends. School may be out for the summer, …
Impacting Visual Learners with the Gospel
If you haven’t read William Summey’s part 1 of this post, you can find it HERE. Having great visuals seems to be critical to effective teaching today. …
Impact Visual Learners with the Gospel
The Art of Teaching Pictures It has been such a pleasure these past few months working with the Bible Studies for Life: Kids team. I have learned so …
Unintentional Influence
Do you think of yourself as an influencer? Leadership expert John C. Maxwell explains, Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is …
ETCH Spotlight: Diane Dokko Kim
Meet Diane Dokko Kim. Diane is a special needs ministry consultant, speaker, and author of Unbroken Faith: Spiritual Recovery for the Special-Needs …
4 Ways to Know You are Teaching a Verbal Learner
A while ago I wrote a blog post about tips for recognizing a reflective learner in your group. You can read that post HERE. I figured it might be fun …
Invite a Friend to VBS! New Research Shows It Still Works!
I’m thrilled to share new insights about VBS coming out of a brand new study from Lifeway Research, commissioned by our Kids Ministry team. When we …
When is a child ready to go to overnight camp?
Kids camp is a great time to make memories. Church camp takes all the fun elements and combines a spiritual application to each aspect of camp—making …
4 Disciplines for a Disciple-building Kids Ministry
Over the years I have shared the “3 Ds” of a child’s spiritual journey, (Discover, Discern, Decide). As evangelical people, we’ve intentionally placed …
