Children’s Ministry Blogs – ChurchLeaders

Cradle Care Ministry: How Your Church Can Welcome Babies & Families

Amy Fenton Lee — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 05:00:00 +0000

A cradle care ministry is a fantastic way for churches to naturally engage new parents or expectant families.

Voices With Ed Stetzer: A Missiological Assessment of Critical Race Theory II

D.A. Horton — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 03:52:59 +0000

D.A. Horton brings CRT’s themes to Scripture for an objective measurement of its claims.. Pastor Horton is a Latino missiologist, academic and author, and his latest book, Intensional, delves into ethnic reconciliation.

Care About Others: How to Cultivate Children’s Hearts

Jim Wideman — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 05:00:00 +0000

God’s Word says we achieve greatness by loving and serving. That involves respect, humility, and care about others.

A Long-Lost Love Letter: The Gift of True Words

Melissa Edgington — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 11:58:44 +0000

She unfolded the love letter and could hardly believe the words she was seeing. Tears blurred the greeting at the top of the page, yet she could still make out his hello from some Christmas past: “Dear Bright Eyes.”

What Story Will Your Kids Tell?

Andrew Linder — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 13:33:41 +0000

What story will your kids tell?…Will they talk about parents who loved them and loved each other?

The Gift of Laughter – Make Memories

Keith Tusing — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 19:45:00 +0000

Last night we took our entire family (that’s eight with all our kids at home) out to a dinner show in Orlando. The name of the show was “The Outta Control Magic Comedy Dinner Show” at Wonder Works. Julie and I had experienced the show in January when we visited Orlando on our anniversary and […]

Practicing Gratitude: The Gratitude Box

Gina McClain — Sun, 15 Nov 2020 03:00:00 +0000

Gina McClain has a suggestion for families to help celebrate Thanksgiving in a tangible way.

Guerrilla Parenting: What Makes You Feel Better?

Sam Luce — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 15:39:00 +0000

The Power Of Family. At the end of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory it adds a few scenes that were not in the original movie. For me these last few scenes made the movie so much more powerful than the original movie with Gene Wilder. It really drove home that the four kids and their […]

Bustle

Orange Leaders — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 17:23:00 +0000

by Billy Phenix “What do you feel threatens the health of families the most these days?” Throughout my years in ministry, my thoughts on that oft-asked question have changed. However, today my answer is as clear as it’s ever been. For me, the “health of families” means all forms of health—physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual […]

Simple Guide to Creating a Fall Festival

Keith Tusing — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 15:57:00 +0000

Many of us are in the midst of preparation for our upcoming Fall Fest. This has become an annual event that has the potential to reach out to our communities and extend an invitation when they are the most receptive. When we extend this invitation to our community we want it to be a great […]

25 Ways to Show Your Staff You Really Care About Them

Dale Hudson — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 02:00:00 +0000

Lift up your ministry staff and volunteers with these great ideas.

An Illustration on Misfits and Brokeness

Kenny Conley — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 18:55:00 +0000

So, here’s a huge illustration I’m working on and I’m still not 100% sure on what direction I should go. So, please send me some of your ideas. Let me give you the premise. One of the major themes for camp is about being a misfit. When we “Chase the Light” and follow Jesus, we’re […]

Tween Small Groups Part 3 – Building Community

J.C. Thompson — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 04:45:00 +0000

So this is part 3 of my series on our first year of our tween small groups. You can view the whole series on our C-groups by clicking here. After finding programming structure that worked and seemed to be successful in accomplishing our purposes, it was time to focus on an aspect that is essential to groups: […]

Nurturing Spiritual Development and Prayer in a Child

Jody Capehart — Sat, 30 May 2020 02:00:00 +0000

Children have a natural sense of wonder about God, and through relationships, we nurture this tender heart towards the things of God.

Lessons Through Busyness

Justyn Smith — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 13:58:00 +0000

Back to the wonderful world of blogging. The last two weeks looked like this for me… Our team had to move one of our campuses in just four days. Not from high school to high school, but from high school to permanent location. This included build out, painting, décor, cleaning, etc. You name it—we did […]

Kidmin | Generation iY | Parents

Dan Scott — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 08:03:00 +0000

As we continue our discussion on Generation iY, I want to take a look at the family factor. A Facebook friend posted this question on Monday’s post: “Dan, great discussion. One question would be: How do we engage these parents, who act more like agents and personal assistants, to be the primary influence in their […]

Creating a Multi Sensory Environment (MSE) for Special Needs

Amy Fenton Lee — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 18:45:00 +0000

Two years ago a church contacted me after receiving a designated gift earmarked to start a special needs ministry. The church was considering a number of ways to use the money. One of the suggestions bounced around was to create a special needs play space either inside or outside the church building. In search of […]

The Perfect Age to Talk to Your Kids About Sex

Kenny Conley — Sun, 23 Feb 2020 15:38:00 +0000

I hope the title wasn’t misleading, but I’m not sure there is a right or a wrong answer to the question, “what age is best for the sex talk?” However, what I’m learning from Godly men and women who have gone down this path ahead of me as well as common sense from living in […]

6 Secrets of TURNAROUND Churches

Thom Rainer — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 04:55:00 +0000

These are the stories of TURNAROUND Churches. All of the pastors mentioned were careful to give glory to God, but they did mention six common themes worth noting.