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In Focus: Leading Up: Building A Healthy Relationship with Your Senior Pastor

by Brian Dollar As I travel around the country, speaking to kids’ pastors and volunteers, I hear some of them say, “My senior pastor doesn’t get me,” “I’d love to do some big things for our kids’ ministry, but my pastor doesn’t share my vision,”…

Three Leadership Arts Essential to Children’s Ministry

by Michael Chanley Patterns and Wisdom Patterns simplify things. They show repetition which enables one to predict what comes next. The predictive nature of a pattern is something we teach children at the earliest ages. You see it in preschool handouts and in elementary-aged math….

Starting with the End in Mind

Gina McClain Parents of preschoolers seem to have a wealth of dreams for their children. They’re in a season of life where the possibilities outweigh the impossibilities. At this point, they could be holding the next president, a star quarterback, or the first in their…

Starbucks for Preschoolers

By Dienna Goscha As a children’s pastor, I realized that I was becoming insulated from the community. All of my work was taking place within the church. How was I to be the salt of the earth and light to the world if I lived…

Leading Up: Building A Healthy Relationship with Your Senior Pastor

This post was written by ministry leader, Brian Dollar, a guest writer for INCM. As I travel around the country, speaking to kids’ pastors and volunteers, I hear some of them say, “My senior pastor doesn’t get me,” “I’d love to do some big things…

Children’s Ministry that Empowers Parents to Impact Their Homes and Communities

by Kirk Weaver NOW HIRING! Children’s Ministry Director. Responsible for developing a state-of-the-art children’s ministry facility. Abundant resources for purchasing curriculum and training Sunday School teachers. Too good to be true? Yes…but perhaps not for the reasons you think. There is an alignment problem within…

Who Are Preteens?

by Kim Vaught Here they come, but the problem is that we are often not ready for them. They’re either too old for Children’s Ministry or too young for Student Ministry. Ask a preteen and they will tell you that they are not children. Ask…

Smooth Transitions: A Guide for Graduating Kids to the Next Class in Children’s Ministry

This guest post was written by Dale Hudson. Whether you transition kids into new classrooms at the beginning or end of the summer, it’s important to have a strategic plan in place. A good transition plan can turn a time of uncertainty and apprehension for…

Why Children Are the Most Important People in the Church

— everything you wish your Senior Pastor knew about children’s ministry Back in the day, there was a famous preacher story that circulated amongst what were then known as “Christian Education Directors”–our modern-day family pastors. It was said that D.L. Moody had come back from…