This blog was written by Crystal Mazzuca as part of the CPC22 Undivided Series. Our hope through these reflections by ministry leaders is that they would prepare your hearts to hear from God while you’re at CPC in person or CPC+ online. You can listen to the whole CPC22 playlist here on Spotify. How are […]
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This post was written by Cera Talamantes, a member of the INCM Blog team. While we grow as fully committed followers of Christ, our discipleship experience empowers us to build our faith on a strong foundation so that we can then disciple and lead others towards a Christ-filled life. Jesus modeled for us in His
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This post was written by Leann Woelk, a member of the INCM Blog team. One thing I believe we can all agree on in children’s ministry in 2020 is the importance of connecting online with kids and families in your church when we can’t gather together. In 2021, we learned that even when we do
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This post was written by Christie Penner Worden, a member of the INCM Blog team. It was a beautiful afternoon, late in June–the kind of afternoon that is filled with the promise of summer and a heat only the July sun to come would offer. I sat with the sun on my face, listening to
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This post was written by Cera Talamantes, a member of the INCM Blog team. The floor was laminate and super old, turning yellow where it once had been white. There were animated circus animals on the floor, too, some cute and some creepy. I stared at them as we prayed during Sunday School, trying to
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This post was written by Angie Hooie, a member of the INCM Blog team. I’m just coming back from vacation to a pile on my desk and way too many emails! Do you ever feel like you’re drowning, and can’t catch your breath? No? I didn’t think so! For all Children’s Ministry Leaders, we have so much
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This post was written by Crystal Mazzuca, a member of the INCM Blog team. If someone were to ask you to describe your volunteers in one word, what would you say? Amazing? Dynamic? Incredible? Faithful? Christ-like? The truth of the matter is, there aren’t enough thesauruses in the world to contain all the wonderful things
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This post was written by Cera Talamantes, a member of the INCM Blog team. As sad as it is, summer will soon be ending. We plan and prepare for another fall season of ministry, all with the desire to tackle those big or small goals we might have had on our hearts for a while
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This post was written by Crystal Mazzuca, a member of the INCM Blog team. In 2005 I was visiting every church, home, and business that I’d ever had any connection with in order to ask them to support my family in our dream of serving as full-time missionaries in Swaziland, Africa. In case you didn’t
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This post was written by Leann Woelk, a member of the INCM Blog team. When it comes to having a strategy for building an elementary children’s ministry, think of it like building a house. Paul gives a great example in 1 Corinthians 3:10, when he writes, “According to the grace of God given to me,
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