Sheryl Haystead The following story is provided by our INCM/CPC Partner Gospel Light. Sheryl will also be a breakout presenter at CPC ’10. What do you remember about the first time you taught a group of children? Were you prepared? Were you trained? What happened? I’ll tell you my experience. I was a recent high-school graduate […]
Teachers Are Made, Not Born! Read More »
Dr. Michelle Anthony The following story is provided by our INCM/CPC Partner David C. Cook. Michelle will also be a keynote speaker and breakout presenter at CPC ’10. Our children and families live in a hurried world, full of noise and busyness. Many are fighting to simply “make it through another day.” Parents and children alike fall
A Time to Remember and Celebrate: Hebrew Tradition in Today’s Children’s Ministry Read More »
By Finn Laursen Is there any hope for our public schools? As the battle for the minds of our children continues in our postmodern, “godless” culture, our schools have become a major battleground. Some in the Christian community, understandably, are even calling for a mass exodus from our “government schools.” Is there any hope for
Christianity in Public Schools: Our Only Hope Read More »
By Dawn Heckert The following story is provided by our INCM/CPC Partner David C. Cook. When was the last time you had a really good conversation? A conversation that left you feeling pensive, invigorated, or perhaps both? I suspect you remember whom you talked with and what you talked about. When we encounter that kind of
Making Conversations with Kids Count Read More »
By Mark Smith The following story is provided by our INCM/CPC Partner Gospel Light. The focus of any Sunday school class should be the teaching of God’s Word from God’s Word. Kids and teachers bring their Bibles to class but sadly they are rarely opened and studied these days. Are you ready for a refreshing perspective
The Bible Pure & Simple: The Priority of God’s Word in the Classroom Read More »
By Sarah A. Keith “Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.” Proverbs 22:6 Some people believe Proverbs 22:6 is a promise from God that if we do our jobs well, as parents or educators, our children will eventually follow Him. Others interpret
Creating Active Participation Events for Kids! Read More »
By Dienna Goscha It was a beautiful Minnesota day. Green leaves, blue sky, cool breeze, warm sun. A day Minnesotans dream of. We headed to the local arboretum, my three boys and I. Parking, I unloaded the stroller and put the baby in, gave instructions to the five year old and three year old not
Going Green… God’s Plan? Read More »
By Dawn Heckert The following story is provided by our INCM/CPC Partner David C. Cook. My husband tells the same joke every time I mention the word “Advent”: “Why do we need to add a vent? Is the room too hot or too cold?” Many families find the word mystifying. And many families get their first
Celebrating Advent as a Family Read More »
By Bob Bever The following story is provided by our INCM/CPC Partner Gospel Light. “Rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated.” Mark Twain’s words, written in 1897, remind us that what may be reported as truth may well be exaggerated. Just as Mark Twain was not dead in 1897, God was not dead when Time Magazine
Building Kids Who Last Read More »
by Amy Fenton Lee This article is part of a series of articles on Special Needs by Amy Fenton Lee. See the first article, Special Needs: Your Best Resource May be Outside the Church, the second article, Special Needs: The Volunteers’ Blessings and the third article, Special Needs: Understanding the Diagnosis, Understand the individual. Most children’s ministers with experience in
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