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— everything you wish your Senior Pastor knew about children’s ministry by Damon DeLillo 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 a tent revival meeting where he reported […]
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by Dale Hudson We are finishing up the remodeling of our church nursery. It has been such a fun project for me. I love the nursery. There is nothing more precious to me than walking through our nursery on the weekends. What are some of the keys to an excellent nursery? Here are my top
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by Roger Fields Since 1996, Kidz Blitz has conducted hundreds of family events in every denomination acrossAmerica. Here are the secrets we have learned. WHY DO IT? Like anything else you do, you need a reason why you would want to conduct a family event. The last thing you need is more responsibility for no
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by Donna Lucas Christmas is over, CPC is here—and for me, VBS starts in just 25 weeks! My heart’s beating a little faster with anticipation (and I’ll admit it, a little fear)! I remember how those last few weeks before VBS can get crowded with millions of details. (Makes my palms sweat just thinking about
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by Amy Fenton Lee It is not uncommon to have a child participating in the typical the children’s ministry environment that exhibits behaviors associated with autism. Oftentimes the child’s parents have not alerted the kidmin team of any diagnosed difference or disability. Inevitably, the child’s teachers and ministry leaders deliberate whether or not they should
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By Phil Vischer Walt Disney had a rough life. His father, Elias, was emotionally distant and occasionally abusive. His first attempt at an animation company failed in bankruptcy. His first successful character, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, was snatched from him by an unscrupulous distributor along with most of Walt’s early employees. Even after the success
by Cindy Sanders How many articles have you read about leading a child to Christ? We are all searching for a way we can feel totally at ease while trusting they will “get it” in their heart and mind. Why do we make this so hard? What if we tried the simple approach of learning
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by Karen Apple “Talk, talk, talk. I have more interesting things to do than sit here and listen. I have got places to go and things to do,” thought one four year old. “Look, there is a bug on the wall. Wish I had a jar to…..” Jonathan’s wayward thoughts snapped back to the Bible
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by Dale Hudson Attending the adult service or “going to big church,” as those in kidmin often refer to it, is a constant struggle for many kid’s leaders. The reality is that many children’s ministry leaders hardly ever attend the adult service. To be transparent, it has been a constant tension for me over the
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by Alan Nelson While many ministry people move from working with children and youth to becoming senior pastors, I am sort of the opposite. After twenty years of pastoring, seventeen of which I was the lead pastor, I became the executive editor of Rev! magazine, which involved even more work with pastors of the senior
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