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How to Choose the Best Children’s Ministry Curriculum
This article was written by The Ministry Spark Team from David C Cook. This is a paid partnership. Choosing Your Best Curriculum Anyone who has served in children’s ministry knows how important it is to have the right curriculum. Ministry leaders need curriculum they trust,…
3 Ways to Make It Easy for People to Come to Jesus 
This article was guest written by Lindsey Bush. A few years ago, I came across a scripture that gave me renewed perspective on welcoming families to our church community. The scripture contains the words of Jesus’ brother, James, at a crucial time in the early church. A…
When Things Change, Leaders Go First
The curriculum changed… again.A scheduled leader cancelled on Saturday night… again.The finance committee advises you to reduce your budget… again.  Ministry is full of change, much of it beyond our control. Unexpected changes can disrupt momentum, motivation, and threaten to steal our joy—so what must…
Let Me Hear You “GO, Fight, WIN!” In 2026
I, like many of you, am thick in the throes of raising active, athletic kids in the midst of ministry, marriage, and more. I constantly have dugout cheers reverberating in my brain with three softball players in our family. One of the most common cheers…
Encouragement for Ministry Leaders!
The INCM team is incredibly grateful for your investment in the kingdom and we want to bring you some encouragement today! You see the littlest ones as worthy, not as a distraction. You see all children as a gift from the Lord, not a burden….
Handling Feedback: Becoming 1% More Like Jesus
“Needs improvement.” Yikes. This might be the least favorite feedback to hear as leaders… or as humans. Why is it so hard to hear feedback on the areas that we need to work on? Even though we recognize we aren’t perfect and we certainly know…
Four Ways to Invest in Your Volunteers
ROI. Dollar Cost Averaging. Buy Low. Sell High. These words and phrases may not mean much to you unless you’re an investor or someone who is very familiar with the stock market and all things financial. You may not think about the stock market or…
5 Ideas to Build an ALL-IN Team
It’s the first week of fall. Google says, “fall ends our long, hot summer.” I had to laugh, clearly Google doesn’t live in Florida! Perhaps where you are, the temperature is settling in with a cool breeze and hopefully our volunteer teams and families are…
Top 3 Reasons It’s Great to Be a Small Church
Written by Ali Thompson, Executive Editor at Group Publishing. This is a paid partnership. Churches come in all shapes and sizes. That’s an amazing thing about the diversity of the body of Christ! Some people want the high-tech productions that are easier to pull off…
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