This article was written by Nikki and Kory Jordan, founders of Gospel Games. It is a paid partnership. Obedience. It’s a word that can feel heavy—almost intimidating. It can stir up thoughts of restriction, obligation, or even resistance. But what if that’s not how God wants us to see it? What if obedience isn’t about […]
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As the Easter season quickly approaches, it’s all too easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of planning, rehearsals, enlisting additional volunteers, and ensuring that every detail of the kids’ services goes smoothly. After all, Easter is one of the biggest celebrations of the year, and the pressure to deliver a memorable, well-organized experience is immense.
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This article was written by INCM Executive Director Steve Adams. Over the years, I have participated in many mission trips. Each one impacted my life differently and yet as I reflect on those trips a particular pattern emerges. Whether standing in the slums of Mumbai, the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, the
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“Erosion doesn’t excite people.”
This is what I thought recently while reading a news story about an 1800s farmhouse in England that’s beginning to hang over the edge of a cliff due to seaside erosion. The historical home is about to be demolished to prevent it from careening over the side of the cliff, and spilling into the ocean.
But what struck me while studying the arial, birds-eye view was that there was no mention in the article of the house just next door. The soil erosion is also headed for the other house, too. It may take a few years, but it’s coming. The clock is ticking.
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“It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.” John 13:1 Today on Good Friday, as communities of believers, we gather to reflect on
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Christmas in Children’s Ministry is hard. It is filled with joy, remembrance, worship, unspoken expectations, and deep grief. As ministry leaders, you are called to be many things to many people all at once. It is easy to become overwhelmed or unphased spiritually by the Christmas season. It’s easy to focus on the wrong things.
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You’re only a week away from Christmas Eve and Day services, with events in between.
And the last thing you need is to feel overwhelmed. But, let’s face it, you probably are.
You’re might be stress-eating cookies in the break room and downing your 4th cup of coffee of the day to stay on top of the events that will welcome old and new kids to church for maybe the first time ever or in a long time.
Christmas services feel like the stakes are high! And they are. This could be an opportunity for a kid to meet Jesus for the very first time.
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All of us have pain in our lives. As children’s ministry leaders, some of us avoid dealing with our own pain because there is so much other pain that we see that needs to be healed.
We might feel we don’t have the time or energy to deal with the pain.
Maybe we feel hopeless thinking that nothing can take away the pain that we experience from our childhoods, family members, or the world.
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This post was written by Melissa Hendrickson, a member of the INCM Blog team. For so many of us, we could tell the story of Easter in our sleep. We prep lessons with construction paper crosses or popsicle sticks, and we retell it to our kids on Easter Sunday with excitement and lilted voices. But,
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I love reading about Jesus’ interactions after His resurrection. One of the things that really stood out to me this year in reading these post-resurrection accounts is that, in the midst of the commissioning and sending, He set priorities for His disciples: love Me, follow Me, feed My lambs. It’s not anything different than the
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