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September 8, 2014
A 6 year old boy, teaching his parents the story of redemption
Evan’s parents were new in their faith when they started visiting the church. One Sunday after a church service, one of the kids leaders saw Evan with his mom in the hallway—stopped them—and told his mom how well Evan was doing in class. At that point, Evan turned to his mom and began telling her the story of God’s...
August 12, 2014
5 Tips for Training Leaders
The weeks leading up to Promotion Sunday lend the perfect opportunity for volunteer training as you embark on a new year in Kids Ministry. Everyone from the bright-eyed newbie to the gray-haired veteran can benefit from a thoughtfully constructed training session. Here are some tips to consider as you train your leaders 1) Be prepared In today’s busy, program-driven...
January 10, 2014
Raising Kids to Care About Missions
The Great Commission that Jesus gave in Matthew 28:18-20 is still a work in progress. According to the U.S. Center for World Mission’s Joshua Project, 2.91 billion people in the world are considered “unreached.” Unreached is defined as “a people group among which there is no indigenous community of believing Christians with adequate numbers and resources to evangelize this...
December 30, 2013
Thinking About Switching to The Gospel Project?
In late September of 2013, I was getting ready for my first weekend teaching our new children’s ministry curriculum. After several years of using a curriculum produced by another organization, we’d finally made the switch to The Gospel Project. But it wasn’t without a bit of anxiety. For years, the teachers, with rare exception, would take the biblical text...
November 20, 2013
Making the Christ Connection for Kids
One of the great features of The Gospel Project for Kids is its chronological plan through the Bible. Kids will study stories from Genesis to Revelation over three years. They will learn how familiar (and not-so-familiar) Bible stories fit together as part of a bigger picture—God’s plan to save people from sin. Each session contains a Christ Connection, a few...
October 2, 2013
What We Need Most Is Jesus!
This is a guest post by Jeff Hutchings, the Pastor of Family Ministries at The Journey (Tower Grove) in St. Louis. Among others things, my parenting generation is known for doting on our children. Multiple blogs and sermons regularly chide parents for indulging kids with things. Even though parents have good intentions by giving their kids what they didn’t...