FREE Children's Ministry Lessons
The Christmas season seems like it is just getting busier and busier. Our calendars get filled up with school events, family events, church events, and friend events. We make cookies, decorate the house, go look at Christmas lights, and sing Christmas carols. I love doing all of these things and there is absolutely nothing wrong … Read more
The musical term ādissonanceā means, āa tension or clash resulting from the combination of two disharmonious or unsuitable elements1.ā Basically, when two notes are too close together it results in an uncomfortable, colliding sound. A way to think about it is like hearing a fork scrape across a plate or fingers running down a chalk … Read more
Where do you find yourself devoting the most enthusiasm? Where is your passion? And how do you know what gives you the most drive? As football season rolls around, we see grown men lose all sense of dignity as they gather around a TV or a tailgate. We see entire towns come together in support … Read more
It’s a little secret that every mother knows… No matter how much we love spending time with ourĀ kids, the grown-up world is always working to steal our joy. I am approaching the twenty-year mark in children’s ministry? Where did the time go? I have enjoyed every minute of it–I feel a littleĀ selfish for loving it … Read more
If you glance around at people lately, it seems like anywhere you happen to be you will notice a majority of bystanders looking down. At restaurants, in stores, even walking down the road, so many people are intensely preoccupied with their phones, apparently glued to them as an extra arm extension. Even couples on a … Read more
Kids need you, children’s pastor. Really, they do. You’re not just a guy with a cool title. Not just a woman who loves kids–you are anointed, called and were created for this purpose: To nurture, advocate for and encourage young believers. For you, children’s ministry isn’t just a faze–that’s because it’s in your DNA. It’s … Read more
My friends in the ministry have come and gone through the years, so I am no stranger to the conflicting emotions involved when a friend is confident of Godās calling to another place. Each time it has happened in the past, I have felt strengthened and comforted by the Holy Spirit. Even though I felt, … Read more
After nearly twenty years in childrenās ministry, I can honestly say that kidsā min leaders make the best friends. Sure, I have friends who arenāt involved in ministry but some of my besties are straight up, die-hard childrenās pastors. And itās not just because we know all the same worship songs or because we all … Read more
Childrenās ministry is so rewarding but like all ministries, it can also be very demanding. Ministering to more than a handful of children each week can be wearing, physically and spiritually, no matter how much you love Jesus. Add in personal struggles, personal relationships and other stressors and you have plenty of reasons to walk … Read more
Serving in childrenās ministry has been the best thing Iāve ever done! Aside from having two wonderful children of my own, I feel blessed to have ministered to thousands of kids around the US. That being said, you have to have tough skin and Duracell battery faith to work in kids min. I may be … Read more