Workshop on Stopping Problem Behaviors

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Children’s Ministry Statistics 2022

We asked 1,200 children’s ministry leaders to share about their local situations heading into 2022. The responses are often concerning, especially the impact of COVID on how churches are reaching young families. If you want to see all our children’s ministry research directly, you can click here to download the full results as an excel ... Read more...

How To Create a Discipline Plan for Your Ministry

This online training workshop (20 minutes) will help you develop a consistent plan for dealing with behavior issues in your ministry. You can download the session notes or watch the video with others from your ministry team. Workshop Notes: Developing a Discipline Plan for Your Children’s Ministry Misconceptions about Discipline Discipline = mean, harsh, strict Kids don’t ... Read more...

Workshop: How To Plan Major Events

In this 21 minute presentation, you will learn the 9 steps for organizing major events in your children’s ministry. You can download the notes from this workshop, PowerPoint or share the video with your team using this link. http://youtu.be/ssvIek3PkA4 Group Discussion Leave a comment below to share your response to this training. For example, you could discuss a recent major event in ... Read more...

“The Value of Discipline” Bible Lesson (Hebrews 12)

For children (and often adults!), the word “discipline” carries a lot of negative connotation. We tend to think of punishment and hardship, of consequences and strict regimes. With a look at the book of Hebrews, this lesson focuses on the meaning of discipline, and the contrasts between the hardship of discipline and benefits of rewards ... Read more...

Negative Volunteer Behaviors: What’s Happening and What Should You Do?

When praying about my ministry, I can’t help but reflect upon my blessings. I have such faithful volunteers; without their help, children’s church would be a whole lot crazier. However, during busy times, it’s easy to see my team get stressed out and me too! I must confess that I rarely have difficulty with volunteers ... Read more...

“Build-A-Deer Workshop” Christmas Game for Preteens

**This is a guest post from Nick Diliberto from PreteenMinistry.net Object: This is a team-based game to see which team can create the most off-the-hook “reindeer” antlers in 5 minutes! Supplies: For each team provide: 1 new pair of brown or tan panty hose; 14-7″ balloons; 1 red gift bow and two 6–8″ lengths of Christmas ribbon; ... Read more...