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Teach your kids how they can reach out to their community.

An essay highlighting the value of simplicity and depth of relationship in producing teachable moments.

How can churches help single parents during the summer?

Make change in your ministry effectively and learn to help your volunteers get on board.

Create more effective strategies for reaching the lost, by gaining an understanding of the types of lost kids.

Move your ministry to the next level with these 16 steps.

Learn how to help kids build relationships in small groups

A Fun Scripture Activity For Sunday School

How do I teach “Go To Church” when the church doors are closed?

Are you a children's ministry leader at a small church? Here are some practical and creative ideas for your ministry!

Need a puppet script for Superbowl Sunday? This script is designed to help children learn about S-O-U-P-E-R bowl Sunday, and how we can show love to retired ministers and missionaries on this day!

Spiritual vitality is important for every follower of Jesus Christ. But do we consistently live it out? Specifically, do those of us who lead children’s ministries live it out?

An account of how I learned to pastor a splinter child, someone with multiple special needs who has yet to be clearly diagnosed.

Here are some interesting facts and a preschool game activity from Thailand!

Have you ever tried to witness at Starbucks? Here are some ways to minister to kids and their parents at your local Starbucks!

How do we best preserve God's story through the generations?

People all across America waited in long lines on Black Friday for good deals, then searched again on Cyber Monday. The bottom line here is that just like those shoppers, we are looking for great deals to stretch our dollars a little further. This is nothing new for those of us in Children’s Ministry. It really doesn’t matter how big or small our churches are; children’s ministry leaders want to get the most bang for our limited bucks.

A fun object lesson using "thankful" scriptures to stuff a turkey.

Recruiting is difficult, but your ministry can begin to have a waiting list of volunteers if you make a Deep and Wide Sublist.

This is an amazing planning manual compiled by CP Team member Scott Phillips to help those tasked with the job of planning a summer camp.

Short on volunteers this summer? Here's what we did to recruit volunteers to step in and serve!

Ready, Set, Hike! Wait, which team are you on? This Super Bowl-themed children's lesson helps teach kids the importance of being on God's team!

Want to tell the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 in an exciting new way?

Here is a sweet snack called mandazi that children in Tanzania like to eat for breakfast!

Which of these obstacles are keeping you from managing your tasks well? The solutions are here!

Want your kids to pay attention better in class? Teach them to S.L.A.N.T.

Teaching kids about the love of God is a privilege and a joy, but what happens when your group includes a negative child?

Doctrine can be taught to children! Here are eight basics that every Christian church can agree on and should teach to all of their members, beginning with the children.

 Kids must be taught their faith in order to gain confidence in it!

Teaching kids to talk to God and hear from him is one of the most transformative parts of the small group experience, so be intentional about making it a priority in your time together.

How much of your lesson prep time is spent in prayer?

It's the same old BIble story, but it can also be a fresh one, when told through the eyes of someone new. 

An activity that helps kids become better friends with God

Read Tim Tebow's story about his Childhood faith and learn about the 4/14 Window.

How important is technology to our ministries? How important should it be to the decisions we make?

Some of the best advocates for our ministry are the parents who are directly impacted by the ministry. Parents have a natural desire to involve their children in a ministry that is first rate.  Our goal should be to take their interest and turn it into involvement. Today I would like to share 10 of my favorite ways to engage parents in ministry.

More and more children’s ministry leaders and parents are interested in getting kids involved in service, outreach, and missions. But how can we get today’s kids on the move? Here are ten key ingredients for motivating kids to focus on the needs of others.

Here is a fall-themed midweek outreach lesson plan that includes a 19-page Word doc with activities that can be used at any time during the year.

Want to teach the children in your ministry about thankfulness? This lesson on Jehoshaphat from 2 Chronicles 20 will help them learn the importance of being thankful, no matter what!

This Bible lesson from Psalm 100:4-5 about Thanksgiving was first used in our Sunday morning children’s church with Kindergarten – 6th grade students. It could also work as a Thanksgiving Sunday School lesson or any other children’s ministry teaching time.

Check out this awesome Thanksgiving Puppet Script, which is designed to teach children a lesson on thankfulness!

Help children of divorce better cope with the holidays by being aware of the things they may be missing this Christmas. 

When did ministry become a job? Find out how to kill the dragons before they kill you spiritually.

Need to teach your preschoolers about the armor of God? Take a look at this 7-week curriculum series!

Learn how to be mentored and who you should pursue as a mentor.

When we stop doing what works in our ministry, we go adrift, get stuck, or stall out in our effectiveness. The solution? A Restart! Check out this article for Ten Areas in your leadership that might need a restart.

If you're only focused on ministry and not people, then you're missing one of your greatest callings.

Here are a few of the benefits of holding a volunteer meeting every week.

Can a case be made for occasional free play at church? What benefits could there be for ministry for pauses the teaching to let kids have some free time?

Can your kidmin use a reboot?