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Bible verse coloring pages for light in the Bible will give your kids a fun way to learn 2 great scriptures.

Here's a fun way to help your kids remember their scripture reading!

Encourage your Sunday School teachers with these 5 Bible verses. 

God wants us to be loyal and faithful to our friends and family; even when things seem challenging, He will work things out for good.

Dig out of your rut by taking a hike!

How do you retain visitors to your church?

Can a Pastor take a day off? Yes, you CAN get a day OFF. And it can be Amazing!

Be intentional in guiding your children to develop an internal Biblical Roadmap.

The best way to prevent abuse is to plan ahead. This is the first post in a three part series from KidCheck on the essential elements of designing and implementing an effective Child Protection Policy.

How can you and your volunteers help children deal with stress?

A 25-page Children's Ministry Manual for your volunteers!

God brings many people (staff, volunteers, parents and children) into our circle of influence. Pray for them, and choose to speak life into their lives. 

Some advice on how to manage your classroom at all age levels. 

3 steps to collaborative problem solving.

Where is the warmth-meter in your ministry?  

Have fun this Easter by changing up your egg hunt!

An adaptation of David and Bathsheba to teach about hiding sin. 

With VBS coming up, attitudes and conversations can make a difference when you have a rambunctious group of kids.

Delegation is a must in Children's Ministry! Here are some great tips for how to delegate effectively in your ministry.

Saying "sorry" is a good thing, but not when your goal is to win volunteers to your ministry and vision.

Learn 4 mistakes many Children's Pastors make with their volunteers and how to avoid making them

Do you have tunnel vision when it comes to your kidmin? Follow these tips on how to stay connected with the rest of the ministry teams!

When does curriculum for children's ministry become outdated?

What should your kids know as they reach the end of each grade level? Here's a handy list to help you out!

Emotional concussions can be just as lethal, and sometimes even more so, than a physical concussion

In our diverse modern culture, virtually all ministry is “cross-cultural” and effective connections and relationship building will depend up your cross-cultural understanding and communication skills.

How do you explain the Trinity to your kids?

Love everyone — even when they do wrong to you!

Ideas on how to make your kidmin space fun for kids!

Take these 4 steps to help run an effective kids ministry service. 

If you’re like me, you know how important volunteers are to Children’s Ministry. It is a true partnership: we cannot accomplish the work of our ministry without our dedicated volunteers; they cannot effectively accomplish the work of our ministry without a leader at the helm. How can we show them we truly appreciate them?

Excessive use of video games can become a trap (an addiction) kids get caught in as they try to escape their emotional turmoil.

Fun ways to help your volunteers get connected with each other

6 things you can do to help your volunteers to become ministry partners

Why and how can playtime be the most important part of your Sunday morning?

What do you think is the most important thing that happens in your KidMin on a Sunday morning?

One of the things I have found over the years is that it is important that we teach God’s Word, but also create a place for kids to interact with each other and make friends. I do that through Small Groups.

Whether 'called', 'led', or 'dragged'... being swept into children's ministry can be the most rewarding experience. 

In our pursuit of recruiting volunteers for our children’s ministries, many people would say that they are not getting volunteers. I think we need to look inward before we begin to talk about how people just don’t volunteer in our ministries.

Too often delegation is poorly executed, frustrating both the person delegating and the person being delegated to. There should be a benefit for both parties, but often one or both parties feel dissatisfied.

Use these tips to become a better team member that will benefit not only your team, but the kids in your ministry.

What makes a ministry team incredible? These five principles will help you build an incredible team for your children's ministry.

Steps to learn what to delegate and which team members to delegate to.

Discover 3 ways to help your volunteers through burn-out. 

Parents need you to partner with them in discipling their kids. 

Use your current volunteers to develop volunteers.

What keeps your middle schoolers from worshiping? How can you turn it around?

Review these tips for handling discipline problems in your classroom or kids church. Take control of your classroom and get back to the business of guiding your kids into a deeper understand of God and His Word.

Creative meetings are great for any and every kids event you do.

Share with kids these 5 basic tips on how to wisely choose their friends.