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You Are Invited to JumpStart!
JumpStart is a 30-minute presentation for both kids and parents where we teach children what it means to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. This is an important part of our strategy to lead children and parents into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. You can find out more about JumpStart here. We invite [...]
Continue reading...Lost Child Policy
17. February 2010
How do you make sure that your volunteers know what to do in an emergency? A few weeks ago we talked about some of the policies and procedures that are in place to help keep our kids safe from harm. You can read more about that here. We’ve found that it’s important to train our volunteers and [...]
Continue reading...Celebrating Stories of Life Change
12. February 2010
How do you celebrate what God is doing in the life of your kids? One of the best environments that I get to participate in is Family Birthday Celebration. You can see a highlight of what this event looks like right here. One thing that I love about this event is how we capture on video the [...]
Continue reading...KidVenture 2010!
10. February 2010
How do you plan for events? This past weekend we took 2,000 kids bowling with their small group. And YES! They were all returned safely to their parents at the end of the day. It was a great event! The purpose of KidVenture is to help kids build stronger relationships with each other and with their small [...]
Continue reading...Policies and Procedures
2. February 2010
Do you have a volunteer handbook? How do you communicate important policies and procedures to your leaders? While it’s not all that exciting, we all know that you have to have some policies and procedures in place when it come to running a safe and secure children’s area. Here are a few things we communicate both verbally [...]
Continue reading...Looking for Summer Curriculum?
28. January 2010
Try Superheroes! This 10-WEEK series teaches the super powers of confidence, forgiveness, courage, self-control, and compassion. Every week you reveal a TRUE HERO from the Bible: Elijah, Daniel, Esau, Esther, Gideon, and David. But Jesus is THE ULTIMATE HERO of this series. At the end of this series, every child will clearly hear what it [...]
Continue reading...Curriculum on a “Child-Sized” Budget
21. January 2010
This post was written by Patrick Mitchell. He is the Family Ministry Director at Ridge Church, our strategic partnership in Indian Trail, North Carolina. Patrick knows what it takes to start from scratch and build a great ministry. You can learn more from Patrick by checking out his blog renown. Help! How can we [...]
Continue reading...Teaching Kids to Pray!
18. January 2010
If you want to know God better, talk to Him! All month long we are teaching our kids about the Big Idea of Discipline: doing what you need to do now so you can grow stronger. Things like reading your Bible, memorizing his Word, prayer, learning together, and putting him first. It’s all a part of the [...]
Continue reading...Groups Directors: Best Practices
13. January 2010
What are your best practices when it comes to leading volunteers? Once a month we meet with the Groups Directors from every campus for leadership development. It’s the time that we’ve blocked to get together to “work ON it and not just IN it.” A Groups Director is the leader that connects, trains, evaluates, encourages, supports, and [...]
Continue reading...Groups Director - Job Description
10. January 2010
We only hire people on our children’s ministry staff, who will be great at working with volunteers. It doesn’t matter what amazing skills they possess, if they aren’t good with volunteers, they can’t be a part of the team. Why? Because EVERYTHING that we do is dependent on the health and strength of our volunteer teams. [...]
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5. March 2010
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