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Lost Child Policy
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...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...The Making of a GREAT Preschool Storyteller
31. January 2010
What does it take to tell a GREAT story to preschoolers? Today I stood in the back of our preschool large group environment and watched an incredible storyteller capture the attention of about 200 three and four-year-olds. She had them in the palm of her hand. They were laughing. They were touching their nose. They were [...]
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...Drive Conference 2010: Getting Ready!
14. January 2010
Are you coming to Drive Conference 2010? We go through a pretty rigorous process as we develop content and prepare breakouts for the Drive Conference. This week we had to turn in the first draft of our outlines. Next, the outlines go through a review process with Andy and then an editing process. THEN, we practice our [...]
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. [...]
Continue reading...Sharing the Gospel with Kids
3. January 2010
How often do you share the gospel with kids? Our mission is to lead children into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. Study after study tells us that most people accept Christ as their personal Savior during their elementary and early middle school years. This is why we do what we do! The gospel presentation [...]
Continue reading...Redefining Worship
16. December 2009
Worship is what you do to show God that you know who He is and what He has done. Worship is a critical part of a child’s spiritual growth. It’s just as important as Bible study, prayer, and small group time. Creating environments that allow our kids to genuinely worship God is one of our most [...]
Continue reading...Happy Birthday!
13. November 2009
Birthdays are important to kids. We want our small group leaders to remember their kid’s birthdays and take this opportunity to connect. Two things that we do to encourage this: 1. Once a month we print out a list of the birthdays, print mailing labels, and give it to the coach. This makes it easy for them [...]
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17. February 2010
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