Celebrating Stories of Life Change
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 kids sharing their own personal story of faith. This video is shown right before they are baptized.
Whether you live in Atlanta, New York, or Mississippi, if you work in children’s ministry it is a privilege to be used by your heavenly father to play a part in the story that God is writing in the lives of our kids. I thought I would share a few stories that we heard this past weekend.
This service paints a picture of a very clear win for me and for everyone on our team. It gives value and significance to the work that God has us doing. I hope that you can find the same connection in stories just like these.
What did you see this week that gave significance and value to the work that you do?
February 10, 2010
KidVenture 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...
February 4, 2010
Developing Leaders: High Performance Teams
How do you develop the leaders around you? Every week I meet with three leaders on our team and we work through a specific aspect of leadership development. I thought it might be fun to broaden the learning group and hear from some of you. I am a firm believer in taking what I’ve learned and pouring [...] Continue reading...
February 2, 2010
Policies and Procedures
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...
January 31, 2010
The Making of a GREAT Preschool Storyteller
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...
January 28, 2010
Looking for Summer Curriculum?
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...
January 27, 2010
KidStuf Job Descriptions
Who does it take to produce the KidStuf experience? A few years ago we changed our approach to KidStuf. You can learn more about that here. We are firm believers that you must have the right leaders in place before starting something new. Mike is our Multi-Campus KidStuf Director. He leads a Production Director on each [...] Continue reading...
January 24, 2010
Good Leaders, Listen Well
Last year at Drive Conference, Andy said, “If you fail to listen to those around you, You will soon be surrounded by people who have nothing important to say.” Read that one more time. Aloud. Let it sink in. About nine years ago I was working through a tough transition with one of our teams. [...] Continue reading...
January 21, 2010
Curriculum on a “Child-Sized” Budget
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...
January 19, 2010
Celebration Time!
Woo Hoo! Last week, during one of our busiest Sundays ever, I overheard one of our coaches talking to her team of volunteers. She was telling them that one of their teammates, a high school student, was getting baptized next week during the 11:00 service. She wanted to make sure that everyone on the team knew [...] Continue reading...
February 12, 2010
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