Kids

Groups Directors: Best Practices

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 [...]

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Groups Director - Job Description

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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GodTime - Sample

Here is a sample of January’s GodTime card that a few of you asked for. We print this on a half sheet of cardstock/front and back. We give it out the first Sunday of every month. You can learn more about this tool here.

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What curriculum do you use in UpStreet?

We primarily use 252 Basics for our curriculum in UpStreet. It’s important to decide in advance what you want your kids to KNOW and who you want them to BECOME as they go through their elementary years. Once you have decided that, then you have the grid for what you should teach your kids. We think it’s [...]

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What is UpStreet?

UpStreet is our small group environment for our elementary kids. But here’s what we really believe is important for you to know about UpStreet. When our kids show up on Sunday morning, we believe that the Bible should NEVER be boring, that worship can be really loud, and that the best leaders ALWAYS care. In [...]

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