BOOK REVIEW: Time to Update by Brittany Nelson
Digital Kid’s Ministry can sound like a scary phrase. What does it mean to minister to kids digitally? How can we best use technology in our ministries to serve the …
Child Dedication + Baptism Gift Ideas
Whether your church practices Child Dedications or Infant Baptisms, one of the biggest questions we often hear is: What should I get for the kids and families coming for the …
BOOK REVIEW: God, I Feel Sad by Michelle Nietart + Tama Fortner
As a Pastor to Kids, I often have parents and other children’s ministry leaders asking me a very difficult question: “What books do you recommend for kids who are going …
WHAT KIDS ARE TEACHING ME: Using God for Clout
God’s Okay With Questions I will never forget my undergraduate theology professor telling our class the story of how he decided to follow Jesus. He was thirteen years old and …
SCIENCE EXPERIMENT: Coming Back Clouds
In Acts 1 Jesus ascends into the clouds as the disciples watch. I can’t help but wonder if they were startled when two angels appeared behind them to say that …
RESPONSE ACTIVITY: Pumpkin Talents
It’s Fall Season around here, and there is no better way to incorporate the fun of Fall than by doing a pumpkin-based activity! This Response Activity is a terrific follow …
RESPONSE ACTIVITY: Praise Leaves
Here is a great response activity you can use for talking about Daniel 4 and Nebuchadnezzar’s pride, or any time you’d like to focus on saying thank you to God …
GAME IDEAS: Life-Size Pac-Man
One of our favorite games to play is Life-Size Pac-Man! This is a fun one to play during a midweek program for a game time, or as as an activity …
BOOK REVIEW: Let Go & Run Beside: The Essentials of Intentional Preteen Ministry by Sean Sweet
When it comes to Children’s Ministry, there is no doubt that kids in fourth and fifth (and sometimes sixth!) grade are completely different from kids in younger grades. They’re also …
Your Kids Service is a Worship Service
THE POWER IN METAPHORS Words are metaphors. They represent real things in real time. And those metaphors inform how we view life and the ways we live. For example, you …