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Written by a Kid–Creative Video Series

You should be watching this creative video YouTube series right now. And you should also be watching the metamorphosis that YouTube is taking. There are individuals in every corner...

Helping and Being Helped by Other Churches

This post is meant to be a huge shout out to Shine Middle School and the people at stuffyoucanuse.org and also meant to be an encouragement and challenge...

Kidmin Non-Negotiables

The last couple of days, I’ve been talking about creating safe environments within your children’s ministry. It’s too important to “wing it” or think that...

Building Trust in Your Ministry

by Gina McClain Trust is the key commodity in kids’ ministry that’s in constant exchange between parents and ministry leaders/volunteers. Each weekend as I walk...

Lessons in Communication from the Vice Presidential Debate

I just finished watching the Vice Presidential debate and both debates so far have been interesting studies in Communication. I don’t intend to get into...

Room Ratios in Your Kidmin Space

Confession: I’ve been in ministry for 15+ years, and I’ve never been a part of a ministry construction project or remodel. I’ve come to...

There is a Need? There is a Need!

As the leader of a special needs ministry for children at a mega church in San Diego, Calif., I understand that even in the...

How to Teach a Child to Give

Giving is such a hot topic in churches and really everywhere. We are the most skeptical customers the world has ever seen. Not only...

Why You Shouldn't Call Volunteers "Volunteers"

Ever heard this, "I don't know.  You'll need to ask a staff member.  I'm just a volunteer." The word "volunteer" tends to create...

Just One Chance

What if . . .  we approached every Sunday as if we had just one chance to impact the child or family that was...

Hey Married People…shhhhhh

My wife and I have said many times that we would love to go back to when we first got married and tell ourselves...

Are You Competing or Collaborating?

The natural bent is to become a ministry silo.  With the pressure to build your ministry area, it just happens.  Ministries compete for resources,...

You Stopped Ministry?

In my last post I ranted about being innovative at a very basic level… your language and terminology and there are much bigger fish...

The Superhero Within

Last week, I saw the movie The Amazing Spiderman with my two boys. Wow, what a good movie! I have to admit that my...

Your Pastor Doesn’t Need You

That’s right, your Pastor doesn’t need you to . . . Complain about things behind his back. You & I are on the team to help...

The Death and Resurrection of Marriage

Marriage is dying, but not in the way we might think.I, for one, didn’t really care much about marriage when I was younger. I...

5 Ways to Lead Leaders

By necessity, ministry – children’s & family, in particular – requires us to lead in perhaps the hardest leadership arena possible: the volunteer arena....

10 Ways to Know When It's Time to Stop a Ministry Program

So you've got this ministry program or event that you believe should be ended.  You've known it for awhile and the feeling just keeps...

Habits that Build Good Relationships

It’s amazing to me how so often it can be the little things that make the difference.  Relationships are both built upon and destroyed...

Adventures in Student Ministry: Part 1

Yesterday I posted about my journey of hiring a student pastor. I’ll say right now that I’m incredibly grateful to have someone coming in...

Greg Locke and Mike Signorelli Combine Their Films for ‘Miracles at...

Last year, Pastor Greg Locke of Global Vision Bible Church (Mt. Juliet, Tennessee) and Pastor Mike Signorelli of V1 Church (Amityville, New York) both released theatrical faith-based documentaries that shared how God is bringing a spiritual awakening during what they describe as “America’s darkest hour.”

Rebecca McLaughlin on Whether Christians Can Agree To Disagree About Same-Sex...

Dr. Rebecca McLaughlin joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about how church leaders can respond to common arguments that use the Bible to affirm same-sex relationships, the “why” behind God’s design for marriage, and the “beautiful and glorious vision” Christianity has for friendship.

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