EQUIPPING CHILDREN LEADERS
EQUIPPING CHILDREN LEADERS GOOD LEADERS MAKE GOOD LEADERS (A Blog by Rev. Grace Verrier) A few years ago I assisted in ministry within a church whose adults had lost their vision for teaching children. I did try to recruit workers and offered to fully equip and train them. However, no adults were willing. (My style […]
William Booth
William Booth – The Power of Saving Child I just read a short biography of William Booth. Did you know he received the Lord at 14? I didn’t. Here is a clip from the article. When he was criticized for using secular tunes to attract crowds, he replied, “Secular music, do you say, belongs […]
3 Ways to Disciple Children
3 Ways to Disciple Children I came across this article and really enjoyed it. Here is a quote from the article: “A pastor’s primary job is, not to preach, but to prepare God’s people for works of service. In other words, a pastor’s primary responsibility is to disciple his congregation to do ministry. If that’s […]
Let Kids Use Their Talents | Children’s Ministry
Let Kids Use Their Talents in Children’s Ministry I attach to a link to a blog article detailing all the children who have won and done very well in the America’s Got Talent competition. Kids Dominate America In my years leading children’s ministry I have found that developing the kids talents always paid off. I […]
Highly Sensitive Kids
Attached is an article from Focus on the Family. I hope you will read it to the end. It is actually written for parents but I think there is some good advice in there for children’s ministry workers too. This is what I took away from the article. Having a set routine in your services […]
THANKSGIVING PUPPET SHOW
Here is a puppet show for Thanksgiving on Thankfulness Thankfulness From Curriculum Life of Christ 02 Lesson 1 (Characters: Stinky and Sally) Stinky: I hate my nose! It’s an ugly nose. Sally: I think you have a cute little nose. Why aren’t you thankful for your nose? Stinky: Cause it’s a puppet nose! That’s why! […]
Education
EDUCATION “Education is not a head full of facts, but knowing how and where to find the facts.” (E.C. McKenzie, 1800 Quotable Quotes) It is important as children’s ministers to teach kids how to find things in God’s word and also how to listen to God. There are some things that can’t be […]
BEING A DOER OF GOD’S WORD
BEING A DOER OF GOD’S WORD “Knowledge comes by taking things apart but Wisdom comes by putting things together.” (E. C. McKenzie, 1800 Quotable Quotes) So often when it comes to God’s word, people can read it and feel that they know all about God and they know all about the Christian way but […]
Cost of Children’s Ministry
COST OF CHILDREN’S MINISTRY “The bird with the largest bill isn’t the pelican – it’s the stork.” (E.C. McKenzie, 1800 Quotable Quotes) Of course, this is a play on words, the bill being the cost of something. In this blog I want to talk about the cost of children’s ministry. Churches who want to […]
Create What You Love | 7 Habits of a Good Artist | Andrew Price
Create What You Love | 7 Habits of a Good Artist | Based on Blender Foundation Speech by Andrew Price (view full speech on youtube.com) Habit # 7 Create what you Love As people who are serving the Lord we have a strong sense that we are called to something unique and special for […]
Feedback | 7 Habits of a Good Artist | Andrew Price
Feedback | 7 Habits of a Good Artist | Based on Blender Foundation speech given by Andrew Price (view video on youtube.com) Habit #6 Get feedback Andrew says, “You want true honest feedback.” In my efforts to cartoon the bible, I found the kids I am reading the stories to, to give me […]
Stealing | 7 Habits of a Good Artist | Andrew Price
Stealing | 7 Habits of a Good Artist | Based on Blender Foundation Speech by Andrew Price (video series can be viewed on youtube.com) Habit 3 – Get good at stealing Andrew says that we build on the stuff we have learned from others. Find your idols, copy the stuff you love and put them […]