Children’s Games

Children’s Games for Kids Church   Hi friends I am always on the hunt for games that I can do in kids church.  I like to start out the service with review games especially if I can cover the bible story from the previous week. Attached is a link for some really good children’s games.  […]

I Will Follow You (Song by Chris Tomlin)

KIDS MUSIC Hi friends, I am always looking for inspirational  kids music and videos for the kids church class.  I came across this one this morning.  I think it is lovely and brings serving down to a child’s level. http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=F0J2B1NU Click here for Children’s Church Resources

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 […]

How Struggle Helps us

How Struggle Helps Us Below is a link to a blog I found at Chuck Swindoll’s web site.  When I look back over my life, I see how the struggles I experienced as a child actually made my spiritual life very strong, because I looked to the Lord for help.  (My father died when I […]

Children Church Songs

Hi friends, if you are like me you are always looking for meaningful music easy for the kids to “get into”.  Here is a link for a song which has been around for a long time but is fun to watch.  “Super Hero.” Click here for Children’s Ministry Resources

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 […]

OPEN MINDS

OPEN MINDS  “The trouble with most open minds is that they are open at both ends.”  (E.C. McKenzie, 1800 Quotatable Quotes) It is impossible to believe everything because of the contractions that lie in all the different teachings.  People often try to pick and chose what they want to believe.  After reading the book titled […]

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 […]