YOU AS THE LEADER Maintain your relationship with God – devotional life, quiet days, reading and prayer. Understand your leadership style and value it. Do things you are good at- find and develop others to do those things you find harder. Develop a support network – mentors, friends, parent support group, administrators, prayer team. Limit [...]
Then Jesus took his disciples up to the mountain and gathering them around him, he taught them saying: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the meek, Blessed are they that mourn. Blessed are the merciful. Blessed are they that thirst for justice. Blessed are you when [...]
For all those who attend vestry or church council meetings… I’m on a committee, Which means that from morning to night We attend, and amend, And contend, and defend, Without a conclusion in sight. We confer and concur, We defer and demur And reiterate all our thoughts. We revise the agenda with frequent addenda And [...]
I found the following website has helpful downloads relevant to teaching or leading a children’s group. There are also some questions for reflection and discussion with others in your children’s ministry team. Children’s Ministry Agency- Assemblies of God USA. http://4kids.ag.org/library/characteristics/index.cfm
MAX7.org has a load of great FREE resources for use in Sunday School, training children’s workers and running children’s programs. I’ve just been reading their latest resource which is a training guide for children’s workers which has some excellent material to work through with your leadership team. The guide is also available in several languages. [...]
The Christian Blind Mission (CBM Australia) has produced some excellent resources to help make our churches more inclusive for people with disablities. Please visit their website and consider how Children’s workers can implement changes and work to improve our support of those who find church access and inclusion difficult. Visit: http://Luke14.cbm.org.au
Scripture Union have made available a great training resource called “Children and the Gospel” written by Ron Buckland a seasoned Australian children’s worker, pastor, trainer and writer. This article and the references quoted are well worth a read.
I just discovered a helpful website today where Sunday School teachers can ask questions about where to find particular resources for children’s ministry. The page “Ask Uncle Noah” is certainly worth checking out and perhaps bookmarking for future reference. childrensbiblestudy.com
This prayer was originally posted on my other website at http://eliab.com. I wrote the prayer after thinking about how hard it is for some people to find time (or take time) to be alone with God. I thought having some kind of pattern to this “quiet time” might help someone get back to praying as [...]
I have just seen a great new children’s ministry resource from Scripture Union in the UK which has been developed to help those working with pre-schoolers.The material is called “Tiddlywinks“. They write.. “We are aiming to provide a monthly email to support and resource those working with under-5s in Christian settings. This could be on [...]
Build good relationships Leaders to kids Kids to leaders Kids to kids Participate in all activities even if it is from the sideline Be real with the kids Set and keep good standards Use action and variety Be well prepared. Use activities that suit the children’s age group. Give the children some responsibility. Create a [...]
Rahab (Joshua 2) Realized the Lord was the true God. (v. 9) Accepted the spies.(v.4) Helped the spies. (vs.5,15) Acted on the spies advice. (v 21 Believed in the Lord. (v.11, 6:17)
1. Get the children to sit together in such a way that everyone has eye contact with the leader. Make sure that all the children can hear you. As best you can be aware of any children with eyesight or hearing problems who need to sit near the front. 2. Clearly outline the task and [...]
DISCIPLINE & CONTROL WITH CHILDREN A definition of DISCIPLINE Discipline is the guiding of behaviour so that learning can occur. The aim of good discipline is to : (1) effect learning ( learning should be promoted and enhanced). (2) help children to acquire the ability to exercise SELF-DISCIPLINE. Good techniques of class management and discipline [...]
It’s a great privilege and responsibility to have leaders who are responsible to you. We all know how hard it is to find and keep volunteers who are willing to serve the Lord and to be trained. I’ve found this little acrostic a helpful reminder to have up on my wall to remind me to [...]
Children’s Ministries University Online offers free “Children’s Ministry Training Workshops”. The following workshops are intended to give prospective students a glimpse of the instruction offered through their courses. I’ve included the link here for those who might find their free workshops helpful. Free Workshops “Cultivating a Cutting Edge Children’s Church” “Creative Storytelling” “Help is on [...]
I have just found out about a great new website which offers free resources for ministry to children. Included for free is the new BibleMAX curriculum, video and song downloads and some training materials. New resources are going to be added in time. This generous offering of resources to the world via the net is [...]
Blessed are they who love children with all their heart, for they shall be rewarded with big smiles. Blessed are they who have planned and prepared, for the children will be interested and pay attention. Blessed are they who arrive early, for they shall be able to welcome the children at the door with a [...]
What are some key elements in dealing with discipline problems? Lay a good foundation of discipline through your positive relationships with the children. Get to know what makes them tick and what to expect from children of differing ages and stages of growth. Discipline Hints- 1. Make expectations clear. Before a children’s program, camp or [...]
I was reminded recently of a helpful guide to choosing songs or music to use with children. This test (originally developed by Scripture Union) has been also a very useful tool in training music teams working with children in mission situations. The test is called the TRIM test. T = Teaching Is the teaching true [...]
The Lord is my helper; I shall not fear in guiding these pupils. He leads me to the heart of the truth and prepares the mind of the pupils for the truth. He gives me a vision of the immortality of these lives. He leads me to see the sacredness of teaching His book. Yea, [...]
Blessed are they who love children with all their heart, for they shall be rewarded with big smiles. Blessed are they who have planned and prepared, for the children will be interested and pay attention. Blessed are they that arrive early, for they shall be able to welcome the children have time to talk to [...]
1. Develop an atmosphere of love and acceptance. 2. Provide meaningful activities. 3. Allow the child to make choices. 4. Be realistic and consistent in your expectations. 5. Focus on positive actions.
Considerations in choosing the appropriate material to teach a children’s small group. 1. Scriptually based. 2. Appropriate to teach particular doctrine or spiritual truth. 3. Good story content. 4. Link with the other lessons to form a compact series. 5. Has action and content which appeal to the age group of children. 6. Gives the [...]
1. Thou shalt not be perfect, or even try to be. 2. Thou shalt not try to be all things to all people. 3. Thou shalt leave things undone that ought to be done. 4.Thou shalt spread thyself too thin. 5. Thou shalt learn to say “no”. 6. Thou shalt schedule time for thyself and [...]
“Be not weary in your serving; Do your best for those in need; Kindness will be rewarded By the Lord who prompts the deed.” – Anon
I found this website today which has a number of good articles on leadership, training and recruiting new children’s leaders. TodaysChildrensMinistry.com
Today we had 130 children at our holiday program which was a record attendance for us over ten years of running the program. The outreach program is based on Scripture Union Holiday program material titled “Pyramid Rock“. We are praying that many children will come to know God better and know Jesus as their saviour [...]
The message never changes but the methods do. That’s just as true when you’re communicating the Gospel to children as it is when you are working with adults. If you work with children, Saddleback Children’s Pastor Craig Jutila suggests you look for ways to engage them with the Gospel through technology. Check out this very [...]
Those who work with children are incredibly blessed but we all suffer at some time from the pressure of preparation , the busyness of the program or from the perceived expectations of others. Here is a helpful list of 36 ways to deal with the stress in our lives at 1stholistic.comWays to reduce stress
