It is a struggle everyone in children’s ministry faces. How do we get parents engaged and how do we get children to see God in their daily lives, not just at church? We give “take-home” papers in hopes that parents will see them, read them, and encourage their child to complete them often to … [Read more…]
Being a former children’s pastor and currently actively involved in children’s ministry, there are a few holidays that I do not look forward to because of the controversies that surround them. They are Easter, Christmas, and Halloween. People take extreme positions and hold them as litmus tests as to whether another is a true … [Read more…]
Do we spread a false message when we emphasize that Christmas is Jesus’ birthday? People get caught up in the “fight” to keep Christ in Christmas and how parents are lying to their children when they teach them to believe in Santa Claus; yet the church seems to accept all of the inaccuracies taught … [Read more…]
I teach 4th grade Sunday School. The Children’s Ministry Director where I serve asked me to pray about having the 3rd grade in the class as well. I didn’t need to pray about it. I told them that I would not say no to that if they deemed it necessary. We cannot always be … [Read more…]
You never know what the children in your ministry are facing at home. The questions asked by the children often relate to something they have faced, or are facing in their life. On Sunday mornings, I always have a time of prayer, asking the children if they have anything they want to pray for … [Read more…]