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…]
Recently there was a new book promoted to children’s ministry leaders. Anyone could get the book for free if they paid a nominal shipping fee. The book was plugged as “finally a Christian book series that targets the Harry Potter crowd”. Knowing the controversies that surround Harry Potter and wanting to stay up on … [Read more…]
When a child receives a Bible, it is a special time. There are some churches who give a child a Bible at certain times in their lives. When they move up to a certain grade, when they get baptized, etc. In the last several years, I have had the privilege of providing copies of … [Read more…]
My wife often laughs at me (in a nice way) whenever we go out to eat. I seldom try anything “new and different”. Depending on the restaurant we go to, she knows what I will order. Conversely, it may take her what seems like forever to decide what to order. When we go to a … [Read more…]
Recently I have seen several posts about it being okay to be bored in church. The base intent is a justification for children to attend the worship service as a family and not separate children by holding Sunday School, or Children’s Church during the same time. That while children may seem bored, they may … [Read more…]