If you’ve been involved in Children’s Ministry for any length of time, then you may have heard of Karl Bastian. He calls himself a kidologist and owns the web site kidology.org. What is kidology? Simply put, it is the study of kids. In children’s ministry, we need to do our best to reach children, … [Read more…]
Whenever a new technology comes out, there are always the “early adopters”. The people that have to have the latest and greatest as soon as it comes out. They stand in long lines just waiting to be one of the firsts to have this new gadget. I am not one of those people. In … [Read more…]
Recently I posted about the non-negotiables of an effective ministry. This is an expanded look at one of those non-negotiables. There was a youth that had a serious health issue in our church. One night it was very serious and I was at the hospital with the parents to pray with them and help comfort … [Read more…]
Children in your ministry want to know: that you were once a child that you did some “stupid” things that you trusted in Jesus They want you to share your story. I’ve found that children enjoy hearing stories from your experiences. They will ask you to tell them time and time again. It lets them … [Read more…]
Tuesday night, I had the privilege of going to a piano recital. I went to listen to one the children in my ministry, I was surprised to find out that it was two of them. One had just begun to take lessons. I was truly impressed by what I heard. Did I not know this … [Read more…]