I was recently at a children’s ministry conference attending a breakout session about volunteers and how some volunteers can be “toxic” and then someone mentioned me. Well, not by name, but by description and the person leading the breakout session agreed and said that I, they, were your worst volunteer nightmare. Who were they talking … [Read more…]
One of the biggest misconceptions in the church that is repeated over and over again is that children are the future of the church. But if it is true that children are the future of the church, and stats tell us that anywhere between 50 and 85% of youth leave the church when they … [Read more…]
The second day of the conference focused on the point of SERVE. When you are called to serve children, you are called to impact someone’s life for all of eternity. What you do matters and is essential for the health of the Church. It’s about living out your faith and answering a call to … [Read more…]
Last week I read a post on Lifeway.com entitled: Why Kids Need to See Their Parents Serve“. I can provide testimony to this because I saw my parents serving in many ways in the local church as a child, even into my adulthood. They set an example for me that no one else could … [Read more…]
Children’s ministry is cute. After all, isn’t the purpose of children’s ministry to put on programs for Christmas and Easter, maybe a program after VBS, just to entertain the adults? I once attended a church where I was expected to put on a program to show the church what the children had been learning. At … [Read more…]