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Learn to live with brokenness, not in it. 

As children's ministers, we must help kids honor their fathers. Here are some ways that kids can honor their dads, and ways that they don't honor their dads.

Fun ways to help your volunteers get connected with each other

You can put together a plain 'ol résumé, or you can create one that demonstrates the creativity and effort and zeal that you will put into your ministry once you are hired!

Learning the skill of writing effective goals will go a long way towards accomplishing them. Janelle Hoos of the Well Equipped Volunteer blog provides a strategy of writing goals, accomplishing them, and knowing what to do when you fail to hit your goals.

Here is a list of some ways that divorce affects children.

Infants and toddlers are affected by divorce in several ways. They don’t know what is going on, but they do sense something is wrong, and they show this in several different ways.

The signs that we should look for to see the effects of divorce on preschoolers.

Discover the purpose of having a family night

When the church and the home are working together, we will have more success in making disciples of our kids.

In our pursuit of recruiting volunteers for our children’s ministries, many people would say that they are not getting volunteers. I think we need to look inward before we begin to talk about how people just don’t volunteer in our ministries.

From my vantage point and experience of getting to know many children’s ministry leaders, I have concluded that there appears to be five typical ways or scenarios that people use to enter the profession of Children’s Ministry or Kidmin Jobs. Which one of these Entry Scenarios describes you?

How can your church transition kids from the children's ministry to the student ministry?

Every church culture requires a leader who can understand How Things Work. Here are few things to watch for that might assess How Things Work in your Church.

Too often delegation is poorly executed, frustrating both the person delegating and the person being delegated to. There should be a benefit for both parties, but often one or both parties feel dissatisfied.

Use these tips to become a better team member that will benefit not only your team, but the kids in your ministry.

What makes a ministry team incredible? These five principles will help you build an incredible team for your children's ministry.

Stop battling with other leaders and ministries, instead catch the vision of your leaders and fight on the front lines together.

Steps to learn what to delegate and which team members to delegate to.

Sometimes our team members make mistakes. When we address these times of failure, we can gain a benefit for the church, and most importantly, for the individual worker.

6 ways you can succeed in reaching your goals, any time of year!

Learn how to decorate your Sunday School Classroom and leave a even bigger impact on your kids.

What can you do when your pastor asks too much of you? When you feel like you’re overwhelmed with ministry work? When you’re not able to focus enough attention on important stuff? The challenges we face blanch in comparison to the one situation that will absolutely derail your ministry: dysfunction between you and your pastor.

Use your current volunteers to develop volunteers.

How children's ministry leaders can enjoy their summer and find rest in busyness.

6 great communication tatics that will help get your message to every parent

Review these tips for handling discipline problems in your classroom or kids church. Take control of your classroom and get back to the business of guiding your kids into a deeper understand of God and His Word.

Creative meetings are great for any and every kids event you do.

Having a tough or difficult conversation with someone is hard. It’s not for the faint of heart. If I need to have a tough conversation with someone I go through what I call “mental gymnastics.” I usually have a conversation with myself that goes something like this.

Why does listening matter so much?

A great resource that guides you in the complicated process of hiring a Children's Pastor

Building relationship with your Lead Pastor and taking him from being an obstacle to your ministry to a partner in ministry.

It’s one of the toughest decisions you will ever have to make: leaving a church you have been serving as a staff member. It’s a decision that should NEVER be made cavalierly and never without much prayer and consideration.

Do you struggle with leading your team to excellence? What does that even look like? What should it look like?

Have you ever had a Sunday School or Kids Church leader call in sick last minute? If you're not prepared, you'll be left scrambling for ideas for your substitute teacher. To avoid this, have an emergency lesson ready to go.

Learn the Basics of starting a puppet ministry

Do we unintentionally contradict ourselves, leaving our kids confused and spinning in circles?

Learn to work with your Pastors and stop feeling like they don't get it.

Begin creating your Philosophy of Ministry, with a simple format to follow and attached examples.

Don't wait until you're asked to show your pastor your ministry plan!

A brief essay about in the trenches leadership, where leaders labor alongside those they lead to execute ministry strategies.

An interview with Larry Fowler about developing a heart ministry and asking "How often do they come?"

A few suggestions to help you make the most of your interview process

The interview is often the key event that determines whether a candidate moves on in the ministry calling process. This article will present several suggestions that can improve how you present yourself in an interview.

Time. One of the most important resource you possess. How you invest it is critical, because unlike most other resources, you cannot recoup it once it’s gone. Is time investment a challenge for you?

Ebook resources for you to recruit and train volunteers

Why we need more good churches and fewer excellent ones.

Firing someone is not an easy job. But sometimes it IS necessary. 

Is your kids ministry failing? Ask yourself these questions, and then make the changes needed to get your ministry back on track. 

Networking works wonders in ministry when we involve God in the process.