Administration Zone
Articles and Resources for Leaders and Administrators
So, you're in charge of the Children's Ministry?! HELP IS HERE!
Whether you are a Children's Pastor, Director, Coordinator, or Hold-it-all-together-er, the fact is you need ideas, and you need them fast!! If you're looking for a sample policy manual, or permission slip, or other administrative help, this is the place!
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Recalculating
Improve your ministry performance and become a better leader by evaluating yourself and your ministry. |
Leadership | |
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Registration Cards
Simple registration card, to make signing up new families even easier. |
Registration, | |
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Researching a Potential Church Ministry Postion
How do you research a church that you are considering applying at for a Children Ministry position? |
Interviewing, Hiring, Job | |
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Resolved: No Resolutions!
I have a resolution for you: Don't make Resolutions! Here is a tried-and-true method for getting things done, the non-resolution way! |
Setting Goals in Ministry | |
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Resume Verbs by Skill
A handy chart for making better resumes by using verbs that show your skills. |
Resume Crafting | |
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Retaining Visitors Who Attend Your Children's Ministry Christmas Event
How do you plan to retain the visitors to your church during this holiday season? |
Christmas, Retention | |
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Running and Repainting
Have you ever seen the Sydney Harbour Bridge? Sometimes running a children's ministry can feel like repainting this extensive bridge! |
Endurance in Ministry | |
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Running on Empty
Here are 10 red-light warnings that your fuel gauge is getting low and you are “running on empty.” Fuel up! |
Rest | |
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Sacred Pathways Overview for Volunteers
A resource to help teach your volunteers the Sacred Pathways |
Serving, Worship, Relational | |
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Safety Beyond CheckIn
An active duty law enforcement officer, SWAT operator, and former pastor gives advice on how to best protect the kids in your ministry. |
Child Safety, | |
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Scheduling Your Day When There's Not Enough Time
Get tips on how to better manage your time. |
Schedules, Time Management | |
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Securing Your Children's Ministry
Make your Children's Ministry an even safer environment with these suggestions from safety and security experts. |
Child Safety, Security, Volunteer Safety | |
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Set Up Your Volunteers for Success
When preparing for fall, here is a list of wants and needs for your rooms. |
Fall Room Prep | |
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Seven Steps to Screening Youth Working with Children
Taking the time to thoroughly screen is an important step in identifying youth that are a good fit and keeping child safety a priority. |
Child Safety, Screening | |
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Seven Things Parents Need You To Know
Here are some things I believe that parents need you to know as you lead them at church. |
Knowing Parents | |
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Shepherding Children Safely in the Church
This article aims to provide a conversation starter to motivate church leaders to look beyond the minimum requirements for child safety toward developing a fully orbed approach. It is not exhaustive, but it does touch on major important points commonly missed in local churches. |
Child Saftey, | |
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Should Kids Ministry Take the Summer Off?
Here are a few reasons why we DON’T take a Summer Break for Kids Ministry. |
Summers | |
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Show Me Your Work!
Learn to show your work, so you can become more effective at the important ministry that you do. |
Strategy, Review | |
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Sisyphus, Eternity, and Anchoring Change
Make change in your ministry effectively and learn to help your volunteers get on board. |
Change | |
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Six Types of Lost Kids
Create more effective strategies for reaching the lost, by gaining an understanding of the types of lost kids. |
Lost, Evangelism, | |
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Sixteen Steps to the Next Level
Move your ministry to the next level with these 16 steps. |
Coaching, Leadership | |
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Small Group for Kids: Tips for Building Community
Learn how to help kids build relationships in small groups |
Small Groups, | |
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S-T-R-E-T-C-H Your Ministry Dollars
People all across America waited in long lines on Black Friday for good deals, then searched again on Cyber Monday. The bottom line here is that just like those shoppers, we are looking for great deals to stretch our dollars a little further. This is nothing new for those of us in Children’s Ministry. It really doesn’t matter how big or small our churches are; children’s ministry leaders want to get the most bang for our limited bucks. |
Ministry Budget | |
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Stuck in a Volunteer Training Rut?
There is nothing wrong with having a favorite training method. But you can be much more affective when you use multiple methods in training your volunteers. |
Volunteer Training | |
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Summer Camp Manual
This is an amazing planning manual compiled by CP Team member Scott Phillips to help those tasked with the job of planning a summer camp. |
Summer Camp Planning | |
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Summer Lovin: Recruiting Volunteers
Short on volunteers this summer? Here's what we did to recruit volunteers to step in and serve! |
Recruiting Summer Volunteers | |
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Task Management is for Everyone
4 Reasons you may be having an issue with Task Management. |
Task Management | |
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Task Management: Obstacles & Solutions
Which of these obstacles are keeping you from managing your tasks well? The solutions are here! |
Task Management, Leadership | |
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Teach your children to S.L.A.N.T.
Want your kids to pay attention better in class? Teach them to S.L.A.N.T. |
Discipline, Listening | |
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Teaching Kids a Biblical View of Work
Teach kids that they can honor God in all walks of life, no matter their career when you download this free curriculum! |
Working for God | |
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Teaching Kids Doctrine
Doctrine can be taught to children! Here are eight basics that every Christian church can agree on and should teach to all of their members, beginning with the children. |
Doctrine, Teaching | |
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Technology in Ministry, Do We Need It?
How important is technology to our ministries? How important should it be to the decisions we make? |
Technology in Ministry | |
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Ten Ways to Engage Parents in Children's Ministry
Some of the best advocates for our ministry are the parents who are directly impacted by the ministry. Parents have a natural desire to involve their children in a ministry that is first rate. Our goal should be to take their interest and turn it into involvement. Today I would like to share 10 of my favorite ways to engage parents in ministry. |
Parents, Children's Ministry | |
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The 2 Asks It Takes to Build a Great Volunteer Team
Use the power of 2 to build a great volunteer team. |
Volunteers, Team Building | |
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The Art of Restart
When we stop doing what works in our ministry, we go adrift, get stuck, or stall out in our effectiveness. The solution? A Restart! Check out this article for Ten Areas in your leadership that might need a restart. |
Leadership, Restart | |
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The Beauty of Approachability
If you're only focused on ministry and not people, then you're missing one of your greatest callings. |
Welcoming, Attitude | |
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The Benefits of a Volunteer Meeting
Here are a few of the benefits of holding a volunteer meeting every week. |
Volunteers | |
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The Benefits of Rebooting Your Children's Ministry
Can your kidmin use a reboot? |
Ministry Reboot | |
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The Cutting Edge Children's Pastor
Oftentimes, Pastors call me when they begin looking for a Children’s Pastor. In recent years, those searching for a Children’s Pastor have described their dream person as someone that is “cutting edge.” When I question the prospective pastor as to what he means, I get all kinds of answers. WHAT DOES 'CUTTING EDGE' REALLY MEAN? |
'Cutting Edge' Leadership | |
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The FAST Acronym
How does your ministry or you as a ministry leader handle the occasional unhappy or frustrated church attendee? |
Relationships, Parents | |
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The Forgotten Value of Asking Questions
Do you help lead in a children's ministry? Don't forget the value of asking important questions like these! |
Leadership | |
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The Hardest Word You Will Ever Say
Do you have a case of the "yesses"? Do you have a hard time saying no? Not everything you are asked to do are you meant to do... |
Saying No, Prioritizing | |
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The Key to Discipline: Give Students What They Want!
We know it seems contrary to everything you’ve ever been taught about nurturing children, but the quickest way to achieve a well-disciplined classroom is to give your students (of any age) exactly what they have been wanting all along. |
Children's Ministry | |
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The Key to Limitless Creativity
I know so many people who sell themselves short when it comes to creativity. Many have decided that “creativity is a gift reserved for the few.” This is simply not true – not if you serve GOD! |
Creativity | |
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The Kid-Helper Credo
35 Declarations that comprise the benefit package of your ministry. |
Benefits, Vision, Goals | |
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The KidMin Event Checklist
Make planning your next event a snap with this easy-to-follow checklist! |
Event Planning, Volunteers | |
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The Measure of Success
Do you want to do great things for God? Perhaps that's simpler than you think... |
Success, Obedience | |
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The Most Important Quality of a Good Leader
As strange as this sounds, everything a good leader needs to learn and do is gained by being a good follower. First and foremost, a good leader must follow God and His word. Here are just a few things taught in the Word of God that help us be good leaders. |
Leadership | |
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The Multimedia Tool Box
Need some technology help? Check out this resource list with over 125 different children's ministry technology resources! |
Ministry Resources | |
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The New Deal
What do you bring to the table when it comes to partnering with parents? Maybe it's time to renegotiate your terms. |
Partnering with Parents |