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Creativity is an elusive thing. For most people, it doesn’t just happen. Although every one of us has enormous creative potential, there are definitely times when creativity just doesn’t seem to flow. Here are some helpful tips.

Ideas on how to make your kidmin space fun for kids!

Five Ways to Save Money When Improving Child Safety

Here is a preschool Bible lesson and game for explaining how the Gospel is available to everyone!

A fun preschool game, that helps kids learn to not just listen to God, but also do what he says.

Here is a game you can use to help teach the story of Samson.

Are you ministering to those in your community who are struggling?

A review of Ivy Beckwith's book, Formational Children's Ministry. My review is generally favorable, although I do challenge some of the assumptions set forth by the author.

Water day for your children’s summer camp is coming up. What do you do? Here are some creative water games that you can play!

Form healthy habits with your family now so you can enjoy long term results. 

If you’re like me, you know how important volunteers are to Children’s Ministry. It is a true partnership: we cannot accomplish the work of our ministry without our dedicated volunteers; they cannot effectively accomplish the work of our ministry without a leader at the helm. How can we show them we truly appreciate them?

Keep your kids engaged this summer with free summer activities! Here are a few ideas.

What does the 4th of July have to do with God?

A parable about the Prodigal Son that was orignally an email forward

Use this game to explain the fruits of the spirit!

I’m a firm believer that we should never let a tool go to waste, so I’ve found some fun ways to use balloons during children’s church. Keep kids focused on your lesson and keep them excited about attending by using balloons regularly!

Excessive use of video games can become a trap (an addiction) kids get caught in as they try to escape their emotional turmoil.

This article addresses getting "back in the saddle" when you have been thrown from the horse. Only in this case, the illustration used was getting back in the inner tube after body surfing through the rapids.

Is it possible to get any kid to talk to you? Yes it is, and here are a few tricks. Feel free to put them to the test, and I guarantee that you will get a positive response.

Here is a fun Bible school lesson to help your little ones become familiar with the story of Gideon and 1 Corinthians 15:57.  I call it “Gideon’s Torches, Pottery, and Trumpets.”

At Christmas time, when you want to spice up the ornament exchange or the white elephant exchange, try this fun game!

When you stress over your ministry, you have taken the ministry away from God and have made it your responsibility to solve its problems.

This lesson tells the story of a time when David sinned and how we can give thanks because God forgives those who repent and believe!

How can you give hope to others during this season?

Once children accept Christ, what does your ministry do in order to keep them growing in their newfound faith?

Great ideas on events you can lead at your church to care for the environment

In times of trial and in times of error, God says You Can Do This!

Home is where the heart is. Church is where Jesus is. And where Jesus is, it's not a box.

Want to teach your toddlers that God created everything? Check out this lesson plan to help children understand the nature and power of God!

A fun Scripture activity for your preschoolers to teach them that God always keeps His promises.

Have you heard? Jesus rose from the grave! This puppet skit helps explain the reaction people would have had when they heard about the resurrected Christ.

This week's Encouraging Word urges us to fix God's words on our hearts.

Here is a great game for Valentine's Day to demonstrate how God's love never runs out!

We build unity among our VBS volunteer team by giving them sweet t-shirts! Here's our strategy for this.

Do your preschoolers know that growing in God is as simple as G-R-O-W?

Discover the root problem that the Church is experiencing and find your children's ministries identity.

Does it matter if we say Happy Holidays or Merry Christmas? Perhaps the bigger issue is how we, who know Jesus, celebrate every day of our lives! Use this handy guide to help you do just that!

"Doing stuff for God" is our default setting. Sometimes we need to hit the reset button. 

Allow me to offer up some of the things that I see in common between the most successful ministries.

Today, you need to take heart and stick your courage into the sticking area, because Jesus never changes!

What would ministry be without conversation? ~ Katey Hage "How can they know who to trust if they haven’t heard of the One who can be trusted? And how can they hear if nobody tells them?" ~ Paul (Romans 10:14)   p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 11.7px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 15.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none}

I was honored to be sent a “screener” version of the upcoming film, “Heaven Is For Real.”  I have to admit, I had not read the book, so I was coming from a completely open-minded position. I was thoroughly impressed.

We have to teach our kids to control their own thoughts of fear and that is anything but easy.  

Children often respond to trauma by lashing out in anger. Linda Jacobs from Divorce Care for Kids recommends the use of the "grace card" to help a child heal.

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

Do you struggle with finding easy ways for your kids to memorize scripture? Whether at home or at church, these tips can help children of all learning styles painlessly remember their verses.

What do you think is the most important thing that happens in your KidMin on a Sunday morning?

Why and how can playtime be the most important part of your Sunday morning?

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!