Volunteers Zone

Are you interested in learning how to do a Bible Sword Drill? Here are some clear instructions for how to effectively do a Bible Sword Drill in your children's ministry!

100 EASY (and FUN) ways to show LOVE to your kids

Need some new workers in your children's minsitry? (Who doesn't?!?) Here are a variety of recruiting ideas compiled by the Kidologist.

How can a volunteer truly H.E.L.P. their leader?

Originally published in Children's Ministry Magazine Professional Edition, Karl Bastian shares insights on how to deal with criticism in leadership.  

8 Tips on Recruiting from Karl Bastian

Download this guide to help your volunteers pray with kids.

Many churches today use a Large Group / Small Group format. For small group leaders, here are FIVE TIPS to make your time as effective as possible.

How do you fire a volunteer? That's a tough question, but here are some guidelines you will find helpful as you approach this delicate duty!

Improve your volunteer retention by finding the right volunteers from the start!

I love Minecraft. I play it with my son and other kids. It also teaches me things about children's ministry.

There is no shortage of programs, resources, or ideas in children’s ministry today—but at the end of the day, what is most effective in reaching kids for the Gospel hasn’t changed in a hundred years—it’s building relationships and personally introducing children to the Savior. This ebook is loaded with practical ideas on how to have a more relational ministry. You’ll be surprised by the results!

Love is not something that can merely be taught; it must be caught.

While we may have valid concerns to many of the practices associated with inviting children to receive Jesus into their hearts, Jesus' imperative to bring kids to him must be a priority for children's ministry.

Use this fun back-to-school checklist to recruit parents into the kids ministry. 

Give this fun flyer to your volunteers and have them give to a friend to invite them to serve in kids ministry.

Your recruiting should be fun and attractive! Here is an RSVP Card to "Reserve a Spot in the Children's Ministry," complete with a complete menu of ways a volunteer can get invoved. Custom serving has arrived!  

Customizable Job Description Flyers

Give this fun flyer to your volunteers and have them give to a friend to invite them to serve in kids ministry.

A fun flyer to invite folks to consider the ONE New Years Resolution that will take care of all of them: Serving in kids ministry!

Parent Survey print-outs to encourage volunteering in the Children's Ministry.

A fun poster highlighting the traits that make a Super Volunteer! 

Download this invitation for parents to volunteer in their kids' ministry!

Download these funny postcards to encourage your volunteers this season!

Send home Valentine's that are also recruiting cards that invite folks to join the children's ministry in sharing God's love with children.

Four volunteer encouragement postcards.

Signs for both the Check-in area and classrooms stating the importance and requirement to use the security tags for pick up.

You went into children's ministry because you wanted to be a shepherd of children – and all too soon you became more sheepherder than shepherd. What changed?

Here is everything you need to hold a Teen Training Volunteer Session to inspire, instruct and instill confidence in your youth volunteers.

What is the most important volunteer role in your Children’s Church service? 

Thank you note with "Veggie" theme.

Become more relational with your volunteers while recruiting.

A simple fun way to recognize new or super volunteers! Just add a pictures and some interesting facts and post outside the room they serve in!

How can you teach the standard Bible stories and still engage those kids who "already know this one"?

I hear it often... "I'm having trouble recruiting." May I be so bold as to suggest your problem isn't recruiting. If you focus on something far more important than recruiting, you'll have all the volunteers you'll ever need. You may even have extras! Read on for the secret to building the largest team in the church!

12 Commitments for a Ministry that Pleases the Lord

“Pray first.” It sounds so simple—yet when the demands of ministry and life pull us in a hundred different directions, that single command can transform our day.

"Read the Bible" - Let's admit it, sometimes that is easier said than done!

The health of a ministry begins with the health of its leader.

You never know how much someone needs encouragement until you take the time to ask.

When you consistently teach from the Bible, you’re not only shaping young minds, you’re shaping their habits.

Watch as Karl performs a Story Sticks demo of the Story of the Paralytic Man. 

What will you say when a little child says to you, “I can’t feel God today”?  

Welcome your Kindergartener's into kids church with a special event designed just for them (and their parents)!

 Use this lesson plan when teaching from Matthew 10:40-42 in your children’s Sunday School class. We’ve included complete teaching notes, game ideas, craft projects, and more. It’s everything you need to teach this Bible lesson to kids.

Find out how you can calm the 'whethers' in your kids' lives, even if you can't control the 'weather'.

Following Jesus isn’t always easy, but kids need to know it’s worth the cost. Use this children’s sermon and object lesson to teach Matthew 16:21-28 to children.

Ten easy steps to help you get started on your goal to partner with families in your church.

 Use these ideas when teaching about friendship.