Archive for • Children’s Ministry
• Crock-Pot Approach
The “Crock-Pot” Approach to Lesson Preparation As you may well know the proper way to use a crock-pot is to gather all the ingredients into the crock-pot and slowly cook it many hours. This is a great idea for a gourmet beef stew to greet you after work. There is something that happens with this […]
• Child-Friendly Office
Do You Have a Child-Friendly Office? So you have some children come to your office and what do they see? Would it be possible that you are person that is really into children and their world? Are there any classic toys, children’s books, puzzles, maybe even some of your favorite toys? (i.e., Star Wars, Beanie […]
• Life-Long Learning
Life-Long Learning One of the serious issues with years of formal education is the assumption that the only way to learn is in formal settings, like classrooms and lecture halls. We all know that we can learn a great deal from life and living. But after we spend years in academic environments, it is tempting […]
• Coach’s Conundrum #4
4. “It’s Better to have a Big Goal and Miss It, Than to have No Goal and Hit It.” This is sort of the play-on-words, but there is a big truth behind it. We accomplish more by trying to work a plan than we do by having no plan. Moving forward is better than moving […]
• Coach’s Conundrum #3
3. “Work expands to fill the time allowed.” This is something that continues to impress me, I find that time pressure is the motivational trigger that compresses the time a project needs for completion. The extremes do occur, too much time and too little time, but for this conundrum to work, we determine the pace […]
• Coach’s Conundrum #2
2. “You Can’t Catch Fish in the Bathtub!” If you want to catch “little wigglers,” you have go where the fish are. Having significant “fishing pools” for catching little ones for Jesus means you first have to do some deliberate demographics in your towns and communities to determine where the children are located. Then, you […]
• Coach’s Conundrum #1
Coach’s Conundrums This is a new series: my collection of pithy principles that need some explanation. The implementing of these conundrums could alter your paradigm for children’s ministry or influence the way you approach kids. 1. “You keep ‘em, by the way you win ‘em!” When beginning your Children’s Ministry you try multiple programming options […]
• Top 100 CM Blogs
The Top 100 Children’s Ministry Blogs Tony Kummer did some serious searching on the Internet for what he calls the “Top 100 Children’s Ministry blogs. He set up a standard by which he used to evaluate what blogs would qualify for this “top” honor. If you are interested, you can check it out! Can you […]
• Pacing the Race
Pacing Your Race: A Lesson from the Energizer Bunny? Children’s Ministry is not a sprint, it’s a marathon race. There are those “all or nothing” types, that impress you with their quickness and gigantic plans, only to run out of gas in short order. Those that enter into this profession, must be prepared for the […]
• Program Priority
What is a Program Priority in Church? From my vantage point it has been my observation that many churches have what I call a Program Priority. Basically, it is that program that seems to characterize a church. A church can become known for this priority, i.e., a Missions Church or a Youth Church. Two things […]
