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Welcome to the Brand New Kidmin.com!
If you lead in children’s ministry, you already know: it’s one of the most rewarding and most challenging roles in the...
Value In The Stillness
Why Slowing Down Helps You Lead Kids Ministry Forward What do we do when we live in a world that’s constantly moving,...
Raising the Bar in Kids Ministry
Don't Just Do It, Do It Great Every week, churches around the world have the opportunity to share the greatest message...
Promotion Sunday: Why Preview Experiences Matter
For kids and students, moving into a new environment can feel both exciting and intimidating. Whether it’s a...
The Ultimate Promotion Sunday Communication Plan
One of the biggest reasons Promotion Sunday falls flat in churches isn’t the lack of effort—it’s the lack of...
Promotion Sunday: Making the Most of Grade-Level Events
PPromotion Sunday isn’t only about kids—it’s also about parents. Every step up—from preschool to elementary,...
What About Preteens?
One of the greatest children's ministry challenges is deciding what to do with preteens. 4th and 5th graders (or 5th...
Small Group Versus Large Group
There is a tension that exists in almost every children's ministry, even if it isn't felt by every volunteer. It's a...
How to Camp: Budget Simplification
Sometimes the expenses associated with camp can be absolutely overwhelming. You've got money going in and money going...
#KIDMIN turns Eight!
Happy Birthday #KIDMIN! Tomorrow, KIDMIN turns eight years old. It's fun to watch something born, something created...
Goals & Ministry Evaluation (Part 1)
As we move into the second part of the year our ministry team will begin our evaluation process. It is important to...
How to Calendar Your Ministry Year
If you’ve been in ministry for any length of time, you know the drill. You sit down to plan the next year, open last...
Leading a NextGen meeting: the Agenda
Last week at Orange, I led a breakout called “Aligning Your NextGen Team.” A big portion of this breakout was unpacking concepts around leading meetings. One of the best ways to align a team is to meet frequently. Last year at Orange, I led a breakout just on leading meetings. This has been a fun journey for me because 18-24 months ago, I was amazing at leading terrible meetings. After a lot of research, learning from others and implementing some great ideas, I now lead good meetings and sometimes they’re really great. Maybe one day they’ll be fantastic!
One of the most important components to a good meeting is having an agenda.
The birth of Kidmin
I'm always intrigued the origin of things. Why we say certain words or how names come about. What's even more...
Kidmin turns three!
Another year gone by already. Last year I wrote this post a few days after the #kidmin twitter hashtag turned two....
I love Kidmin
I was just thinking about this the other day when looking at what conversations were happening on twitter surrounding...
What’s your Biting Policy
So, you've got biters. What's your policy? Do you even have one or do you wing it on a case by case basis? Do your...
Resources for the sex talk
Since we're on the topic of helping parents be prepared to talk to their kids about sex, let's talk about what...
Supporting Parents
While on my last Infuse retreat with Bro. Jim, a very interesting discussion broke out while my fellow infusers were...