Short and simple. Do you see your time with kids as an investment or as an expense? Whether you feel what you do is remembered, or if they will remember exactly how you did that lesson that you spent hours on, or the countless minutes and hours you get them on and off a bus, every minute invested leaves impressions on kids, even if it is just the memory of being loved and not … [Read more...]
Fredrick Douglass Quote – Importance Of Building Children
Though there are Sundays that I'm sure we all come home tired, frustrated and not knowing why nothing went the way we expected, this quote helps me think about exactly why I do what I do and probably why you do what you do. Youth Ministry is such an important ministry, and for that, gets a ton of support and attention, but if you look at the statistics, most kids have well made … [Read more...]
Games: I Don’t Play by The Rules
This past Sunday, KidZone played games… just for fun! There was no rhyme, reason or objective other than just fun. Afterwards, the teacher in me kicked back in and I realized all the powerful lessons I could have conveyed through these fun games! My purpose in writing this article today is to share how a game can be taken, adjusted, the rules changed and it be used to convey … [Read more...]
Notes & Follow Up Q&A Webinar Session for Southern California Children’s Ministry Workshop Coming Soon!
Come join us for a Q&A webinar session as wrap up of the conference. Didn't attend or want to see some of the sessions again or one's you missed? Well, you're in luck! Massive thanks to Phillip Booker at apostolicsundayschool.com for all the work he did in bringing all the content together. Friday PM Event Speaker Title 7:00 – … [Read more...]
Bus Ministry Webinar with Phillip Booker and Dwayne Uzzle
In this webinar we talk with Phillip Booker, Dwayne Uzzle and our host James Wang about Bus Ministry. We cover topics like how each of us got started, ideas on generating excitement on the streets to find kids, some ideas on things to do with them once they show up on campus and ideas on keeping and growing them with help from others in the church. Check it out! Make sure to … [Read more...]
Great Online Resources for Childrens Ministry with Jillian Warmboe
Topics Covered in the Great Online Resources for Childrens Ministry Webinar with Jillian Warmboe Good Apostolic curriculum Word aflame Discipleship Project Writing up own curriculum applicable to the KidMin and Writing skits Games Altering a game to suit your group/customizing a game to make it apostolic Looking up websites for kids games/apostolic … [Read more...]
Kinetic Podcast – James Wang of First Church San Jose and Next Level Kidmin
I had the privilege of being featured on the Kinetic Podcast recently. In case you want to check it out, here's the episode embedded. The dynamic duo of Josh Combs and Ric Crouch have done an awesome job of featuring great voices in childrens ministry on their podcast and it was a real honor being counted among them. If you haven't checked out previous episodes I'd also … [Read more...]
Upcoming Webinars: Stay tuned!
A preview of a few of the topics we'll be tackling coming up: Recommended Online tools and sites - guest panel Object Lesson Jam Session - Guest session to feature object lessons and resources for more Classroom Management - When you get to class, ever feel like you want to knock yourself out and wake up sometime after class is over? Well feel that way no more. Bus … [Read more...]
Outreach and Discipleship for and with Kids with Moises Alvarez
In this webinar we cover ideas for reaching your community, along with tips on what you'll need if you are serving food, ways to get Bible Studies into your neighborhoods, and most exciting for me, his tips on how he's created a kids discipleship program with multiple levels taking kids from understanding salvation to becoming a part of the ministry team with you. Check it … [Read more...]
Childrens Church: Running it effectively with fun, format and creative ideas
In this webinar about childrens church, we are joined by childrens pastor and childrens evangelist Josh Combs along with Childrens Pastor James Wang in discussing formats and ideas that have worked for them in running childrens church services with their kidmin teams. Areas covered range from concept and principles to discussion on best seating for crowd control, sequence … [Read more...]