“I’m doing the best I can with what I’ve got!” That’s been my mantra for the 10 years I’ve been in ministry. No matter what the economy or the size of the church, Children’s ministry faces challenges that if not handled correctly...
The first question my kids asked when I told them about the new “smaller” church we would be trying was: Is there a children’s ministry? It was a good question, and one I didn’t have an answer to. When we showed up on a Sunday evening of this new church plant, we...
An effective children’s ministry– whatever form that may take– is really important for most church plants. The one exception I can think of is New Song Church because they were primarily reaching college students and singles. They didn’t have any form of children’s...
One common denominator in each of our eight church plants has been the age of the people who came. In one church after a couple of years we had just twelve high school kids – but we had 150 kids between kindergarten and sixth grade. Our young parents were just...
Most of the setup in a new portable church arrangement revolves around children’s ministry. There are portable cribs and playpens in the nursery and often some rocking chairs. There are bright colorful toys and probably some clean carpet pieces for preschoolers. Some...