Effective Children's Ministry

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It has been said that the greatest weapon the devil has against Christians is discouragement. And those involved in kids’ ministry are not immune from it.

We work hard – investing time, energy and emotion into a project, only to find that numbers are less than we hoped for, or we have few reliable helpers or…any number of things have made us dejected.

James Kennison, a children’s worker full of passion and very up-beat in his ministry, has experienced the lows as well as the highs of children’s ministry.

His thoughtful blog post  at CMMonthly.com will be a great help to any who are feeling a bit low just now.  James and his wife had  distributed 1000 invitations, and hoped for 30 new faces at their Valentine’s Day family outreach. Instead, 5 kids brought 5 visitors.

Read how this affected him, and what God said to him  in this discouraging disappointment.

We’d like to provide our materials in a format which will best suit your needs. Small groups can use printed, laminated visuals very effectively. Individual pieces can be mounted on backgrounds: games look colourful and teaching aids memorable.

Larger groups may struggle to see the visuals at the size we produce them (A4 for most home printers). So PowerPoint may be a better option for you.

We’re trying to provide everything in both formats, as we are able. But what is your preference? Would you please help us by clicking on the survey in the side bar to the right?  The heading says PowerPoint or Print?

If you took a few seconds to click on the link and answer the one question, the information will help us to plan ahead better. Thanks.

It is interesting to see this months Wordle for our blog, though it is really only a bit of fun. Changes from last month include less Pizza and Cake and more Bible and Presentations!

Are we getting the balance right? What are you looking for from a site like this? Join the discussion and leave a comment below. We’d love to read your views.

Today we used Wordle to create a word picture of this blog. The challenge was thrown out by Wayne Stocks over at Dad in the Middle.

Apparently the image shows words which you use most frequently in larger type than others. Despite being featured in only one review game, somehow Pizza and Cake figure large in our image! So did Kids – just as prominent as they are in our hearts and ministry.

We now have a Twitter page, so if you would like to be updated of new posts here at the blog, and maybe some news about kids’ ministry generally, you can follow us there.