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Giveaway: Christmas Musical for Children on DVD

by Tony Kummer October 6, 2010

This is such an easy way to put together a solid Christmas musical for your children at church. It’s a split track DVD with kid friendly arrangements of 20 familiar Christmas chorals. This might be just the right resource for your struggling Christmas musical. Click here to learn more about this DVD. Giveaway: To win a copy of this [...]

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Why numbers matter in Kidmin.

by Sam Luce October 5, 2010

Tony Kummer put this on his facebook and it got me thinking. What kind of attendance numbers do you track in your #kidmin? Just say this post from Henrietta Mears that got me thinking. She said, “Don’t be afraid to count numbers. Numbers stand for people for whom Christ died. Count them!” I have a [...]

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What Matters Most: Love

by Christine Yount Jones October 5, 2010

So many kids in the news recently are killing themselves because they’ve been bullied for being gay. That breaks my heart! And when I listen to Dan Savage, creator of the “It Gets Better” campaign, say that the pain these gay and lesbian kids are suffering is due in part to the “religious right,” I [...]

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Podcast #5 Helping Families Worship at Home

by Tony Kummer October 5, 2010

Today’s families are in trouble. That’s old news for anyone working in kids ministry. But now more than ever, we need to find ways to encourage and disciple Christian parents. One strategy is providing resources for the home. In my ministry, that has been a powerful way to help families grow together toward Christ. That’s [...]

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Child Sponsorship Is About Relationship Building

by Edwin Estioko October 5, 2010

Before Compassion Philippines hired Tours and Visits Specialists, I used to handle Sponsor Tours. I did my best to take good care of the visiting sponsors. I talked about my country, Filipino children and how Compassion operates here. I had three favorite lines that I shared with sponsors. The first two were, “You are our [...]

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3 Tips for Ministering to the Problem Child

by Mimi Bullock October 5, 2010

A child’s world is not always the bright landscape of “Oompa Loompas” and candy forests that we hope it to be. Kids today face a myriad of fearful challenges often without a solid family structure to offer an important comfort – loving discipline. For the children’s minister, this means an increase in problematic attendees, many [...]

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Would You Get an A?

by Christine Yount Jones October 4, 2010

The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life recently conducted a survey of what Americans know about religion. I just took the 15-question quiz, and I scored a 100. Does that mean I’m a better Christian than others? Does it even mean I’m a good Christian? Does it matter if I know Mother Teresa’s religion? [...]

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Free Bible Lesson: Ezra

by Sam Luce October 4, 2010

EZRA – Book of Rebuilding the Temple Key Point –Why Church is important Memory Verse – Ps. 122:1 “It made me glad to hear them say let’s go to the house of the Lord!” Skit – Putting God first – It is important in all we do that we put church first. – A boy [...]

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Thinking Orange | Turning Orange

by danscott77 October 4, 2010

Today in Orange Week 2.0, we’re supposed to blog about what has worked and what hasn’t worked as we’ve “gone Orange” in our churches. In some ways I don’t know where to start. At Ada Bible Church we’ve introduced milestones and the family experience. We’ve held parenting seminars on pop culture and internet awareness. Some [...]

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The Poor Will Not Always Be With You

by Scott Todd October 4, 2010

Last week, Scott Todd, our Senior Ministry Advisor, wrote about the meaning of poor as used in the Bible. “[T]he case can overwhelmingly be made that references in Scripture to the poor or to poverty should be taken to mean economic poverty, unless the passage can clearly be argued to have a different meaning.” Today, [...]

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Preschool Bible Lesson: Jesus Calls His Disciples

by Kara Jenkins October 2, 2010

This Bible lesson for preschoolers is based on Mark 1: 14-20 when Jesus calls his disciples to follow him. It is designed to help these younger children learn what it means to follow after Jesus. Even the kids in your preschool Sunday School can be disciples of Christ. This is the fourth lesson from a [...]

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