Having devoted more than two decades of my life and all of my professional skills to studying and working with ministries of all types, I am now convinced that the greatest hope for the local church lies in raising godly children.
George Barna Transforming Children Into Spiritual Champions
PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN The average age for exposure to Internet porn is only 11 years.
The International Pentecostal Holiness Church has joined the fight to protect our children. We are joining with the iCare Coalition to help inform people about the options available to protect your family.
Click here to download the booklet, Sex and Cell Phones: Protect Your Children ; or you may go to the iCare Coalition website for more information. Take advantage of this opportunity to inform your local church about this insidious threat. We have been silent too long. Now is the time to take action.
The National Children's Ministries Office dedicates itself to working with and developing leaders and teachers who are currently serving in a full-time, part-time, or a volunteer capacity in their local church. Our desire is to engender and encourage genuine enthusiasm and
lasting commitment within established and developing children's ministries programs, while seeking to enhance and cultivate the leadership gifts of those individuals who are daring to change the world by serving children.
Discover how you can get your volunteers to recruit other volunteers. . .
Let's face it, the most dreaded part of vacation Bible school and almost every other children's program is recruiting volunteers! Whether your program is large or small, we all face the same hurdle -- finding enough people to staff it.
After working with dozens of vacation Bible schools, special programs, and literally thousands of children, let me encourage you to try network recruiting -- getting your volunteers to recruit other volunteers who'll recruit other volunteers who'll recruit... I think you get the picture!
Big or small, your children’s ministry can ignite in young hearts faith that grows and spreads in ways you never dreamed. It happens all the time at Willow Creek’s Promiseland, and it can happen at your church. Sunday morning can be absolutely the most exciting, fun-filled time of the week for children, a Great Kid-Venture that impacts them for the rest of their lives.
Telling the story of Promiseland from its early days till today and offering glimpses of successful children’s ministries across the country, Promiseland Director Sue Miller shares insights that can reshape your whole approach to children’s ministry and cast a new vision for everyone involved church leaders, volunteers, parents, and above all, kids. Gleaned from twenty-eight years of hands-on ministry experience, here is practical guidance to help address your most vital concerns and challenges:
how to grab and hold kids’ interest
how to balance evangelism and discipleship
six specific ministry values that meet kids’ needs
secrets to recruiting, training, and leading volunteers
first steps toward change
. . . and much, much more!
Featured Movie
Tooth Fairy
PG
SYNOPSIS
Dwayne Johnson is “The Tooth Fairy,” also known as Derek Thompson, a hard-charging hockey player whose nickname comes from his habit of separating opposing players from their bicuspids. When Derek discourages a youngster’s dreams, he’s sentenced to one week’s hard labor as a real tooth fairy, complete with the requisite tutu, wings, and magic wand. At first, Derek “can’t handle the tooth” bumbling and stumbling as he tries to furtively wing his way through strangers’ homes. . . doing what tooth fairies do. But as Derek slowly adapts to his new position, he begins to rediscover his own forgotten dreams.