Ministry Basics:  Attendance & Permission

Ministry Basics:  Attendance & Permission

Take a moment to pause and check that your ministry admin is in good shape for the year. There’s a whole lot of information that needs to be collected from parents and leaders of the ministry – so how do you effectively keep track of what needs to be collected, and how often?

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Leader or Friend

Leader or Friend

Both friendship and leadership are essential characteristics and concepts that we ought to hold dearly. However, taking one without the other can lead to an imbalance in our practice.

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How to get to know a young person with disability

How to get to know a young person with disability

Tips that may help in your ministry context as you get to know the young people with disability in your ministries and welcome them as people invited into God’s Kingdom.

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Sword of the Spirit Drills for Children, Youth and Leaders

Sword of the Spirit Drills for Children, Youth and Leaders

A drill you could use to teach children, youth, leaders and parents to handle the Bible well.

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Three principles and three skills for group management

Three principles and three skills for group management

It takes skills and confidence to manage a group of children well. These often come with experience supplemented with training and support. Here are some tips on how to grow in your management skills in children’s ministry.

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Responding as Disciples to a Time of Unrest

Responding as Disciples to a Time of Unrest

The young people in your youth or children’s ministry might be: scared, sad, uncertain, confused, angry or any number of other responses.

And all of this raises the same question I had for my family: as a community of believers, how do we deal with this collective adversity?

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