Children’s Ministry Curriculum Archive
“Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O Lord, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things” (1 Chronicles 29:11 NLT). How Kids Think “What is God really like?” Schools, friends, television, and other sources expose children to a variety …
Greg Baird, founder of KidMin360, provides the following article entitled 15 Ways to Have an Average Children’s Ministry. __ “I get to work with lots of churches to help them create healthy children’s ministry. Sometimes, at the beginning of the coaching/consulting/assessment process, I will ask them:
“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen… And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him” (Hebrews 11:1, 6, ESV). How Kids Think “Can you prove it?“ Some kids are taught to believe that the scientific method …
God sets high importance on keeping our hearts pure: “Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life” (Proverbs 4:23). Young or old, believers are to keep our consciences clear—through reading and applying God’s Word in the power of His Holy Spirit. Dr. Scott Turansky provides the following training tip that can help your children build a good conscience.
As a young man, Isaac Newton watched an apple drop from a tree. That seemingly insignificant observation eventually launched a scientific revolution! Newton soon proved to the academic community that all objects (including planets in space) attract each other due to their size and density. The principle of universal gravitation became one of Newton’s celebrated “laws of motion.” Just as planets exert a measurable gravitational …
Contemporary culture greatly influences our children’s moral behavior and development. As a result, the vast majority of Christian kids today have a woefully inadequate spiritual foundation. Fun and games are fine, but as the research indicates, we are raising a generation of children who have missed out on essential Bible training. When the world comes calling, many are falling prey to dubious activities and deceptive …
Book Review Teaching Kids Authentic Worship: How to Keep Them Close to God for Life by Kathleen Chapman What if there was a magic potion that would guarantee a lifelong commitment to Christ, a potent elixir that would so enamor a child toward God that the child would never walk away from an intense, personal relationship, an epoxy compound that would form a virtually unbreakable …