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This collection of articles is written by some of the finest practitioners in children's ministry today. Each has a proven track record of providing training, help, and encouragement to those who serve children around the world. You'll find their insights understandable, valuable, and applicable.The contributors come from large and small churches. They hail from urban centers and rural settings. All have cut their teeth in the trenches of children's ministry. Each provides unique viewpoints, teaching, and inspiration for the children's leader of any sized community or church. Each of the six chapters contains a wide variety of articles that relate to a singular topic of discussion:Nursery and PreschoolGender-Specific Children's MinistrySpirit-Empowered Children's MinistryOutreach and EvangelismKids and GriefVolunteersHere you'll discover a wealth of ministry-tested ideas. Some will be familiar; others will challenge you to take a step of faith. This isn't an all-inclusive book for the children's minister; it's a primer for the one who has served only a few months and a reminder for those who have served many years.

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Publié par	Gospel Publishing House
Date de parution	18 avril 2017
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781607314769
Langue	English

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6 c hildren’s ministry essentials
A QUICK-ACCESS GUIDE

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contents
introduction
The Legacy I Want to Leave
Mark Entzminger
Three Things I Wish I Had Known When I Became a Kids Minister
Jim Wideman
Looking Back
Randy Christensen
Early Lessons for a Children’s Pastor
David Boyd
CHAPTER 1: nursery and preschool
Three Tips for Effective Nursery Ministry
Mark Entzminger
Does Your Church Maintain a Welcoming, Fun, and Safe Nursery?
Cindy Grantham
The Church Nursery Is the Foundation for Discipleship
Mark Entzminger
Children’s Ministry Is Not Childcare … or Is It?
Spencer Click
Don’t Forget Preschool Kids
Mark Entzminger
CHAPTER 2: gender-specific children’s ministry
Is Church for Boys?
Dan Metteer
Kids Ministry That Effectively Reaches Boys and Girls
Cara Railey
Three Reasons Why Kids Thrive in Gender-Specific Ministry
Josh Dryer
How to Add Gender-Specific Opportunities to Your Kids Ministry
Scott Berkey
Capturing the Hearts of Boys and Girls
Cara Railey
Summer Activities for Boys
Brad Shimomura
Summer Activities for Girls
Heather Marble
CHAPTER 3: spirit-empowered children’s ministry
Kids and Spirit Empowerment
Mark Entzminger
Making Time for the Holy Spirit in Your Kids Service
Josh Dryer
Children and the Baptism in the Holy Spirit
Dick Gruber
Raising Kids of the Spirit
Michelle Wellborn
Three Things to Teach Kids About Pentecost
Mark Entzminger
Ten Ways to Finish Worship Time
John Hailes
Transformed to Be World Transformers
Glorious Shoo
CHAPTER 4: outreach and evangelism
What Is Outreach?
Aaron Strawn
Three Ways to Reach Unchurched Families
Mark Entzminger
Big Events and Follow-Up
Spencer Click
Leading an Invitation
Dick Gruber
Summer Activity Ideas
Mark Entzminger
Strategizing Summer Outreach
John Hailes
Summer Outreach Assimilation
Scott Berkey
Adults Will Line Up to Volunteer for These Summer Events
Mark Entzminger
Five Reasons Why I Love Summer Outreach
Sheik Ally
Three Reasons for Christmas Outreach
Mark Entzminger
Five Ideas for Giving This Christmas
Heather Marble
Christmas Production Timeline
Brad Shimomura
Kids Ministry and Easter Guests
Mark Entzminger
Presenting Easter in Context
Chris Corbett
How to Connect with Easter Visitors
Mark Entzminger
CHAPTER 5: kids and grief
Helping Children Navigate Trauma
Melissa Sundwall
How Parents Can Help a Grieving Child
Keith Swartzendruber
The Holidays and Grief
Aaron Schaut
A Child’s Spiritual Development and Divorce
Keith Swartzendruber
The Church: A Long-Term Partner
Mark Entzminger
Helping Children Find Hope in Difficult Times
Melissa Sundwall
Can You Recognize the Hurting?
Melissa Alfaro
CHAPTER 6: volunteers
Is Your Kid’s Ministry Fueled by Coffee?
Josh Dryer
Four Functions of a Safety Team
Mark Entzminger
Encourage Your Volunteers
Jessica Downs
Growing with Your Team
Brent Colby
Three Keys to Adding More Volunteers to Your Ministry Team
Brian Dollar
Trained Volunteers Are Effective Volunteers
Mark Entzminger
Give Volunteers a Break
Gay Wall
Developing Volunteers with Limited Time
Adam Lawley
Communicating with Your Team
Gay Wall
Recruiting Kids Ministry Volunteers
Mark Entzminger
The Dilemma of Teen Helpers
Rachel Pilcher
Getting People Plugged in to Ministry
Mark Entzminger
Recognizing the Signs and Symptoms of Untrained Volunteers
Dick Gruber
NOTES
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
introduction
MY FIRST SUNDAY as a children’s pastor, I moved my teaching materials and props into the local high school. Our congregation had outgrown the church building, so the children’s church met in a high school music room. I had forty-some kids, no workers, and no training. God had saved and called me almost four years earlier. I took that four years of experience as a children’s church helper/leader into that choir room and tried to have children’s church. The first couple of years, our children’s church teetered between deep prayer times and crazy games.
When I began my adventure in children’s ministries back in the mid 1970s, there were few resources available for kids ministry leaders. The available materials were produced by Child Evangelism Fellowship, Sunday school curriculum publishing houses, and newly birthed KidMin supply houses, (Train Depot and One Way Street, now Creative Ministry Solutions, and Puppet Productions Inc.).
People who worked in kids ministry had no video resources, no worship music designed for children, and little training. Without cell phones or Internet, communication was limited to snail mail and long-distance phone calls. Networking with the handful of children’s pastors across America was a challenge. Christian kid movies on 16mm film, filmstrips, flannel graph, and cassette players were considered cutting edge technology.
Thankfully times have changed!
What a privilege to serve in a day when so many resources for kids ministry are available. Curriculum abounds; media upgrades provide music, video support, and applications we only dreamed of in the past. The current market is flooded with books, training series on blue ray, blogs, digital magazines, and other E-materials. The challenge today is that with so much material, it takes a discerning children’s leader to sort out the differences between mediocre and high-quality materials.
That’s why I signed on to help compile this book. This collection of articles is written by some of the finest practitioners in children’s ministry today. Each has a proven ministry and track record of providing training, help, and encouragement to those who serve children around the world. You’ll find their insight understandable, valuable, and applicable.
Each chapter contains multiple articles that relate to a singular topic of discussion. These were made possible and available by the forward thinking Mark Entzminger. A couple of years ago, Mark established a KidMin blog with the idea to gather articles, produced by top writers in children’s ministry, into a children’s ministry training manual. Time has passed and the bloggers have written, under Mark’s direction, on assigned topics. These were compiled for this book.
The contributors come from large and small churches. They hail from urban centers and rural settings. All have cut their teeth in the trenches of children’s ministry. Each provides unique viewpoints, teaching, and inspiration for the children’s leader of any sized community or church.
You’ll discover a wealth of ministry-tested ideas. Some will be familiar and indicate you have been on the right track in your ministry. Others will challenge you to take a step of faith and witness growth you never dreamed possible. I have learned so much from each writer as I have poured through their writings to provide you with this collection of the best of the best. This isn’t an all-inclusive book for the children’s minister; it’s a primer for the one who has served only a few months and a reminder for those who have served many years. I know you’ll enjoy this work. God bless you in your ministry to His children.
—Dick Gruber, General Editor

the legacy i want to leave
MARK ENTZMINGER
DO YOU EVER wonder what the person who replaces you in ministry will do differently? It’s a scary and sobering thought at the same time. I have watched a number of ministry transitions take place over the years. Some of them have been successful; others have caused the ministry to flounder and never recover.
So what would I tell my successor I felt was important in shaping children’s ministry? I thought you would never ask …
My approach to Bible teaching is intentional . The Bible is the core for any children’s ministry. I think we all agree about that. But that’s where the agreement tends to stop. It’s important to me that kids understand the Bible as God’s story. It’s not a collection of stories of some dead people who lived a long time ago that can teach us good values and character traits. It’s God’s story of how He unveiled His plan to be in relationship with the crown of His creation—humankind—and how He longs to rescue people from their sins and their troubles. Each and every story teaches us something about the nature of God, which should impact our thoughts about Him and the life we live. By starting in Genesis and ending in Revelation, I wan