Children's Ministry Church Handbook

The History of Children In Revival

Kid's Entering the Presence of God Children's Church Cirriculum

Missions In Children’s Ministry
Jim, an overworked, underpaid children’s pastor, doesn’t have a program for missions in his children’s ministry. “I have enough to do without teaching the children about countries they’ll never visit. Besides missions aren’t important to these children.”   Kathy, another overwhelmed children’s pastor, understands that missions should be a part of her children’s program. Once a year, she takes two weeks to teach the children about missions. She’ll have the children collect offerings for the church’s mission project, and she’ll teach about the missionary and country they’re supporting. She even has the chi

10 Ways To Build An Effective Children’s Ministry Team
Have Qualifications: No matter how tempted you are to recruit any warm body you can find, don’t lower your standards. Let people know that only people who meet certain qualifications can be on your team. It takes longer to do it this way, but the workers you recruit will be long term team members who will add to your effectiveness in ministry. Here’s a link to help you recruit workers. Have Clear Expectations: When you recruit a member to your team, let him know what you expect from him. Give him a job description and a policy manual. Here̵

Halloween Object Lesson
Jesus and the Jack-O-Lanterns This object lesson is perfect to use at Halloween. Something that people use as decoration will remind children how Jesus saves them from their sin. Needed: 2 jack-o-lanterns. One should have a frown carved, and should be warped and ugly. It shouldn’t be cleaned out completely and shouldn’t have a light in it. If you can, leave it to rot for a few days. The more disgusting it is, the better. The second jack-o-lantern should be clean, with a smile on its face and a candle in it. Everywhere you go at this time of the year, you see jack-o-lanterns. Did you know jack-o-lanterns can remind you of how

Starting a Drama/Performance Team
There are many kinds of drama and performance teams you can start for your children’s ministry. These teams allow children the opportunity to minister in front of a congregation and are great to give children the opportunity to do outreach. Here are some steps if you would like to start a team. Decide what children will be on the team. Are you going to have every child in the church participate or only those that are interested? Will you have auditions? Also determine the ages of those who will participate. Decide a schedule of practices. Make sure every parent receives the schedule in writing. You may also have to do some foll

Spiritual Burnout In Children’s Ministry
Spiritual burnout is a reality for children’s pastors. Children’s pastors are on the front lines fighting for a generation of children. The pressure is enormous. Demonic spirits fight us. The ministry we pour out drains us. Nobody has a clue as to what we do, and we feel like we’re all alone. The average children’s pastor lasts in the average church 1.5 years. How can we avoid burnout? We can learn from a prophet in the Bible who was also on the front lines - Elijah. James 5:17 NKJV says “Elijah was a man with a nature like ours”. Elijah was called by God to confront 850 prophets of Baal and Asherah on Mt. Carmel. He stood alone on t