We have finally launched it–Kid Studios Live!! This is our mid-week experience for kids every Wednesday at 7pm. It’s a night filled with live worship, skits, games, the word of God and more. It was amazing pulling it off and with little advertising we saw 200 kids show up. We have a tech crew of…
We care about impacting kids the best we can. For this reason we have developed something we call “the roller coaster effect”. We picture the energy of our kids on a scale of 1 to 10. (1 being least amount of energy and 10 being most amount of energy.) Our ministry to kids is measured…
We have embarked on a new venture. We are writing kid’s praise and worship songs. With every curriculum we write we are attempting to produce a song that will be used as a teaching tool and reflect our admiration towards God. Our first series we are writing as Kid Nation is called “Juicy”, a nine…
Tonight from 7:00pm to 8:00pm is our very first Parent’s Town Hall at South Hills Church. We will be discussing the future of children’s ministry at South Hills. • We will talk about our new children’s ministry names: o Kid Nation (encompasses the entire children’s ministry) o Kid Studios (6years-6th grade) o Kidventure (3-5years) o…
Continuing on the topic of going back to the basics in regards to the Bible… The Bible will never become irrelevant unless we as leaders make it irrelevant. It’s not just a good idea. It’s not just a collection of stories—it’s God’s word and represents the foundation of our faith. The American church—if not careful—could…
Everyone remembers “the catch”—who remembers what they said about the catch? Yet, “the catch” says it all! It’s super easy to get caught up in the busyness of children’s ministry. As children’s pastors we are thinking about what needs to be taught and not always on top of making the moment happen. What do I…
I’m always having people ask me for ideas to get kids excited and coming back. Honestly, I’ve found that kids are really easy to get excited—thus McDonald’s Happy Meal. If they can get excited about a small Happy Meal toy, they can get excited about anything. Here’s something we’ve done several times—collector’s cards. We will…
I’m excited to announce—along with many others—another amazing Yancy project which goes on sale today called “Stars, Guitars & Megaphone Dreams.” It’s an honor to have listened to the CD and watched the DVD already. My kids absolutely loved it, which means I loved it! It’s such a fun album and a must in your…
The past few weeks we have totally gone back to an “old-school” points system for our kids. Since we have gone back to doing points we have seen an increase in kids bringing their Bibles, attentiveness to the lessons, sharing, participation and energized excitement in Kid Nation. I know the battle rages whether to do…
Here is a cool little resource we have done up. It’s our marshmallow game book. Our children’s ministry loves marshmallows. I do too because they are so cheap and easy to have fun with. In our economy–marshmallows have become our best friend! 🙂 DOWNLOAD THE RESOURCE HERE: The Marshmallow Game Book -PJ