When We Say, “Discipleship”, They Hear, “Programs”
Because of the values of our culture, it is no surprise that when we say, “Discipleship”, they hear, “Programs”. This is what our parents have been enculturated to expect, and it is what we have been enculturated to provide.
Speaking up for Children at Church
Do children get to speak at your church’s AGM or parish council meetings? How much of a voice did the youngest at your church have the last time that a vision was a cast, a strategic plan developed, or a new ministry initiative launched?
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?
Discipling youth through identity struggles
How might the concept of Identity Moratorium impact on the way you disciple young people going through identity formation?
When we forget the heart in teaching the Bible
Ensuring to not miss out on the heart when preparing to teach the bible.
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.
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?
Caring For Children As We Return
How to support young ones and their families as we approach post-COVID re-entry into our churches.
3 Tips for Helping Kids Navigate Big Feelings
Learn how to teach kids what they can do to navigate their feelings in this COVID season.
Supporting Families with Home Discipleship
How to meaningfully support parents raise their children to know Christ
Zoom Games That Work For Primary Children
A resource for leaders running Zooms with children
Pointing To Jesus In Every Bible Talk
Helpful ways to always be pointing to Jesus in Bible talks
Lockdown Learnings
Remembering the key things we learnt last lockdown to help us navigate this one and keep discipleship of young people front and centre.
Five Youth and Children’s Ministry Strategies for Lockdown 2021
Helpful strategies for lockdown 2021
Introducing the accessibility Bible
Bec Baines recommends an accessible edition of the NIV - the NIRV.
How does a leader turn up well?
Five ways all leaders need to turn up in the lives of the kids and youth they lead.
The tyranny of balance and life to the full
In our ministries, may we let loose the good things and leave behind the banality of balance.