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.
How to get to know a young person with disability
Tips that may help in your ministry context as you get to know the young people with disability in your ministries and welcome them as people invited into God’s Kingdom.
Keeping it real in SRE
Helping young people see that SRE is not like other subjects at school. It’s about a God who is very real and wonderfully good. A God we can not only learn about but be in right relationship with, because of Jesus.
Seven ways to keep your SRE lessons engaging
Practical steps to make your SRE lessons engaging and keeping your kids focused.
Discipling towards a better culture of smart phone use
As youth leaders, our calling is to teach and model to young people how to navigate life as a disciple of Jesus— and now this includes discipling them toward a better culture of smart phone use.
Church and U2 concerts: exploring what ‘family’ means for the local church
How well do you know the other members of your church? Do you feel that you belong at church? Is it an essential community for you? So much so, that it is difficult to imagine spending a weekend without seeing other congregation members.
Youth Ministry and an ‘Old People’s Home for Teenagers’
What could your church do to foster intergenerational relationships and help young people thrive and flourish in faith?
Intergenerational Church from the Child’s Perspective
What does intergenerational ministry look like from the child’s perspective?
Sword of the Spirit Drills for Children, Youth and Leaders
A drill you could use to teach children, youth, leaders and parents to handle the Bible well.
Preparing and Delivering an SRE Lesson (Module 3 Refresher)
A refresher of the Module 3 training, Preparing and Delivering a Lesson (Primary).
Equipping Youth with Biblical Ethics – Al James talks to Mike Snowdon
Al James talks to Mike Snowdon about his new book A New Freedom: How God’s Word Equips You for Life.
Rosters and Missing Church
How many weeks a year can I ask parents and other adults of my church to join the children’s ministry roster?
Teaching High School Special Needs SRE
Hear Linda’s encouraging story of teaching SRE to a high school special needs class.
Supporting your School SRE Coordinator
Have you ever seriously considered what is involved in being a School SRE Coordinator? Consider what it looks like from their perspective as SRE settles back into part of the normal school week.
Three principles and three skills for group management
It takes skills and confidence to manage a group of children well. These often come with experience supplemented with training and support. Here are some tips on how to grow in your management skills in children’s ministry.
Tailoring your SRE lessons to meet student needs
How to teach your SRE lesson in a way that allows each student to learn effectively.
Someone to Him
We crave for connection, meaning and significance for our lives and nowhere is this more acutely felt than in the teenage years