Covenant Family Connection- It is a blessing to come alongside our covenant family members of every age to worship God, serve others, and love each other—especially as workers in children’s ministry! The children in our midst are the next generation of the visible and invisible Church. The invisible Church includes all [...]
Workshops
Schedule Conference Schedule and Meal Times for April 2026 at Ridge Haven: Monday, April 13, 2026 6:00 pm: Dinner for Power-Up! Pre-Conference Attendees Tuesday, April 14, 2026 9:00 am: Pre-Conference (must pre-register) 12:15 pm: Lunch for Pre-Conference Attendees 2:00 pm: Check–In for Conference Attendees 3:00 pm: Opening Sessions 6:00 pm: Dinner 7:00 pm: [...]
Workshop Speakers: Bethany Belue is on staff with CDM serving in various roles within Children’s Ministry. Before coming on staff at CDM, she served as the Children’s Director at Redeemer PCA in New York City and Oak Mountain PCA in Birmingham, AL. She currently lives in Mobile, AL with her husband, Dustin, who is the [...]
Where Grace Grows: Helping Families Thrive through Gospel-Centered Community- Parenting has never been easy, but today’s cultural landscape makes it all the more confusing. Parents today are anxious, overwhelmed, and often uncertain, but the church has wisdom to share—not with formulas, but with encouragement, compassion, and gospel-centered wisdom. How can we, as [...]
For the Next Generation— I was crossing the bridge from my nineteen years as a member of Altadena Valley to becoming a staff member as well. This new chapter as Altadena Valley’s children’s ministry assistant had filled my heart with hope in numerous ways. I was excited to be working again, even [...]
How God Used Certification In My Life and Ministry- When our children were younger, we lived in a small neighborhood, and periodically the fire department would test the fire hydrants – our kids thought it was awesome! Each month of Certification last year felt like I was taking in information as if [...]
Laboring Together in Community— “Who will sign up to serve?” “I hope Joey will lead relay games again this year.” “I need a dynamic teacher for the pizza and story time room.” These were the thoughts swirling through my head as I closed my laptop. It was time to plan our annual [...]
Find Your People- Before I worked full-time as a Director of Children’s Ministry, I taught fourth grade at a local elementary school. It was a pretty large school, so there were six fourth-grade teachers. Three of us taught math and science, while the others taught language arts and social studies. Those of [...]