Potluck Provides New Friendship!
Potluck Provides New Friendship! The children’s ministry leadership training retreats are not just a time to be equipped with wise teaching and connected to excellent resources. They are an opportunity for the spirit of God to work and move in profound and creative ways. My first prayer as I prepare for the retreat is “Lord, [...]
Teach Us To Worship
We long for the covenant children in our churches to be shaped by worship and to grow to be lifelong worshippers. Unfortunately, research shows that American churches have failed to do that. According to a Barna Group study in 2019, nearly two-thirds of American 18- to 29-year-olds who grew up in church have withdrawn from [...]
Missed Opportunities
Missed Opportunities— You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise (Deuteronomy 6:7). About twenty years ago, when I had several young children of my own, I [...]
Grow Virtual 2023!
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge..." — Proverbs 1:7a Our Great God Teaching our children to know and worship our great God. The 2023 conference was live on August 4-5, 2023. However, you can still participate by watching the recordings of the Live-streamed event, the [...]
Don’t Neglect the Catechizing of your Covenant Children
Don’t Neglect the Catechizing of Your Covenant Children— Teaching by use of a catechism has fallen on hard times in the church today. I have known conservative evangelical Christians who think learning the catechism is a thing only the Roman Catholic Church does. Even many Presbyterians only contemplate catechism as a series of [...]
Christmas! A Wonderful Way to Connect with Parents
Christmas! A Wonderful Way to Connect with Parents— I’m one of those people who loves Christmas. The lights, music, decorating, special foods and family traditions are a welcome part of the season for me. As a young mom with young children, I looked for ways to make Christmas into a joyous celebration of [...]
Little Hearts Prepare Him Room with Holly Mackle
Little Hearts Prepare Him Room with Holly Mackle— In the midst of the hurry and scurry of the Advent season, how do you best prepare your heart to meet Christ? Join Holly Mackle and Karen Hodge as they discuss both theologically rich and tremendously fun ways to celebrate Advent with your family. [...]
Philosophy of Children’s Ministry – Westminster Presbyterian
For Westminister Presbyterian, Atlanta, GA Westminster Presbyterian Youth and Children’s Ministry Philosophy The focus of Westminster Presbyterian Church’s youth and children’s ministry is to bring together the entire church body in carrying out our God-given responsibility to bring up children in the “discipline and instruction of the Lord” (Ephesians 6:4) by encouraging parents and [...]
Philosophy of Children’s Ministry – Covenant Pres.
For Covenant Presbyterian, Harrisonburg, VA PURPOSE The ultimate purpose of the Children’s Ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church is to glorify God. We believe that He has called us to glorify Him by: Assisting parents in the Christian nurture of their children. Proclaiming the gospel in word and deed to children in our church and [...]