Workshops **If you are new to Children's Ministry or new to LEAD retreat, we encourage you to consider the last choice in each workshop session. Workshops #1 Mission and Vision — Saralyn Tyler People can't follow leadership with no direction. This workshop will unpack how your Mission and Vision are vital to [...]
Schedule Conference Schedule for April 2026 at Ridge Haven: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 1:30 PM – Conference Check in @ Badger Barn 2:30 PM – Certification Student Social in Badger Loft 3:00 PM – Opening Session @ Badger Barn 3:30 PM – GROW Groups @ Meeting Spaces 4:45 PM – Workshops 1 [...]
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 [...]
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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 is a program designed to help churches grow lifelong worshipers. Our program offers curriculum, training, and a supportive community for parents, church leaders, and congregations to create an environment where children feel they belong in intergenerational worship. Along with web-based resources and large-group training, the Teach Us to Worship team [...]
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 [...]
