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5 Ways to Celebrate Advent with Kids

5 Ways to Celebrate Advent with Kids

The Christmas season is a time for sharing memories, gathering with our loved ones, and a few last-minute trips to the store to buy those gifts you forgot about. But anyone who has ever wrapped a gift for a kid knows Christmas is more than just a single day. The...

Teaching
Free Resource! A Free Month of Teaching from Grow Kids Curriculum!

Free Resource! A Free Month of Teaching from Grow Kids Curriculum!

What's the most important part of your children's ministry service? The games? The crafts? The snacks? If you're like most children's ministries, the answer is none of these. Sure, they're important, helpful parts of your service, but teaching often takes the central...

13 Ways to Teach Kids More Effectively

13 Ways to Teach Kids More Effectively

If you've spent any time in children's ministry, you've probably asked yourself this question — Are they learning anything? It's a question that drives kids pastors everywhere to keep adjusting and refining their programs. It's pretty easy to tell...

Copyright and Fair Use for Churches

Copyright and Fair Use for Churches

Let's say you've got a video you want to show during your teaching time. How do you go about doing it? If you didn't know, there are many rules and laws around what's legal and not concerning playing music, videos, and other media in your church...

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Discipleship

5 Ways to Celebrate Advent with Kids

5 Ways to Celebrate Advent with Kids

The Christmas season is a time for sharing memories, gathering with our loved ones, and a few last-minute trips to the store to buy those gifts you forgot about. But anyone who has ever wrapped a gift for a kid knows Christmas is more than just a single day. The...

5 Ways to Celebrate Advent with Teenagers

5 Ways to Celebrate Advent with Teenagers

The Christmas season is a time for sharing memories, gathering with our loved ones, and a few last-minute trips to the store to buy those gifts you forgot about. But anyone who has ever wrapped a gift for a teenager knows Christmas is more than just a single day. The...

Free Advent Calendar for 2024

Free Advent Calendar for 2024

It's almost the best time of the year! And no, we're not talking about the days when you get to nap. It's almost Christmas! The Christmas season is a time of joy, reflection, and connection—but sometimes it goes by so fast that we wish we had more time to really enjoy...

Leadership
A Free Winter Calendar for Kids Ministry

A Free Winter Calendar for Kids Ministry

In kids ministry, communication is everything. With so many events, programs, and lessons happening during the winter seasons, it’s important to keep parents, volunteers, and your kids in the loop. But with all thsee moving parts, making sure everyone knows what’s...

A Free Winter Calendar for Youth Ministry

A Free Winter Calendar for Youth Ministry

In youth ministry, there's a lot to communicate. The events, programs, and lessons that happen during the winter season mean you'll need to keep parents, volunteers, and your students in the loop. But with all these moving parts, making sure everyone knows what’s...

A Free Weekly Planner for Church Leaders!

A Free Weekly Planner for Church Leaders!

In ministry, it can sometimes feel like the only "routine" we have each week is planning to be surprised. We sit down to plan our teaching calendar when — surprise! A volunteer stops by the office for a chat. Or maybe you're getting ready to send your monthly parent...

4 Things Every Ministry Leader Should Plan Each Week

4 Things Every Ministry Leader Should Plan Each Week

Every week in ministry, we face the same challenge — it's the challenge of simultaneously balancing ... The regular responsibilities of our jobs. The unexpected problems that always seem to pop up at the worst possible times. Our relationships of the people we lead,...

Families

Free Resource! A Free Month of Teaching from Grow Kids Curriculum!

Free Resource! A Free Month of Teaching from Grow Kids Curriculum!

What's the most important part of your children's ministry service? The games? The crafts? The snacks? If you're like most children's ministries, the answer is none of these. Sure, they're important, helpful parts of your service, but teaching often takes the central...

13 Ways to Teach Kids More Effectively

13 Ways to Teach Kids More Effectively

If you've spent any time in children's ministry, you've probably asked yourself this question — Are they learning anything? It's a question that drives kids pastors everywhere to keep adjusting and refining their programs. It's pretty easy to tell...

Copyright and Fair Use for Churches

Copyright and Fair Use for Churches

Let's say you've got a video you want to show during your teaching time. How do you go about doing it? If you didn't know, there are many rules and laws around what's legal and not concerning playing music, videos, and other media in your church...

Events

4 Tips to Get More Kids to Your Events

4 Tips to Get More Kids to Your Events

Planning a children's ministry event is a mixture of excitement, anticipation, and more than a few nerves. We can spend countless hours curating the perfect event, but having a great idea is just the beginning. We also need people to show up (and parents to drive...

Free Resource! A Complete Children’s Ministry Event

Free Resource! A Complete Children’s Ministry Event

Events are the backbone of ministry. Every year, children's ministries work hard to create great events that do a few things... Get kids and their parents to connect. Introduce new families to their ministry or church. Give kids and families a safe place to have fun....

An Olympic-themed Event for Your Kids Ministry

An Olympic-themed Event for Your Kids Ministry

The Olympics have started, and we want to give you some free gold from Grow! ? Okay, it’s not gold, but great events are basically gold in ministry. So, to help you celebrate the Olympics with your group, we're giving away one of our favorite kids...

Environments

4 Tips for Worship in Children’s Ministry

4 Tips for Worship in Children’s Ministry

If you're a children's ministry leader, you know good music can totally shift your environment. Want to see it in action? Try playing a game with slow, somber music. It's probably not going to bring the same energy as bouncy, up-tempo dance beats. Now, it's pretty...

Grow Kids Music: Worship Songs for Children’s Ministry

Grow Kids Music: Worship Songs for Children’s Ministry

How often is music a part of your children's ministry? If you're like most ministries, music is a regular part of your weekly environment—and for good reason! You can use songs for... Leading kids in worship Memorizing Scripture Building spiritual habits at home And...

Sneak Peek: The 13 New Series Themes in Grow Kids Volume 8

Sneak Peek: The 13 New Series Themes in Grow Kids Volume 8

Take a look around you. What do you see? What sounds do you hear? How does the space feel to you? Your environment helps inform and store all of the information you take in about a place. It's why a doctor's office feels differently than a concert venue—one feels...

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Free Resource! Volunteer Meeting Guides for Youth Ministry

Free Resource! Volunteer Meeting Guides for Youth Ministry

Youth ministry volunteers are truly incredible people. Each week, they help the teenagers in your youth group grow closer to Jesus. Whether they're running a game, leading a small group, or helping with your check-in, your volunteers serve an important role in your...

Free Resource! Parent Conversation Guides for Children’s Ministry

Free Resource! Parent Conversation Guides for Children’s Ministry

In children's ministry, we spend most of our time talking with kids. We'll talk about the Bible story for the week, their favorite snacks, or what interest is capturing their attention most each week. For a lot of us, conversations with kids feel natural. But in those...

Free Resource! Parent Conversation Guides for Youth Ministry

Free Resource! Parent Conversation Guides for Youth Ministry

In youth ministry, most of our time is spent getting to know our teenagers. We'll talk about the Big Idea of the message that week, their hobbies and interests, or try to keep up with what's trending online. For a lot of us, conversations with teenagers feel natural....

Free Resource! Learn Your Ministry Strengths (And How to Grow!)

Free Resource! Learn Your Ministry Strengths (And How to Grow!)

As ministry leaders, we don't always have time to pause and reflect. But even if those moments don't happen very often, we've probably all had a moment when we looked around at everything that keeps us so busy and wondered... "Why doesn't it seem like this is...

Steal Our Ministry Strategy—Free Online Training

Steal Our Ministry Strategy—Free Online Training

Have you ever been told you need a "strategy" for your youth ministry? You do need a strategy, but sometimes, when people talk about their ministry "strategy," they're not talking about strategy at all. Instead, they're talking about... A goal they want to reach. A...

Free Resource! A Complete Youth Ministry Event

Free Resource! A Complete Youth Ministry Event

Events are the backbone of youth ministry. Every year, youth pastors work hard to create great events that do a few things... Get teenagers to foster relationships. Welcome new teenagers into the church or ministry Give teenagers a safe place to have fun. Events can...