Teaching Kids to Love God’s Word
I really do love to read God’s word. It is wonderful to get up every morning and spend time in the Bible. It wasn’t always like that for me. I have learned that you can’t give something to your kids that you don’t have for yourself. I had to work on feeling the right way about it myself. Learn to love His word for yourself. For a long time, reading the Bible was a checklist item when I was growing up. It felt like an obligation or a duty rooted in a fear that I would be a bad
8 Great Reasons To Do VBS
Lately, I feel like churches are re-evaluating doing VBS. Maybe they are just tired or have lost their vision. I used to work at a church that for a time made decisions around whether staff members “had energy around that event”. We cancelled a lot of programming during that season and lost a tremendous amount of momentum and people. It became a cautionary tale for me as I moved forward in ministry. It can be a big temptation to cancel things that require a lot of time and energy especially during a season with many distractions and demands. Perhaps
Top 10 Life Skills For Children’s Learning Programs
Pioneer Clubs has been developing Christian learning programs since 1939. We believe it is important for kids to not only learn from material that is Biblically based, but also incorporates life skills into the program in order to develop well-rounded children. As Proverbs 22:6 says, “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.” With the knowledge and training that both of these aspects provide, your children will be ready for any challenge life throws their way. Below are the 10 top life skills we recommend you incorporate
Being the Transitional Generation In Your Family
Some of us grew up in really messy and broken homes, sometimes even in the church. You know the ways it distorted you and if you are in the middle of parenting now you may even live in fear that you will repeat the sins that were done to you. Some may hide behind a Facebook image that all is going well when the reality is far from it. You can decide to be the generation in your family that does the 180 degree turn and changes the trajectory that your family is on. How do you start? Embrace
Keeping God Central
You would think that keeping God central would just happen naturally. You read your Bible and God is right there in the middle of it. Therefore, isn’t He central? Well, not really. Sometimes we push right past Him in the story, or we just overlook Him because we are busy and we need move on to other things. Here are some tips on how to keep God central: God has to be central in your own life. You need to be focused on what He is doing today in the story where you live, and then when you approach the
What Shaping a Child’s Soul Looks Like
Through the years many of us have thought of children’s ministry as Christian education . We were literally about educating them to be Christians, getting the right information into kid’s minds. It was as if we thought if they just knew enough bible verses, and bible stories, it would change their hearts. Yet information doesn’t always lead to transformation; sometimes it just means you are educated but it doesn’t mean much to you. What we really want is for children to connect with Jesus in a way that shapes their soul. How can we do that? Kids are shaped
