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Motivating Your Primaries

Motivating Your Primaries

Motivating yourself to teach can be difficult enough: every week you must somehow manage to get to Sunday school or club with lesson prepared, crafts ready for assembly and your patience braced for the inevitable confrontation with the third-grade bully.

Conversations with Children

Conversations with Children

Young children tend to monopolize conversations with adults. Ask a kindergartner about a movie he’s seen and he’ll recite the entire screenplay before coming up for air.

Beyond the Primary Purpose

Beyond the Primary Purpose

The main purpose of children’s ministry is to help children become members of God’s family. Is evangelizing your primary goal?

Think Like a Teacher!

Think Like a Teacher!

Do you ever feel like your stu­dents are just enduring the Bible lesson? When planning lessons or com­municating in the classroom, effec­tive teachers repeatedly ask them­selves some evaluative questions.

Tearing Down Walls that Threaten Community for Children

Tearing Down Walls that Threaten Community for Children

As a former school teacher and counselor I have witnessed countless disputes in the classroom, on the playground and in my students’ homes. I have also seen the effectiveness of God’s peacemaking principles in each setting.

You’ve Got What it Takes

You’ve Got What it Takes

“I could never teach like they do!” If you think that old excuse eliminates you from serving in children’s ministry, think again!

Teach Kids about the Holy Spirit

Teach Kids about the Holy Spirit

Children learn little about the Holy Spirit from today’s curriculum, yet His work is important in their spiritual growth. Teaching about Him in small bites will make these truths easier to digest!

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