by Shannon Rains | Jul 15, 2020 | KidMin Resources, Teaching Tips, Tips
This post was contributed by Jenni Langston, Children’s Minister, Memorial Church of Christ, Houston, TX. It is hard to get our smaller learners to sit through “church” even when it is on TV. Please remember that this is not forever and that at some...
by Shannon Rains | Jul 14, 2020 | Family Ministry, Leading KidMin, Parenting, Special Topics, Vision for KidMin
For those that study children’s spiritual formation, John Westerhoff’s book Will our Children Have Faith? is a classic, must-read book. For brevity, I am going to oversimplify and summarize his answer to his question. Westerhoff contends that, no, our children will...
by Shannon Rains | Jul 8, 2020 | KidMin Resources, Leading KidMin, Special Topics
This summer, I committed to reading about racial justice issues in the United States. Race is part of each of our national identity, and our racial identity determines how we experience the world around us. Racial justice leads us to celebrate differences in each...
by Shannon Rains | Jul 7, 2020 | Family Ministry, Parenting
Raising faithful children has always included taking children to church. In fact, the temptation was to rely too much on the activities that the provided as part of their children’s ministry programming. Everything has changed. There are new challenges to...
by Shannon Rains | May 22, 2020 | KidMin Resources, Special Topics
Resource Page Introduction Each day I find new resources, blog posts, and informative articles for church leaders navigating the CoVid-19 crisis. Often, I link to those resources in a relevant blog post. But, I had an idea! What if I also post those articles in one...
