by Shannon Rains | Apr 24, 2020 | Leading KidMin, Special Topics
After months of social-distancing, some states are beginning to lift restrictions on church gatherings. Reopening churches creates an interesting dilemma for children’s ministers. What does it look like to implement a social distancing plan within their children’s...
by Shannon Rains | Mar 23, 2020 | Leading KidMin, Special Topics, Vision for KidMin
Focused and simple ministry is difficult to acheive. The temptation that every minister faces is to do too much ministry, not too little. Good ideals are driven by perceived parental expectations and our own self-pressure to minister to families in this time of stress...
by Shannon Rains | Mar 20, 2020 | KidMin Resources, Resources for parents, Special Topics, Teaching Tips
Encourage families with Facebook Live and other live stream services, such as IGTV or Zoom (read about them here). During social distancing, churches, teachers, and community organizations are finding that these are useful tools for creating connection with families....
by Shannon Rains | Mar 18, 2020 | KidMin Resources, Teaching Tips, Tools
Object Lessons for Church and Home Children’s Bible Lessons Children’s ministers are looking for object lessons to share with parents for home Bible studies during the Covid-19 outbreak. Each of the websites listed below include free object lessons for...
by Shannon Rains | Mar 17, 2020 | KidMin Resources, Leading KidMin, Special Topics, Tools, Uncategorized
Building Community Despite Social Distancing Many children’s ministers never imagined needing to take their ministry on-line. And, for those that are technologically savvy, never would they have guessed that they would need to create an on-line ministry in a...
