by Shannon Rains | Nov 29, 2020 | Books, KidMin Resources, Resources for parents
Have you ever wondered, “What resources do I need for my KidMin classroom?” Stocking classrooms for birth – 5th grade can be a little overwhelming. And, of course, church budgets do not go very far. So, when you stop to think that most KidMin...
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 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...