by Shannon Rains | Sep 17, 2020 | Leading KidMin, Special Topics
In any normal year, almost every children’s minister I know would be eagerly planning Trunk or Treats and Fall Festivals. Something about pumpkin spice hitting the local coffee shop, fall sales at the favorite craft store, and a stocked candy aisle scream, “it’s time...
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...
