Engaging conversations with great kids ministry leaders. Inspiring children's ministry leaders, workers and pastors around the world from large and small churches alike to increase their capacity to serve kids in their church with practical ideas and resources.
Julie Pratt, Director of Discipleship for the National Kid's Ministries of the Assemblies of God, shares the importance of creating a Pathway for Discipleship for children and families.
Check out these NEW RESOURCES for Implementing Discipleship in your Kid's Ministry!https://kidmin.ag.org/DiscipleshipPathway
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Chris Stanley, Student Ministries Director at the Illinois Ministry Network, shares an in-depth conversation on cultivating culture in you NextGen Ministry.
Check out his website at: https://www.ilsmonline.com
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Meghan Boyle, KidMin Director at the Ohio Ministry Network, shares insight for leading great teams and equipping churches.
Check out her website at: https://www.ohiokidmin.com/
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Scott & Tricia share their top tips on creating a great experience for kids from your church as they go to Summer Camp.
Mikayla Risk from New Life Church in Kearney, NE shares her top-tips on how-to choose great songs and create actions that help kids enter into meaningful worship.
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Tricia Murrish shares insight from over 30 years of serving in ministry to children. Her professional training and experience gives her day-to-day tools that will work in your preschool ministry! Learn more at: https://triciamurrish.kindermusik.com/
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Part 2 - Rachel Parsons, Go-Kids Pastor at River Valley Church in Minnesota shares her secret to recruiting and how little things can turn into big ministry opportunities for your team members. https://www.rivervalley.org/ministries/kids/
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**Part 1 of 2
Rachel Parsons, Go-Kids Pastor at River Valley Church at Apple Valley, Minnesota shares how praying team members IN to their next ministry role has changed the way she works with volunteers. Also, why requiring your team members to take time to make sure they are "filled up" with personal time in the Word make for better ministry all-around. https://www.rivervalley.org/ministries/kids/**
Check out Rachel's book, "If You Only Knew"
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Part 2 - Savannah Lyon from Compass Nebraska shares how churches can make a difference by serving children in the foster care system. Her practical advice will help make your church a place where foster families can thrive.
4 R’s for Making a Difference for Foster Families
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Savannah Lyon from Compass Nebraska shares how churches can make a difference in serving children from the foster care system. Her practical advice for making your church a place where foster families can thrive will help us all be better at meeting the needs of this special group of kids and the families that care for them. Learn more about her at https://www.compassnebraska.org/
Savannah’s favorite resources:
Care Portal - Your church to the child in need.https://www.careportal.org/
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Matt Markins, COO of Awana (https://www.awana.org/) shares insight from the latest research into Discipling Future Generations. This is a “must listen” episode that will have impact for years to come!
Check out his best-selling book:
Join us for the Child Discipleship Forum in the Nashville, TN - Sept. 16-17, 2021
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Allison Barrera from Grace Assembly in Greenwood, Indiana shares how resourcing parents is one of her best tools for discipling kids. Her secret to engaging volunteers is “never doing anything alone!” Such a fun episode! https://www.graceassembly.org/kids
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Paul Welch, from Christplace Church in Lincoln, NE shares how he moved from being a public school teacher to a full-time kids pastor. His straight-forward methods for building teams and nurturing relationships is a model that has worked well for their multi-site church. Check them out at https://christplace.church/cpkids/
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Curriculum writer/Consultant, Corrine Noble shares her top insights on sustainable children’s ministry. Her new book, “Spark” is filled with creative, practical ideas to help and grow your kids ministry. Check out her deep library of tools on her website at: https://kmccurriculum.com/
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Amber Holbrook is a bi-vocational kid’s pastor from Lexington, Nebraska. Listen as she shares how the children in her church raised over $2000 for BGMC (Boy’s & Girl’s Missionary Challenge) to bless missionaries through personal projects and outreach to her community.
Amber’s go-to easy lesson guide for kids services:
Go-to Book for leadership:
Amber’s tool for connecting and ministering to her church families through Covid has been by implementing an email newsletter... lessons, links, videos and more!
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Dr. Josh & Jen Mulvihill share how their personal experiences in ministry and parenting (as well as personal loss) have led them to author numerous books and resources for kids ministry. This week’s “must-read” is Josh’s series of books on Biblical Grandparenting.
Check out Dr. Josh Mulvihill’s Books on Biblical Grandparenting:
Josh & Jen’s Go-to books for “ready to go” lessons for young children:
Jen’s favorite Podcast:
Josh & Jen’s top pick for worship songs for kids:
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Ryan Burbank & Josh Wood from Victory Worship Center in Tucson, Arizona share how a teacher’s strike turned into an incredible opportunity to serve their community. Also how creative programming of Wednesday Night Ministries helped grow Josh’s ability to reach more kids and keep more leaders!
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Josh’s book for personal growth:
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**Amy Mitchell from Norfolk, NE shares how Parent-to-Parent ministry has been a key to building trust and momentum in her children’s ministry. Also, S.M.A.C (Students Making A Change) through serving during teacher workdays... and other great ideas for growing your ministry for large and small churches alike.
Amy's go-to Bible App for Kids: It is FREE!**https://bibleappforkids.com/free-childrens-curriculum
Amy’s favorite Kid Min Curriculum:
https://highvoltagekids.com/ - by Brian Dollar
Tricia’s favorite app for keeping tabs on kids safe online:
https://www.bark.us/
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Stephanie Saum shares her story of overcoming loss and and grief. She also give us some great ideas for serving families through a “Parent’s Night Out”.
Stephanie's favorite books for creating a fast lesson on the fly...
Stephanies Go-To Kid’s Ministry Curriculum:
https://highvoltagekids.com/ - by Brian Dollar
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Bailey shares the joys and challenges of serving kids at Grace Church in Chaska, Minnesota. She also shares how her team has continued to reach families considering the various comfort levels that families have with coming back to live services in their Multi-Site Church.
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Rachel shares how doing ministry outside the walls of the church can empower your people to use their passion for serving your community.
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Tara Chinn - Youth & Children's Pastor - Crawford, NE
Tara shares the importance of community and school involvement when serving in a rural community. Her powerful wisdom and insight through serving in kids ministry will bless leaders from large & small churches alike! You can reach Tara at: https://www.christcommunityag.com/
Tara's Favorite Kids Bibles:
Read with Me Bible: an NIrV Story Bible for Children
by Doris Rikkers, Jean E. Syswerds, - https://amzn.to/3rNohLL
The Action Bible Hardcover – by Doug Mauss (Editor), Sergio Cariello (Illustrator) - https://amzn.to/39XZPAL
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Dan Dangerfield - Lead Pastor from Minot, ND
Dan shares how Family Centered Ministry builds trust and connection which produce growth for your children's ministry. Also... Doing ministry that minimizes screen-time for kids will bring positive results for your church's ministry to the whole family.
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Episode 5
Robin Garvin - Director of the Southern California Network Children's Ministry
Listen as she shares this master class on 4 simple words that create a foundation for a healthy children's ministry. SPACE/FACE/GRACE/EMBRACE
http://kids.socalnetwork.org/
Robin's go-to resource list:
https://careynieuwhof.com/mypodcast/
https://emilypfreeman.com/podcast/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lectio_Divina
Robin's game changing book for helping kids stay strong in their faith and not walk away from God:
Sticky Faith - Everyday Ideas to Build Lasting Faith in Your Kids
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Episode 4
Mark Entzminger, National KidMin Director for the Assemblies of God shares how the key to a strong children's ministry starts with empowering parents. He also highlights the powerful impact that camp can have on your ministry and your leaders.
Mark & his team have created a powerful virtual training community called HYDRATE.Hydrate offers practical digital training from veteran Kidmin leaders that’s affordable and flexible. When you go through a Hydrate course, your confidence as a leader will grow, and you’ll be inspired to try new things in your ministry. https://kidmin.ag.org/hydrate/
Virtual Momentum Training - "Including Children with Disabilities"Saturday, Jan 23, 2021 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
This training will be based on the book “Including Children with Disabilities” from the Momentum Training Series. At the end of the training, there will be an opportunity to earn national certification. The book will be shipped to the address that you provide. For more information, visit https://momentumtrainingseries.com/
NOTE: International registrations received after 12/20/2020 may not receive the book in time for the training.
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We are excited to announce our "Launch Day" coming December 14th. Our first guest will be Mark Entzminger from the Nation KidMin team of the Assemblies of God. Like, share and subscribe today!
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Scott Murrish talks about the book “Bigger, Faster Leadership” by Samuel Chand**. He shares how putting systems and structures in place for your team will help grow your ability to serve alongside your children's ministry volunteers.
Get the book here:** https://amzn.to/2ViBhKg
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Connect with Mikayla for events and outreaches at:
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You can connect with Scott and learn more about their camping ministry at https://crossingretreat.org
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Mikayla Risk shares how taking time to discover the gifts and talents of your kids ministry team members (and the kids themselves) can keep them involved for the long haul. Also, hear about one of her favorite books for sharing the whole story of the Bible in a way that is simple and engaging for kids.
"The Garden, the Curtain and the Cross" by Carl Laferton.
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Tricia Murrish shares how individual connections with team members, parents and kids make all the difference in making sure people feel loved and cared for.
Check out her go-to resource for creating action songs (motions) https://www.signingsavvy.com/
Find out more about Tricia's music studio at https://triciamurrish.kindermusik.com/
Welcome! Scott & Tricia Murrish, along with co-host Mikayla Risk will host engaging conversations with great ministry leaders. Our Vision is to connect with children's ministry leaders around the world who serve in churches of all sizes. We will ask these innovative leaders honest questions designed to inspire, encourage and grow fellow kids ministry leaders. Thanks for joining the conversation.
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