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Adapting Ministry Training to Age and Experience
If you’ve been leading in children’s or youth ministry for any length of time, you’ve probably had this experience: you run a training session that absolutely lands with a few...
Adapting Ministry Training to Age and Experience
If you’ve been leading in children’s or youth ministry for any length of time, you’ve probably had this experience: you run a training session that absolutely lands with a few...
Making the Most of Large and Small Group Learning
Think back to the best training experience you’ve ever had. Was it in a big room buzzing with energy and ideas? Or was it in a small circle where you had...
Making the Most of Large and Small Group Learning
Think back to the best training experience you’ve ever had. Was it in a big room buzzing with energy and ideas? Or was it in a small circle where you had...
The three R’s of gospel-shaped discipline with ...
Behaviour management is one of the biggest fears for children’s ministry leaders—but discipline is never just about control. This article explores how group management shaped by the gospel is relational,...
The three R’s of gospel-shaped discipline with ...
Behaviour management is one of the biggest fears for children’s ministry leaders—but discipline is never just about control. This article explores how group management shaped by the gospel is relational,...
When we forget the heart in teaching the Bible
It’s easy to teach the Bible to children in ways that inform the head and shape behaviour, yet quietly forget the heart. This article reflects on how missing the emotional...
When we forget the heart in teaching the Bible
It’s easy to teach the Bible to children in ways that inform the head and shape behaviour, yet quietly forget the heart. This article reflects on how missing the emotional...
Gospel-shaped Discipline and Sin in Children’s ...
Eric is having a meltdown because his Jenga tower got knocked over. Stella is whispering with Sophie all through story time. Patrick is running around the hall instead of sitting...
Gospel-shaped Discipline and Sin in Children’s ...
Eric is having a meltdown because his Jenga tower got knocked over. Stella is whispering with Sophie all through story time. Patrick is running around the hall instead of sitting...
Responding to Big Emotions in Children
When children have big emotional reactions, our instinct is often to fix or shut them down. This article introduces a simple A.C.T. framework to help leaders respond with calm, clarity,...
Responding to Big Emotions in Children
When children have big emotional reactions, our instinct is often to fix or shut them down. This article introduces a simple A.C.T. framework to help leaders respond with calm, clarity,...
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