Children's Ministry Monthly

This video was filmed at Highland Park Presbyterian Church on Dec. 13th, 2009 as a part of their Club Christmas Youth Service. It’s awesome.

Most of us write up and use pretty basic rules for Children’s Church: Don’t talk, keep your hands to your self, participate, limit bathroom use, blah, blah blah. I’m finding that those just aren’t cutting it these days. There are so many issues that the basic rules just don’t cover. I suggest we add the [...]

This is great! Enjoy!

Funny OR memorable… let me explain before we dive in. I had someone tell me once, “If you can’t be good… be memorable!” A creed all underachievers can live by!
Here are some random things I say to kids to help break the ice when I meet them. Some are funny… others are just memorable. Some [...]

Every week in JAM City, our elementary children’s church) I perform the live character JoJo The Christian Clown. He’s a newly saved overly-excited Christian who is not allowed to work in children’s church… but that’s not going to stop him from trying to prove to everyone he’s got what it takes.
This video was shot as [...]

This thing is very cool. It will shoot ANY carbonated beverage (not just beer) up to 10 feet. This is a messy stage game waiting to happen!
The only unfortunate thing is that it’s shaped exactly like a real gun… which may or may not be an issue for your group… but with a little foam [...]

I stumbled across this photo on Digg.com and wanted to share it with all of you.
It instantly took me back to my own childhood (though I was never as ‘cool’ as these guys). One of the greatest gifts God could give a children’s minister would be the ability to remember what childhood felt like.
I pray [...]