KidMin Backstage
Kids Ministry.
Take a peek behind the scenes of what it takes to run a kids ministry.
We try to share a little bit of what we've learned that works for us and some of our failures so you can avoid the same mistakes.
This is a backstage pass to see the magic-or disaster-that happens behind the scenes of our kids ministry.
Episodes
327 episodes
Preview: The Art of Ad-Lib
Coming up! This one gets pretty crazy with Aaron & John!
Put On Your Game-Face
Today I'm joined by Bro. Steve Arter.Winners and losers have the same goal, but they don’t have the same outcome. Some people come to play a game and they’re not fully invested; they half-heartedly go through the motions. Then there’s t...
Stuff That Happens Backstage
I'm joined by my daughter, Aneisha and Pastor's daughter, Shaylee.In our Sunday school we have been blessed to have a whole backstage area. In the past we had a mobile Sunday school where we had to set up every Saturday night a...
The Buck Stops Here
Sunday school leaders must take responsibility. When someone is quote, in charge, of something and they don’t feel responsible for the outcome, it will most likely fail. President Harry Truman had a sign on his desk that stated, “T...
Dream up a Theme
It's an idea session!In our Sunday school we almost always have a theme. Now some people use the word theme, and they are referring to lesson content-we call that a topic. To clarify; theme for us means a type of environment. A...
Preview: Dream up a Theme
Just a quick clip of this Friday's upcoming episode!
Training Ideas
We should always be looking to better ourselves and to make our team better. Every year I go to the Children’s Ministry Conference in Redlands, CA and I bring some of our team. This is an awesome 2-day conference, and the teachers are ...
Episode Preview: Training Ideas
Sorry Brennen!Just a quick bonus post with some clips from the Training Ideas episode.COMING OUT THIS FRIDAY!
Stage Fright
Public speaking is considered to be one of the greatest fears. Many people say they would never speak in front of an audience. I have found, from my own personal experience and from bringing on many people into Sunday school, that even speaking...
Perfect Planner
We all know about New Year’s Resolutions and what a bad rap they have. And while I still fall guilty of making a few myself-and failing with few as well-this time of year does set the tone for reflection and reevaluating. So, in the co...
Raise the Flag
Today I'm joined by Evangelist, Bryan Critcher.We talk about championing your Pastor's vision.Many of us are Sunday school leaders and we control the direction of the Sunday school department or team etc. Here at our Sunday scho...
Create a Character
Today Bro. Brent & I create a new Sunday school character!Character is what drives story. In our Sunday school we’re heavy on stories, characters and themes. What a lot of the kids remember is our quote; famous, characters. Bro. Kee...
We Want You!
We have a lot of great staff in our Sunday school. When various people see pictures from our Sunday school. I’m often asked, “How do you have so many guys in your Sunday school?” On any given Sunday we have 10 staff, but our total staf...
The Antagonist
The making of a Bad Guy!Today I'm joined by Bro. Keech; our resident "Bad Guy".We use stories throughout our Sunday School. We have themes and our themes typically have an ongoing storyline. We run roughly 16 weeks in a t...
Sunday School Building Blocks
Do Sunday School the RIGHT way!There are many different ways to do Sunday school. And while there may be wrong ways to do it, there’s no single right way. We have a certain style and way we run Sunday school and we’ve experimented with ...
Take the Plunge
Navy Seals don't dip their toe in the water!Have you ever gone swimming and you want to know how the water feels before you dive in? Or maybe you’re one of those that slowly wades in an inch at a time. When it comes to S...
Engaging Kids in Worship
Getting kids to connect with God.Today I'm joined by Bro. Aaron and we talk about engaging kids in worship.We have a lot of fun in our Sunday school. And by, “we”, I mean the staff. But even with the kids, we have fully costumed...
Don't Be UGLY
You have to be attractive to work in kids ministry!Not really-if that were the case, many of us would be disqualified.We borrowed the U.G.L.Y. acronym from Christian comedian, Jonathan Slocumb; he says, U.G.L.Y. stands for, U Gotta ...
The Executioner
GETTING THINGS DONE!Many of us in Sunday schools across the nation have original thoughts, but because we don’t execute no one knows about them. The failure to execute stifles the production of Apostolic materials. Apostolics should be ...
Getting Into Character
What a character!Today Steve & I discuss characters and “getting into character”. We use stories very heavily in our Sunday school and characters are a major part of any story. A few things we try to cover…&...
Interactive Theater
Kids on stage is a great way to engage. Today Brent and I talk about making Sunday school more than a “classroom”. We want kids to be surrounded by the stories and for them to even be involved in the stories. A few of the thi...