Making Your Children's Ministry the Best Hour of Every Kid's Week
- Church Leadership & Ministry
- Publisher: Zondervan Reflective (Zondervan)
- Published: 2004
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Publisher's Description
Promiseland is Willow Creek’s highly successful children’s ministry. Using examples from Promiseland and churches of all sizes around the country, this book provides step by step guidance and creative application exercises to help churches develop a thriving children’s ministry—one that strives to be the best hour of every kid’s week. Included are Scripture-based principles and practical resources for church staff members and volunteers who agree with the critical role children’s ministry plays in a local church. Making Your Children’s Ministry the Best Hour of Every Kid’s Week, based on twenty-eight years of experience at Willow Creek, explains four ministry foundations: Mission, Vision, Values, and Strategy. Content includes: Detailed answers to questions facing every children’s ministry: • What does Jesus expect from children’s ministry? • How can we evangelize lost kids and disciple saved kids at the same time, and should we? • How do we engage kids so they don’t become bored? • How do we get better at recruiting and leading volunteers? • How can our ministry be a safe place for children? • Six specific ministry values that address the needs of today’s children • Practical first steps for ministries that want to get serious about change • Clear indicators of success in children’s ministry
Endorsements (4)
“What Readers Are Saying about MAKING YOUR CHILDREN’S MINISTRY THE BEST HOUR OF EVERY KID’S WEEK Today, the single remaining common interest or entrance point for non-churched people in the life of a church is their child. And I believe there’s going to be a whole new run, a whole new day, a whole new revolution in children’s ministry. This book is all about that revolution!”
“This book is a must-read for every children’s ministry leader. Sue Miller offers invaluable principles that I believe are transferable to every church that seeks to effectively invest in the next generation with life-changing impact.”
“Anyone who is serious about impacting the heart of a child will want to read Making Your Children’s Ministry the Best Hour of Every Kid’s Week. Sue Miller and David Staal not only challenge children’s ministries to become more relevant, they also provide a strategy for meeting this challenge that has proven effective in churches of all sizes. The principles presented reflect the heart of seasoned leaders committed to sharing critical insights and contagious passion. We now have a new standard for any ministry that believes kids really matter to God.”
“The dream is possible … and promising! Miller and Staal have filled their book with compelling stories, tested techniques, humble admissions of failure, glorious examples of success, and encouragement to dream big. If you’ve dreamed of a children’s ministry where children beg to come to church, applying principles from this book will make your dream come true! This is a must-read for every children’s minister around the world!”
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