Children's Ministry Leaders

Find helpful articles and tips for helping children's ministry flourish at your church. Share with families to equip them to teach the faith at home.

  • Grace in Our Home: May 2025 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Grace in Our Home: May 2025 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Ten years ago, my mom and I were tying pieces of silky purple ribbon to the top of dozens of lovely wedding bulletins. It was a few weeks before my wedding, and she and I had had so much...

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  • Best Practices for Recruiting Volunteers in Children’s Ministry

    Best Practices for Recruiting Volunteers in Children’s Ministry

    The church is the Body of Christ, and each member has its function. As Paul writes in Ephesians 4:11–13, “And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and...

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  • Our Favorite Children’s Books for Easter

    Our Favorite Children’s Books for Easter

    Easter—the celebration of Jesus’ resurrection after His death upon the cross—is such a joyous occasion, and absolutely central to the Christian faith. If you’re looking to share this...

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  • Look Inside the New Arch Book Christmas Book - The Names of Jesus0:44

    Look Inside the New Arch Book Christmas Book - The Names of Jesus

    The Names of Jesus - Arch Book tells the story of Jesus' birth using colorful illustrations and simple language for early-elementary age children. This new Arch book makes Isaiah 9:6-7, Isaiah 60:1-6,

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  • Joy in Tough Times: April 2025 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Joy in Tough Times: April 2025 Everyday Faith Calendar

    It’s a tough season for my family. It’s not the toughest it could be. We’re all (mostly) healthy. We’re not looking to move or leave our jobs anytime soon. We’ve settled into a rhythm of...

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  • Teaching About Holy Week and Easter in Sunday School

    Teaching About Holy Week and Easter in Sunday School

    During Holy Week, we experience two contrasting feelings: guilt for our sins and joy because of the gifts of forgiveness and eternal life we receive with Christ’s death and resurrection....

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  • Looking Forward to Easter with the Enduring Grace Church Year Journal

    Looking Forward to Easter with the Enduring Grace Church Year Journal

    Here’s a fun fact: The common understanding of the forty days of Lent doesn’t factor in the Sundays of the season, which are excluded. Why? Because even in this time of penitence and...

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  • Site Leader Must-Haves at Epic Australian Adventure VBS 2025

    Site Leader Must-Haves at Epic Australian Adventure VBS 2025

    You’ve been asked to volunteer for VBS—and at the time it seemed relatively simple. But perhaps you’re starting to wonder if you took on more than you were ready for. Don’t stress! VBS is...

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  • Worry: March 2025 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Worry: March 2025 Everyday Faith Calendar

    “Everything will be okay.” “Don’t worry. Be happy.” “Hakuna matata.” These feel-good yet frothy phrases center around an issue that is near and dear to my sinful heart: worry.

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  • 2025 Spring Catalog

    2025 Spring Catalog

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  • Go-To Resources for Parenting Discipleship

    Go-To Resources for Parenting Discipleship

    Parenting isn’t easy work—we all know that. But what a lot of parents think is even harder is parenting discipleship. God has entrusted parents to be the main faith shapers in their...

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  • Your Starter Guide for Hosting VBS

    Your Starter Guide for Hosting VBS

    Hosting VBS comes with many steps: budgeting, planning, strategizing, promoting. But all of it is worth it when we think about why we do it and the impact it has on our community,...

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  • What Do You Value? February 2025 Everyday Faith Calendar

    What Do You Value? February 2025 Everyday Faith Calendar

    “I don’t want to pray right now,” my two-and-a-half-year-old says. I know that these words don’t actually mean she doesn’t want the comfort of prayer, but she doesn’t want to go to bed....

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  • Resources for Milestone Ministry in 2025

    Resources for Milestone Ministry in 2025

    Second and third graders and their parents look throughout their home for pens, pencils, highlighters, and sticky notes as they prepare to dig into the Bible together at home—along with...

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  • Connected in Christ: January 2025 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Connected in Christ: January 2025 Everyday Faith Calendar

    My three-year-old and one-year-old had just thrown F5-level meltdowns for the first fifteen minutes of church (some of it in the pew, some of it in the nursery, some outside … you get the...

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  • Your Guide for VBS 2025: Epic Australian Adventure

    Your Guide for VBS 2025: Epic Australian Adventure

    Get ready to explore amazing animals, lush landscapes, stunning sea life, and wondrous wilderness this summer at Vacation Bible School. During Epic Australian Adventure: An Unforgettable...

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  • Showing Hospitality: December 2024 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Showing Hospitality: December 2024 Everyday Faith Calendar

    We long for deep community. We strive for healthy and helpful relationships with family members, church people, and neighbors. But if we’re honest with ourselves, especially as parents,...

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  • 4 Accounts for Teaching the Christmas Story in Sunday School

    4 Accounts for Teaching the Christmas Story in Sunday School

    The end of the year ushers in an exciting time for all ages. We join in the history of awaiting the coming Savior during the season of Advent and then celebrate His birth during...

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  • Why We Serve Others: November 2024 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Why We Serve Others: November 2024 Everyday Faith Calendar

    We are now entering the one time of year in our world that is focused on being generous, giving back, and serving our neighbors. Bell ringers at stores, social media posts of friends...

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  • Written on Their Hearts: October 2024 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Written on Their Hearts: October 2024 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Psalm 119:15–16 states, “I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways. I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.” When I read this verse, I cannot...

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