Wonder of His Word: Gospel Centered Teaching

In January I read a book that changed my perspective in curriculum writing in a major way. The book was “Show them Jesus” by Jack Klumpenhower. It convicted me that teaching the Gospel and showing children Jesus in every aspect

Journey of Jonah: Lesson Four

We are finally on the last lesson in the “Journey of Jonah” expository series. This series covers every verse in the book of Jonah. You can find lesson three HERE. All were originally written for 1st-3rd graders, but 4th and

Journey of Jonah: Lesson Three

Today I’m sharing the third lesson in the “Journey of Jonah” expository series. This series covers every verse in the book of Jonah. You can find lesson one HERE and lesson two HERE. All were originally written for 1st-3rd graders,

Journey of Jonah: Lesson Two

Introduced last week, the “Journey of Jonah” is a four lesson, expository series covering every verse in the book of Jonah. The following lesson is lesson two of the four I’ll be introducing throughout this month. You can find lesson

 

Monday Mama Devotional: Mean Mama

Last week it finally happened. I was asked, “why do you like being mean” by my three year old. Huh? “Like being mean”? Nope, doesn’t sound like me. In fact, that’s probably my LEAST favorite part of parenting (behind cleaning […]

 

Don’t KidMin Alone

When my husband first became one of the pastors at our church, I jumped on board to help with the children’s ministry. I wanted to contribute and help the other pastor’s wife by taking over Kids Church (the grade school […]

 

Kids in the Bible: Part One

Happy Wednesday! I’ve sharing a new two-part series with you today called “Kids in the Bible”. One of our leadership team members had the idea for this series and it is officially one of my favorites. I’m sharing part one […]

 

Teaching Kids About Prayer

Hi KidMin friends! Today I’m wrapping up the Grow Series with a lesson on prayer. This lesson is especially interactive as we used prayer stations to help kids experience prayer with a hands-on approach. My notes on this lesson: be […]

 

Monday Mama Devotional: Hold on to Truth

I’ve tried this morning to write an eloquent post on my political thoughts from this weekend and for some reason I can’t. Yesterday, as I struggled with how backwards our world has become and how difficult the coming years will […]

 

Toothbrush in the Toilet

This week, I had one of those days. The kind of days where your children give you that lovely eye twitch and make you scream once you get somewhere alone. Yep, Wednesday was one of those days. It started out […]

 

The BEST Large Group Games

Each week in our Kid’s Church we play games. We have a big game spreadsheet (I highly suggest making an inventory if you haven’t already) that we pull games from. These games are mostly 2-4 players games, but I always […]

 

Teaching Kids About Community

Happy Wednesday! Today I’m continuing the “Grow Series” with a lesson on Community. This can be a great stand-alone lesson or as part of the series which includes: Worship, Lord’s Supper and Baptism. It’s important for children to understand who […]