Children’s Ministry Principles
Slim chance:
About 85% of all Christians accept Christ before the age of 14. Only 6% of adults are open to the Gospel.
Leftovers:
A child may give to God a nearly entire unwasted life. An adult can only give what is left over.
Children’s Ministry Strategy
How?
1. Prepare
Set long-range and intermediate goals for ministry to children.
Main Elements of Children's Church3. Preaching the Word (memory verse/ Bible story/ illustrated message) |
Secondary Elements |
Big Five
1. Resources. Investigate possibilities.
2. Growth. Write a plan to enlarge your organization. Plan to reach an enrollment goal. Identify new prospects.
3. Room. Provide the space.
4. Leaders. Recruit and train leadership. 1 worker for every 8 students.
5. Attitude. Seek out the people. Contact. Visit.
Goal setting, planning, administration, evaluation, and application produce results. Use controllable factors to produce anticipated results
Class ideas
Child as song leader.
Parents welcome to participate. Special parents’ seats labeled as such. Sign, “Do not wait in the hall. Please come in and join your child.”
Publish a quarterly calendar for rotating workers.
Distribute ministry descriptions for workers. In short and simple language, explain the purpose of the assignment, time required, qualifications and expectations.
Prepare ministry assignment schedule to distribute no less than one week prior to each class.
After class, hold a five-minute team meeting to make assignments for the following week.
Remember assignments include set-up, break-down, training and coaching.
Workers wear matching smocks, bowling shirts or vests.
Children and workers wear identification tags on lanyards. Include a photograph and personal information.
Create strong identification through a society, club, coalition, league, federation, alliance, guild or union.
Every ministry worker must know how to lead a child to Christ.
Triple training is one worker-in-training, one active worker and one ministry coach. Special identification. Acknowledge level of training with
A children's website may include lessons on knowing God. Children may print or email completed lessons. Reward each child when they complete a course of study. Response by mail should include postage-paid reply cards.
Home connection is a priority.
Teacher ideas
Before each quarter, review all materials, noting anything that you will need in the next 13 weeks.
Before each Sunday, review the next week's material, noting any assignments or preparations that are necessary.
You should contact your superintendent on Sunday rather than Saturday afternoon.
Each student is more important than a business client. Start a record page for each student where you may record his or her address, phone number, birthday, family information, school information, interests, special needs, prayer requests, favorite things, significant experiences, evidences of spiritual growth. Include a photograph. Use these records as your personal prayer guide.