by Chris Young | May 20, 2013 | Communication, Free Resources
Here is your next free childrens ministry resource to help you minister to children and families for effectively and efficiently.
Communication Template
Communication is key. Families want to be informed and you want to give every chance you can for a child to be involved with your ministry.
This children’s ministry communication template can be updated weekly and altered in any way you desire. It is a Microsoft Publisher file. You may choose to only use one side of the hand out. We have moved to that most of the time because if it is on both sides, then when they put it on the fridge you can only see one. If you do use both sides, put the most important information on front.
We do not print in color just to save money. A black and white sheet costs us 1 cent. A color sheet costs 7 cents. It doesn’t seem like it adds up, but it does. Instead we print black and white onto colored paper. It adds a little something to the image.
Comment below letting us know if this helps and how you are using it.
by Chris Young | May 14, 2013 | Free Resources
Here is your next free children’s ministry resource to help you minister to children and families for effectively and efficiently.
Background Check List Template
This Excel file simply keeps track of each volunteer that has a background check and lets you know when the background check was verified. This is important because you want to update your background check every few years.
Simple. Effective. Necessary.
Some church management software programs will keep track of background checks along with membership database. This Excel file will help churches without that function, or anyone that would prefer to have a stand-alone list.
Think you have an idea that might make this file better? Leave a comment below.
Think you can tweak it to enhance it? Feel free to do so and share with us!
by Chris Young | May 8, 2013 | Free Resources
Check out these Free Childrens Ministry Resources from around the web.
- Mother’s Day coloring page from What’s in the Bible?
by Chris Young | May 6, 2013 | Free Resources
If you are looking for children’s ministry resources, one of the first places you should look in www.ministry-to-children.com. Tony Kummer started this website six years ago as a means to share his experience and resources with other children’s ministry leaders. This ministry website has become the largest children’s ministry resource website on the web of free kidmin resources.
Surprisingly, Tony is not the children’s minister of a megachurch. Nope. Tony is the faithful children’s minister at a small Southern Baptist church in Madison, Indiana.
Each week you can expect to find around 10 new articles or free resources pop up on the website. Free. Tony has a big heart for this ministry. This website was one of the first I found when I started in children’s ministry and it heloped me tremendously then. I am still gleaning from the resources provided.
What will you find here? Free Sunday School coloring pages, kid’s ministry game ideas, tips for working with volunteers, and lots more.
Certainly worth the time to peruse the website regularly. Remember you don’t always have to recreate the wheel. God has placed people like Tony and others into our lives that love to share what God has taught them in order to reach children and families for Jesus.
by Chris Young | Apr 26, 2013 | Free Resources, Uncategorized
There are only a few days left to get these great FREE childrens ministry resources. As many of you know, the entire month of April is dedicated to Autism Awareness. Several companies have made their iphone and ipad apps free for the remainder of the month.
You can scoop up twenty very useful apps for students with special needs or preschool/elementary age children. YEven if you aren’t ready to start any particular ministry of this sort you should get these.
Here is what to do:
1. Get an itunes account. (Which is free.)
2. Download all the free apps.
3. Use them right away, or sit tight and use them when you need them. Just get the apps now. May 1st they will no longer be free.
Either do a search for ABA Autism in the app store, or visit this SITE to see more listings for free autism apps that can be used for children’s ministry.
by Chris Young | Apr 20, 2013 | Free Resources
We are on the hunt for children’s ministry resources that YOU can contribute to help other churches around the state be more effective and more efficient in reaching children and families for Jesus.
While there are great children’s ministry resource sites already out there, this children’s ministry resource needs to be something you created and are willing to share with others. It can be as simple as an excel file that helps you to organize your nursery volunteers, a great game or event idea and detailed schedule, or a unique way that you encourage your children’s ministry volunteers. Whatever it is, we would love to share it with the hundreds of churches that would sincerely be appreciative of you sharing it.
Contact me with your children’s ministry resources!
