| This Sunday afternoon, our church is presenting a special family concert as a community outreach event. A large part of the community has no connection with church, has never attended a church service and many do not even know a church exists nearby. We hope and pray that this free concert, one of a number of community family events planned over the next few months, will create an awareness of the church and will encourage families to come along and enjoy this event. The concert includes a meal (BBQ) with plenty of fun, kids' activities- jumping castle, music, face-painting, balloons, inflatable activity centre and more. We will have a live Christian band and a guest presenter- Christopher Wayne, a gospel illusionist. I've included a clip about Chris below. A community outreach event can be a daunting task but just requires a bit of planning ahead of time. If you need a little assistance with this, check out the Children's Ministry Easy Planner Pack. It includes plenty of set-by-step checklists for your kidmin event planning. See here for more information. I've also included a Special Invitation ppt slide for an event that can be easily altered to your needs. |
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No matter how organised or prepared your kidmin programs may be, there may come a time when you need to occupy a child or some children for a short period of time. Check out some of these games, quiz or activity apps. Be prepared- download a couple now so you're ready for any need. They would also be great for a fun segment for families to included in their family devotion time. Click on the links or images for more information about each app. Children's Bible Games: 5 exciting games- puzzles, seek & find, Bible stickers, colouring, memory. Dot to Dot Bible Stories: Complete the dot-to-dot puzzle and the picture comes to life with animations and sounds. Pictures can also be coloured. Bible Word Scramble: Use your knowledge of the Bible to solve hundreds of word puzzles. Bible Stories Hidden Objects: 10 puzzles.. new one opens on completion of previous game. Christian Bible Heroes: 5 different games, animated animal reward stickers Bible Colouring Book: includes 12 stories to colour and more books available to download. Bible Pairs: Find the matching pair. Some are simple, others require greater Bible knowledge. Bible Quest- Just for Fun: Unusual or funny questions from the Bible.. just for fun. (If you cannot see the gallery of app images, click HERE to view the post in your browser.) Looking for last minute Mother's Day printables? The following ideas can be downloaded and printed ready to create a highlight of Mother's Day for the mothers in your church family and your kidmin. 1. Mother's Day cards... ready to be downloaded in either colour or black/white format. See here 2. Mother's Day coupons ....Print these coupons ready for the kids to cut out and assemble into a special book for Mum... a great ideas from 'I should be mopping the floor.' 3. Colouring-in page for Mother's Day... find it here and download 4. Tags and labels for Mother's Day ready to add to beautiful cupcakes or bouquets. Find them here.... 5. Mother's Day bookmarks.. ready to print and decorate. These would be even better with a great book to accompany them. see here. If you still can't find just what you're looking for, you may like to check out the wonderful list of Mother's Day ideas here on Pinterest. Vision- animates, inspires, transforms purpose into action. Our church Vision Dinner was held last Friday evening.. a time when we could consider: 'Who are we? Where is God leading us as a church and in our ministry?' It gave us the opportunity to highlight our focus on Family Ministry, explain more about our programs and encourage the church family to visit our Tweedkids Facebook page. We used a number of resources in preparation for our special Vision Dinner event and you may find them helpful yourself. First, I found a great powerpoint presentation template at Graphicriver that was so easy to add text and images for a dynamic presentation. They do charge a few dollars for these templates but, for a special event, it's really worth it in terms of quality and time. You can find more here... I also used Animoto to create a short clip for our TweedKids and you can check it out below. I've mentioned Animoto before and you might like to read more about this online program here... I created some great littleBox Brownie cameras to add to the tables since a 'Vision Dinner gives a picture of what lies ahead.' I added the wording to the design before printing the boxes and assembling them. The design cost $4 to download but again, worth it.. it was a great little focus point for the dinner and I filled the cameras with M&Ms.
WorshipHouseKids have made a welcome motion loop available -free. Download it now! Take a few moments, too, check out some great clips for Mother's Day from WorshipHouseMedia and Sermonspice. Just click on the image for a link through to the clip. You'll find a countdown, a simple, bright highlight of the important roles of mothers as well as others that pull on the heart-strings. Take a look.. and let us know others that you enjoy.
Recently, I learned of a couple of children's ministry volunteers who were tired and discouraged and pulling out of the team. I had worked with these people a few years ago and known them to be fun, enthusiastic, passionate volunteers. What had happened? Family concerns? Health issues? Sadly, no. It was something simple- a basic but ongoing issue with systems and structures. There weren't any.. or rather, the structures weren't very stable. Lesson materials and resources were provided late or missing crucial elements. Sign-in sheets for parents went missing. Broken equipment was never fixed. New programs arrived late and volunteers had to improvise, and team communication was sporadic. Discouragement had set in. In other words, there were some serious problems with the planning and organisation within the team leadership.. with tragic results. If you struggle with this issue, then help is available. Start FRESH today, and restructure your systems and planning with a special Children's Ministry Planner Pack. We've created a pack filled with planning materials and resources for all your children's ministry needs. You'll find included: * weekly ministry planner * daily ministry & personal planner * blank personal planner * ministry event planner * budget planner * research sheets for noting and recording worthwhile websites and apps Download and print these resources now.... $9.95 for the full pack. (The next blog post will include some additional apps that you may find helpful for planning and organising your ministry and daily tasks.) Mother's Day- that special time of the year when we remember and celebrate mothers and their important role in our lives and families. Promote your special kids ministry Mother's Day events with your church family using a Mother's Day powerpoint slide.... we've provided a couple of choices below to download and personalize. You can easily make your own, though, with the help of a couple of resources that we've listed below. The first image and slide was created using SmileBox. We've highlighted SmileBox before and find it really helpful in creating graphics and movie clips quickly and easily. See here for more information about SmileBox. We used a simple little app called BubbleFrame to make the second image. It takes a few minutes to become accustomed to the controls but you can quickly make attractive little designs to use on your powerpoint slides. Check it out here. You also might like to check out and download some free Mother's Day fonts and there's a wonderful little list of these at Krafty Cards etc. A special font can really make a difference in a design or any of your promotional materials so check them out....
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