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The KidsMinistry.Blog Podcast

KidsMinistry.Blog

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5:50

Choreographed Scripture and Other Sunday School...

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2025/08/26

Bathtub. 4 AM. Gas station donuts. Because Caleb did interpretive dance to Romans 8:28 during offering and I wanted to disappear.Two hundred adults watching this kid spin and jazz hand his way through "all things work together for good" while I'm dying inside.My brilliant idea to choreograph scripture memory. Now kids think bible verses need backup dancers.We're talking about how I accidentally turned memory time into TikTok auditions. Why Marcus beatboxes John 3:16 during math class. How

8:19

The Unofficial Guide to Kids Ministry Conferences

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2025/08/24

Board meeting. They want us to host kids ministry conference. I'm sitting there like what?Our ministry barely functions on good days and you want me to invite people watch this mess? Plus feed everyone coordinate speakers without giving anyone food poisoning?Pastor does puppy dog eyes. Course he does. Goodbye sleep.Learned more about conference planning than ever wanted to know. Like bathroom capacity calculations. Who thinks about that stuff until you have hundred people and two

5:59

Motivating Volunteers: Beyond Pep Talks and Pizza

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2025/08/23

Linda quit today. Walked in sat down said I'm done.Linda who saves my butt every week. Shows up early organizes everything. Gets kids to listen when they should be bouncing off walls.Asked why."Feel like furniture. Nobody really sees me."Been staring at computer for hour trying to figure out how I screwed this up so bad.Tonight we're talking about my failed Tony Robbins phase where I tried being everyone's hype man. How I thought bagels would motivate people. Why Amazon gift cards made

5:37

How My Bible Games Completely Backfired

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2025/08/22

It's 4 AM and I'm sitting in my bathtub fully clothed eating animal crackers because I accidentally taught kids that God runs elimination tournaments.Made Noah's flood into dodgeball yesterday. Now Marcus is asking his mom if God gets bored and starts target practice on neighborhoods with tornadoes.Thought I was revolutionizing Sunday school with interactive Bible games. Ended up with Emma having breakdown because she got eliminated from ark boarding game and thinks God personally selected

6:42

Picnic Games: Chaos, Laughter, and Life Lessons

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2025/08/21

Still pulling burrs out my socks from Saturday's church picnic. That perfect field I picked? Basically a weed preserve with hidden holes waiting to destroy ankles.But kids loved it. Even when half my planned activities turned into something totally different because of wind and that one kid who breaks everything no matter what.Planned three-legged races. Got immediate face-plants and arguments about walking technique. Wanted sack races. Couldn't find actual sacks anywhere so ended up buying

6:43

Planning the Perfect Easter Egg Hunt

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2025/08/20

Easter egg hunt last year was like watching world end. Kids stampeding everywhere. Big ones stepping on babies. Parents losing their minds at me because their precious child only found three eggs.Standing there thinking Jesus didn't come back from dead for this nonsense.Had no plan at all. Just threw eggs on grass and figured it would work out somehow. Obviously didn't because kids turn into animals when candy's involved.We're talking about why throwing all ages together creates gladiator

8:06

Crafting Clear Volunteer Roles: Beyond "Help with Kids"

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2025/08/19

Nice lady walks up after service. Wants to help with kids ministry. Great right?"What would I be doing exactly?" she asks.I'm standing there making weird hand gestures going "You know just... helping. With the kids. During the thing."The thing. I called our entire ministry "the thing."She smiled and said she'd think about it. Week later still thinking apparently.Made me realize I have zero clue how to explain what volunteers actually do. Which seems like important information when

7:15

My Easter Lesson Ideas That Completely Backfired

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2025/08/18

I'm eating discount Easter chocolate in my car at 5 AM because yesterday I accidentally turned the crucifixion into a Playmobil drama and now Tyler's asking his grandma if Jesus knew he was gonna become a toy.Security guard already checked on my mental state. Started explaining how eight-year-olds directed a stop-motion resurrection with superhero figures. He just nodded and walked away fast.Thought I was creating an "immersive Holy Week experience." Ended up with Emma making Jesus fly

6:47

Games That Teach Cooperation

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2025/08/17

Tyler and Mason fighting over shepherd staff again. Course they are. These two compete over who breathes more oxygen probably.I grab the thing away from both of them. Nobody gets to be shepherd until you figure out how to work together for five minutes.They look at me like I asked them to solve calculus. Work together? What's that mean?Hit me right then. We spend all this time teaching kids to compete. Be first. Win everything. But when do we actually teach cooperation? Like never.Tonight

6:41

Frugal Fun: Creative Kids Ministry Events

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2025/08/16

Pastor cuts our events budget seventy percent. Just like that. I'm sitting there thinking great now we're the church with stale goldfish crackers while everyone else has actual entertainment.But then Sarah mentions that dumb movie night we did with bedsheets and kids are still obsessing about it months later. Fifteen bucks total and they act like we took them to Hollywood.Made me realize I'm completely backwards about this whole thing.Tonight we're talking about why kids go insane for

7:47

Qualities of Great Volunteers in Kids Ministry

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2025/08/15

So Sarah walks in Sunday morning and kids basically tackle her. Like actual squealing and running. Tom's been helping just as long and kids barely look up from their coloring.What's that about?I started watching these two because it was driving me nuts. Same training. Same time commitment supposedly. But Sarah's like kid whisperer and Tom's just... there.Figured out it's not about being naturally good with kids or having some magic personality. It's simpler than that and also way

4:58

Core Bible Stories for Kids Ministry

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2025/08/14

I'm sitting in my car after church frantically googling "Bible stories for kids" because Sarah's mom just ambushed me in the hallway. She wants to know which stories her seven-year-old should really know and I'm standing there like an idiot going "Uh... Noah?"Eight years I've been doing this. You'd think I'd have a better answer than that.But it got me thinking. What stories actually matter? Not the cute ones that make good bulletin boards but the ones that stick when kids hit sixteen and

5:50

Fun and Easy Science Experiments for Kids' Ministry

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2025/08/13

I'm trying to teach creation and the kids look like I'm reading tax forms in Swahili. Marcus is examining his shoelaces like they hold secrets of universe. Emma's doing advanced hair styling. Tyler's making faces at the ceiling fan.So I stop mid-sentence and go you know what let's just make a volcano. Boom. Every head snaps up. Can we really blow stuff up in church?Well not really blow up but yeah it's gonna foam everywhere and be awesome.Tonight we're talking about why kids will lose their

6:40

Running Events Smoothly: A Guide to Managing Chaos

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2025/08/12

VBS last summer. Total disaster. No craft supplies. Sound system screaming like dying cat. Half my volunteers have plague. Two kids lost their parents. Some kid barfed on the snacks.I'm standing there like this is fine everything's totally fine while my brain's melting down. Then Sarah walks over and says you look like you're about to lose it. What can I do?Turns out I'd been running around like an idiot for twenty minutes while obvious solutions were right there. I just couldn't see them

8:01

Empowering Volunteer Leaders: A Practical Guide

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2025/08/11

Sarah asks me if she can move a chair. A chair. Like I'm gonna fire her for unauthorized furniture relocation.She's been with us two years. Kids love her. Parents love her. I love her. But she won't do anything without checking with me first. And I'm standing there thinking what did I do to this poor woman?Oh right. I never let her actually decide anything. Ever. For two whole years.So now I'm trying to undo the damage. Telling people just figure it out yourself. Which is harder than it

7:42

Puppets: Engaging Children in Ministry Lessons

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2025/08/10

So this hideous orange puppet's been gathering dust in our supply closet forever. I mean ugly. Like someone's craft project went horribly wrong. Always figured puppets were for people who couldn't teach properly.Last week I'm dying up there trying to get kids to care about honesty. Complete silence. One kid's literally asleep. Out of sheer panic I grab this ratty thing and start talking in this ridiculous voice.Boom. Every single kid perks up and starts spilling their guts to this piece of

6:01

Teamwork Games: Cooperation's Unexpected Challenges...

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2025/08/09

So there I was, watching two kids have a complete meltdown over who gets to hold the balloon. Like, actual tears over balloon custody rights. And I'm thinking great, this teamwork thing is going super well.But then something clicked and they figured it out. Started working together like they'd been best friends forever. One minute they're enemies, next minute they're plotting world domination through superior balloon strategy.Today we're talking about teamwork games that sometimes work and

5:07

Hosting a Kids Ministry Game Night

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2025/08/08

So I'm sitting in this planning meeting and someone goes "We should do game night for families!" Everyone's nodding like it's brilliant, and I'm thinking oh great, another event nobody will show up to. Then I realized families actually want to hang out together - they just need someone to make it happen.Today we're talking about how to plan a kids ministry game night that doesn't turn into complete chaos (mostly). From figuring out which games actually work with mixed ages to managing the

6:30

Optimizing Volunteer Training: A Practical Guide

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2025/08/07

Mark starts helping with our 5th graders last month. Really nice guy, wants to help. So I hand him this fifteen-page packet - volunteer handbook, safety policies, behavior management, curriculum overview, emergency procedures, everything.Next week he shows up looking like I hit him with a truck. Admits he didn't read most of it because it was too much, too confusing, and he didn't know what actually mattered.Today we're talking about volunteer training that actually works instead of

5:40

Interactive Teaching Strategies for Engaging Children

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2025/08/06

Had this lesson last month I thought was gonna be amazing. Spent forever planning it - good story, clear points, everything organized perfectly.Kids just sat there staring at me like I was speaking ancient Greek. One kid asked if we were done yet after maybe three minutes.Today we're talking about getting kids actually involved instead of making them your captive audience - from building movement into everything to asking questions instead of lecturing to why letting them touch real objects

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