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The KidsMinistry.Blog Podcast

KidsMinistry.Blog

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6:52

Teaching Sin and Forgiveness to Children

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2026/03/23

Tried explaining sin to five year old once. Used word "transgression." They stared at me like was speaking different language.Because was.Sin. Transgression. Iniquity. Repentance. Redemption.Kids don't know what those mean. Using them doesn't make sound smart. Makes sound confusing.Say "wrong choices" instead sin. Say "saying sorry and changing" instead repentance. Say "being forgiven" instead redemption.Same concepts. Language they actually understand.Had kid ask what sin means. Told him

5:15

Creating Inclusive Lessons for Kids with Special Needs

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2026/03/19

Had kid with autism join our class last month. Completely changed how I teach. In good way actually.Realized most my lessons only worked for kids who could sit still listen follow verbal instructions. That's like maybe half the kids on good day.Standing up front talking while kids sat in circle. Some kids can't do that. Just can't.Had boy with ADHD lasted maybe two minutes sitting before had to move. Kept getting in trouble for interrupting. For fidgeting. For not paying attention.Wasn't

4:27

Teaching kids the Old Testament through emotion

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2026/03/16

Kid asked last week why learning about Jonah. "He's dead and that story's fake anyway."Cool. Great way start Sunday morning.Kids don't care about ancient Israel.They care if Maddie still their friend. If allowed on trampoline after church. If mom making good mac and cheese for lunch.Moses parting Red Sea three thousand years ago? Means nothing.Tried Abraham once. Kid asked if he had cell phone. Another asked how charged his car in desert.Can't picture life without WiFi. Old Testament might

4:28

Explaining death and heaven to children

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2026/03/13

Kid asked if his grandma watches him from heaven. Then goes "does she watch me pee though?"Six year old's man.You're middle something else and hand goes up.Doing Noah's ark last month. Sarah raises hand. "Is Noah dead?"Yeah died long time ago."Where's his body?"Don't know Sarah."Can we visit it?"We're building ark out graham crackers right now can we table this.Kids don't care about lesson plan. Think of something ask immediately.Had kid ask during snack. Just eating goldfish goes "what

6:06

Harnessing Holiday Chaos to Teach Kids Theology

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2026/03/04

Tried boring holiday lessons for years. Kids zoned out during Christmas story. Fell asleep during Easter message.Started adding games. Everything changed.Teams race carry ornament on spoon across room. Drop it start over.Plastic ornaments obviously. Learned that hard way when kid dropped glass one. Shattered everywhere. Parents not thrilled.Now use cheap plastic from dollar store. Kids still excited. Nobody bleeding.Teams yelling at each other. Ornaments rolling everywhere. Chaos. Also kids

6:11

Teaching Trust With A Jar Of Marbles

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2026/03/01

My eight year old told me I talk too much. Ouch but fair. Do go on and on trying teach something important. By sentence three eye rolls start.Started stealing ideas from people who actually keep kids engaged. Sunday school teachers camp counselors that one mom at pickup who never yells. Secret isn't better speeches. It's props. Kids love doing stuff with hands.Crumpled heart happened by accident. Daughter being really mean to little brother. Usual "be nice" speech not working. Grabbed paper

5:27

Making Bible Geography Real for Kids

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2026/02/26

Kid asked last week where Israel is. Showed on map. He goes "why we care about some place far away?"Fair question honestly.Bible geography feels irrelevant to kids eating goldfish in suburban America.Kids think everything in Bible happened same town. Jesus born Bethlehem grew up Nazareth ministered Capernaum died Jerusalem.To them all sounds like same place. Just "Bible land somewhere."Pull up Google Maps. Show actual distances. "Nazareth to Jerusalem like driving from here to..." Name

5:47

When Bible Stories Teach the Wrong Lesson

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2026/02/22

Tried teaching honesty last week using Ananias and Sapphira. They lied about money. Fell over dead.Kids terrified. Will I die if I lie?Probably not. But maybe don't lie.Great job me. Now they think lying causes instant death.Jacob age seven asks if lying about eating cookies will kill him. No. This was special situation.What makes it special? Holy Spirit was there? Holy Spirit is always there though right? Yes but different kind of there.Making no sense. Kids staring.Emma asks if her mom

5:44

Teaching Kids About Biblical Cultures

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2026/02/19

Kids think everyone in Bible wore bathrobes and had beards. Also think they all lived same place same time doing same things.Tried teaching Biblical cultures last month. Total disaster mostly.Told kids Moses grew up Egypt not Israel. Blank stares. What's the difference?Egypt had pyramids. And pharaohs. That's about all they knew.Showed pictures Egyptian stuff. Fancy headdresses gold hieroglyphics.Kids way more interested mummies. Can we talk about mummies?No cannot talk mummies. Focusing on

5:33

Why Sitting Still Ruins Kids’ Worship

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2026/02/16

Kids won't sing. Just won't. Standing there with eight dollar garage sale ukulele and eighteen kids staring like I asked them do brain surgery.Kid picking dried glue off fingers. Another one counting ceiling tiles yells "forty-two!" right middle of Jesus Loves Me.Voice cracks on word Bible which shouldn't even be hard but here we are.This is worship apparently.Made kids sit criss-cross three years. Hands in laps no wiggling cause that's what thought church was supposed look like.Said sit

6:41

Stop Reading and Start Performing Bible stories

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2026/02/11

Told David Goliath last week. Read straight from Bible. Kids stared at ceiling. One fell asleep on floor.Next week told same story. Used voices. Did actions. Made sound effects. Kids leaning forward entire time.Same story. Just told it different. Changed everything.Goliath gets deep voice. Really deep. David sounds young nervous then brave. King Saul old and worried.Kids laugh at silly voices. Don't care. They're listening. That's what matters.Kid told me my Pharaoh voice sounded like his

11:40

Ministry to the Impossible Preteen

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2026/02/09

Kid asked last week why Moses didn't just use GPS and I'm standing there like what do I even say to that. Nothing. Had nothing.Preteens think I'm stupid. Probably right half the time honestly.Talk for maybe fifteen seconds max before eyes glaze over. Thought was my fault til watched them do same thing to their own mom so apparently just how they are.Started asking random stuff instead trying explain things. "What David thinking when saw Goliath?" Then stand there awkward silence forever til

6:23

Ideas for Outdoor Ministry Events: Or How I Learned...

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2025/11/04

Sitting here with mud still caked under my fingernails from yesterday's outdoor disaster. Well not disaster exactly. Kids had fun. But I'm questioning some life choices.Three months ago our outdoor worship night was magical thing everyone's still talking about. Yesterday's nature scavenger hunt turned into me chasing escaped toddlers through poison ivy while parents pretended not to notice their kids having meltdowns.Outdoor ministry is weird like that. Same person planning same basic idea

6:52

Beyond Filling Slots Prioritizing People for...

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2025/11/02

Sarah comes up after service looking stressed goes "I can't do VBS this year. I know you're counting on me but my mom's having surgery and I just can't commit to anything else right now."My first thought? Oh no. Sarah's one of my best volunteers. She knows all the kids. She's reliable. How am I gonna replace her for VBS?My second thought? Sarah looks like she's about to cry and here I am thinking about my volunteer schedule instead of caring about what she's going through.That's when hit

6:13

How to Measure Event Success: Beyond Counting Heads...

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2025/10/31

Used to think event success was simple. Count how many people showed up subtract number of major disasters and if more good things happened than bad things call it a win.Turns out measuring success is way more complicated than that.Last spring had family movie night that looked like complete failure on paper. Projector died fifteen minutes in half the popcorn got burned and it started raining so hard we couldn't hear backup audio we switched to.But three months later kids were still talking

6:29

My Favorite Volunteer Appreciation Events

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2025/10/30

Sitting in planning meeting and somebody goes "Let's do fancy dinner at that nice Italian place for volunteer appreciation!"Everyone nodding like this is genius idea but I'm thinking about my actual volunteers. Jessica's got three kids under ten and works full time. Tom hates dressing up for anything. Sarah's been so overwhelmed lately she can barely remember eat lunch.Fancy dinner sounds great in theory but honestly? Most my volunteers would probably see it as one more thing they gotta

5:29

5 Bible Story Dramas Kids Will Love

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2025/10/28

Emma raises her hand middle of my Daniel lion's den story goes "Can we BE the lions instead of just sitting here?"About to say no like always because dramas are chaos and take forever and someone ends up crying.But then look around and these kids literally falling asleep. Marcus making airplane noises with his pencil. Tyler staring at ceiling like there's movie playing up there.You know what? Fine. Let's try it."Okay Emma you can be lion. Who else wants to be lions?"Every single hand shoots

7:32

Effective Promotion Strategies for Events: Or How I...

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2025/10/26

Sitting here looking at pile of leftover flyers from Halloween event. Spent probably two hours making them perfect. Nice colors cute fonts all the details lined up just right.Used maybe ten of them.Rest are going in recycling bin with all my other beautiful unused promotional materials from past three years. Whole graveyard of perfectly designed flyers in my desk drawer.But our Halloween party was packed. Go figure.Last month I'm rushing through weekly email Sunday morning not really paying

6:53

Mastering the "No": How to Gracefully Redirect...

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2025/10/24

Tom corners me after service bouncing on his feet like kid on Christmas morning. "Got amazing idea for VBS! Full theatrical production costumes sets choreography the whole thing! Been planning for weeks!"Heart sinking through floor because his idea is actually creative and look at his face he's so excited and I have to somehow explain we have three hundred dollars twelve burnt out volunteers and two weeks.Standing there frozen trying figure out how to not destroy this man's soul.Used to

6:01

Activities That Teach About Missions

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2025/10/22

Missions week comes around and I'm scrambling trying figure out how teach kids about missions without just lecturing them about far away places they've never heard of.Last year was disaster. Found worksheets online about different countries. Kids colored flags learned couple facts. Emma asked why people in Africa don't just buy food at grocery store like we do. Tommy wanted know if missionaries have WiFi.Realized they had zero clue what missions actually means or why anyone would leave home

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