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Are You an Activities Coordinator or a Children’s Pastor?
Are You an Activities Coordinator or a Children’s Pastor?
Summers were crazy for me with Vacation Bible School, camp, and summer activities. I had it in my mind that I had to provide a safe environment for kids at my church. Safe activities! The summer hit like a storm. We went to water parks, go-cart tracks, theme parks, movie Tuesdays, and much more. Then it hit me one day.
Parents can take their own kids and do fun things with them. I do not have to kill myself every summer being their activity coordinator. I had to make a change, and I did. I decided to make it serious fun! Instead of theme parks, we did mission projects. We moved VBS from the church into the community and let our kids take part in leading it.
Christian Education—The Spiritual Stumbling Block of the Church Today
I recently returned from our second preteen mission trip this summer. On this trip, the preteens (3rd thru 6th graders) were released to share the Gospel through music, sharing their testimonies, and teaching Bible studies, games, and crafts. Before they arrived on the trip, they went through special training to prepare them for their ministry.
One leader shared what she observed on Monday when Kenly (11-year-old) was teaching: “She told me after she taught that she was so nervous she forgot what to say. She prayed and said, ‘God, please help me, please help me.’ You could not even tell she was scared.”
I am done! I am not doing this anymore.
If you are like me, you find yourself collapsing across the finish line at the end of the school year in your children’s ministry. Before I
could catch my breath, I quickly moved to Vacation Bible School, camp, and all the other summer activities.
In the midst of the craziness, is it difficult to find time to evaluate and process your successes and failures from the school year and your midweek program?
Here are several questions you might want to ask:
Is Your Midweek Program Making a Difference at Your Church?
If you are like me, you find yourself collapsing across the finish line at the end of the school year in your children’s ministry. Before I could catch my breath, I quickly moved to Vacation
Bible School, camp, and all the other summer activities.
In the midst of the craziness, is it difficult to find time to evaluate and process your successes and failures from the school year and your midweek program?
Here are several questions you might want to ask:
- Did I see the lives of children in my ministry change through the school year?
- How are their lives different now?
- Is the direction I am heading going to have a lasting spiritual impact on the children in my ministry?
