Leadership Essentials for Children's Ministry

Leadership Essentials for Children's Ministry
Author: Craig Jutila
Publisher: Flagship Church Resources
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2001-11-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780764423895

Jutila and his team have built a significant, cutting-edge ministry. In this book, Jutila shares with readers leadership insights that can build powerful leadership skills. The program centers around four critical foundational principles: passion, attitude, teamwork, and honor.

Lead the Way God Made You

Lead the Way God Made You
Author: Larry Shallenberger
Publisher: Group Pub Incorporated
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2005-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780764428234

God put YOU in a position of leadership in children's ministry for a purpose.This practical guide helps you discover your personal leadership style so you can maximize your strengths. As you and your ministry team take the reproducible self-assessment test in this book, you'll discover how to make your team more productive...more effective...and more fun! Feel more comfortable and confident in your leadership role, and make a lasting difference with your colleagues, volunteers, and parents. Perfect Leaders Need Not Apply. If you occasionally wonder what God was thinking when he put you in a children's ministry leadership role, welcome home.You're among friends.This book is for you--and your team. Get ready for some fun as you explore... - How God wired you to lead (hint: it may not be how you think), and - Why "Perfect Leaders" don't really exist (or get invited to parties). You'll find simple steps that let you build a successful, effective team that lasts: Photocopy the reproducible Leadership Style Assessment Survey included in the book. Take the quick self-assessment test inside and you'll discover how God made you to lead. Read the book. Then ask your ministry teammates to take the test. (Gift them with each with their own copy of this book!) Share your results and together you'll gain insights that will turbo-charge your ability to work--and lead--together!

7 Family Ministry Essentials

7 Family Ministry Essentials
Author: Michelle Anthony
Publisher: David C Cook
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2015-06-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1434709337

With decades of ministry experience, Michelle Anthony and Megan Marshman capture the guiding essentials of life-changing family ministry. These seven essentials for children and student leaders emphasize: 1. Empowering families to take spiritual leadership in the home 2. Forming lifetime faith that transcends childhood beliefs 3. Teaching Scripture as the ultimate authority of truth 4. Understanding the role of the Holy Spirit to teach and transform 5. Engaging every generation in the gospel of God’s redemptive story 6. Making God central in every biblical narrative and daily living 7. Participating in community with like-minded ministry leaders 7 Family Ministry Essentials will energize and equip you with the practical steps, inspirational stories, and biblical foundation you need as you lead those in your ministry.

Kids Ministry that Nourishes

Kids Ministry that Nourishes
Author: Jana Magruder
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Total Pages: 125
Release: 2016-10-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 143364939X

Kids Ministry that Nourishes will help guide preschool, children, and preteen leaders in churches of all shapes and sizes to champion a ministry philosophy based on three essential nutrients.

Children's Ministry That Works (Revised and Updated)

Children's Ministry That Works (Revised and Updated)
Author: Craig Jutila
Publisher: Group Publishing (Company)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002
Genre: Christian education of children
ISBN: 9780764424076

Create an effective children's ministry with help from the top experts! For over 10 years, Children's Ministry That Works has been helping ministry leaders create dynamic and effective ministry programs in churches across the country. Now, completely revised and updated, this new version will help you be successful for the next 10 years! Overflowing with expert insights from over 25 successful children's ministry leaders, you're guaranteed to find solutions for every area of your ministry! You'll learn the best tips, creative ideas and strategies from leaders like Craig Jutila, Thom and Joani Schultz, Mike Sciarra, Sue Miller, Pat Verbal, Gordon and Becki West, Jim Wideman, Chris Yount, and more! Children's Ministry That Works: Revised and Updated will equip your ministry with these key benefits: Help for key areas of children's ministry, including: Developing your leadership team Safety and liability in children's ministry Partnering with parents Teaching so children can learn Adventurous art and creative crafts Vacation Bible School Successful after-school and mid-week programs and more! 15 brand-new chapters! Plus, substantial revisions to the other chapters to offer you the most current insights and advice of the top children's ministry experts! Easy to read and packed with practical ideas! These ideas have been proven in actual children's ministry and refined and improved over time. Insights for every level of children's ministry! Whether you're a seasoned veteran or a beginner in children's ministry, you'll refer to this resource regularly for the help you need!

Children's Ministry on Purpose

Children's Ministry on Purpose
Author: Steven J. Adams
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2017-03-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310523028

Many children’s ministries are a flurry of activity, run by dedicated volunteers and staff who put in long hours and work hard for the good of the children and parents they serve. Yet despite good intentions, many children’s ministries today are not effective. They lack purpose and intentionality. A twenty-five year veteran of children’s ministry in the local church, pastor Steve Adams has ministered to families in multiple churches, from tiny church plants to his present position at Saddleback Church. In this book, Steve applies the revolutionary insights of the Purpose Driven Church to children’s ministry and leads readers on a journey of discovery, showing them how to develop an intentional ministry process that moves children toward spiritual health while building a healthy ministry environment for those who work with kids. You will learn how to ask and answer five simple but powerful questions: Why are we on this journey? Where are you and where are you going? Who are we trying to reach? How will we move our children towards spiritual health? What are the essential elements necessary for the journey? There is no single key to a successful children’s ministry, nor is there only one way that works for everyone. But there is a proven process you can follow and Steve shows how children’s ministries all over the world are reaching their God-given potential by discovering their biblical purpose, avoiding the traps of frustration and burnout.

Postmodern Children's Ministry

Postmodern Children's Ministry
Author: Ivy Beckwith
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2004
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310257549

Presents a new paradigm for children's ministry in the emerging church of the 21st century and explores current ways churches are putting that vision into practice.

The Big God Story

The Big God Story
Author: Michelle Anthony
Publisher: David C Cook
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2010
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1434702405

"The Bible is packed full of amazing accounts of adventure, excitement, and redemption. A beautiful garden, a great flood, dusty travels through a dry desert, a land flowing with milk and honey, good and bad kings, and a holy baby who came to be the Redeemer. In this fast-paced book, you'll journey from Genesis to Revelation, seeing the many ways God has shown us His love and redemption throughout history!--Cover back.

Management Essentials for Christian Ministries

Management Essentials for Christian Ministries
Author: Michael Anthony
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2005-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0805431233

Contributors represent a diverse denominational cross section and include Dennis Williams, Gary Bredfelt, Gordon Coulter, Michael J. Anthony, James Estep, Jr., Jane Carr, Mark Henze, Mark Simpson, Michelle Anthony, Richard Leyda, and Tony Buchanaan.