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Keys to Make Your Ministry Better – part 3

Posted by Jamie Doyle on September 12, 2006
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7. Never stop learning – you cannot expect to stay fresh if you are not constantly feeding yourself. I suggest reading blogs, books and magazines – subscribe to Jim Wideman’s Leadership Club and search some of the podcasts out there related to children’s ministry. Attend as many seminars and conferences as you can – especially if they are local.

8. Mix it up a bit – in your children’s church and classrooms, don’t get stuck in a rut. Have your teachers switch the agenda’s around once in a while. Challenge them and yourself to keep doing things that you have never done in your class before. Try new teaching methods and activities. You can have a weekend with teaching stations or small group breakouts or moving the entire class to a different location to teach a specific topic – even if you don’t plan to make it these things regularly scheduled events.

9. Invite the other pastors or church leaders to your services – Set aside time to introduce the leaders to your kids. Just by asking them to come as a guest of honor and to stay until the end to pray with the kids will speak volumes to them, the leader as well as the kids. Interview them at the class or children’s service. This helps to build the lines of authority in your church, the kids know who that person is and if good stuff is going on in your service – others will hear about it.

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