A Kids Guide to Advent: The Perfect Resource for Preparing Your Kids for Christmas As the Christmas season approaches, families everywhere are looking for ways to make the holidays meaningful and Christ-centered. If you’re searching ..read more

Easter is coming, and you are quickly running out of time. Are you a parent looking for some family bible lessons or crafts? Maybe you are a teacher looking for an entire lesson, a game, or just a coloring sheet. No matter your situation, I hope this will help and save you some time. I put together a list of 11 places to get some last minute Easter ideas for kids. I have used some of these resources, some I created myself, and others I found by Google search. My goal was to put together a list of resources to save you time, because when you are short on time, the last thing you want to do is s ..read more

Self-Esteem means confidence in one’s own worth or abilities.  It’s what we think of or value ourselves.  Another way to think of self-esteem could be self-worth, value or identity. This is one thing I have struggled with in the past, and I have written about it before.  There are a lot of circumstances that contribute to someone’s self-esteem, sometimes valid, sometimes not.  As an adult self-esteem is a difficult topic to understand, and even if we can understand it is often difficult to deal with.  It can be even more challenging for kids.  How can we teach kid ..read more

How to talk to kids about tragedy An elementary school in Texas.  A high school shooting in Michigan. The largest massacre in US history in Las Vegas. The shooting at Columbine.  Mass shootings in public places.  The war in Ukraine.  The devastation of Hurricane Katrina, Irma and Harvey. The Tornadoes of Moore, Oklahoma. The school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.  The terrorist attack on 911. The terrorist attack in Paris, France. The mass shooting in Orlando.  All terrible tragedies, and if your child has heard about these events, you may be wondering h ..read more

Moses is one of the great Heroes of the Faith. He saw the invisible God. He received the Ten Commandments. Hebrews points out evidence of his great faith and the hand of God in his life. As you are teaching, I am sure that if you have not taught about Moses, you will. And when you do, be sure to remember these great coloring pages that will help you reinforce some of the great things God did in and through Moses. Whether teaching about Moses and the Ten Commandments or perhaps when God sent Moses water through a rock, these coloring pages will help you reinforce your lesson. The Bible gives u ..read more

Are you teaching the Days of Creation from Genesis? Are you looking for an activity that could help you reinforce part of your lesson? These Days of Creation Coloring Pages may be just what you need. A while back I saw a need for activities to do pre service, so I created this set of Ten Commandment Coloring Pages. That was a very popular download, being used in schools, churches, and homes, so I thought I would create another set. This time the coloring pages are based on verses from the Days of Creation. Your kids can color their way through the verses to see what God said and did as he was ..read more

Congratulations!  Quite possibly your busiest week of the year in Kid’s Ministry is finally over. No doubt you will be taking some time to rest and catch your breath, but let’s take a few minutes and help answer everyone’s Post Vacation Bible School Question– what are your VBS follow up ideas? Our local VBS took place a few weeks ago. While I wasn’t in charge, my wife and I did lead the lower elementary group through their stations (which happened to be the largest of all age groups all week!) After the week was over we talked through some things we would do if we were in charge of the we ..read more

What do you think of The Power of Positive Thinking?  There was a time that I considered “The power of positive thinking” to be something along the lines of New Age Philosophy or maybe a “name it and claim it” religious belief. It might be much more simple than that. IT may just be a shift in our thought process to help eliminate negative thoughts. “Cogito, ergo sum”, or “I think, therefore I am”  is a famous quote from philosopher Rene Decartes.  On a philosophical level, he was saying that our thoughts prove our existence.  When we think, it proves that we exist, even if ..read more

This series was originally written for a local church introducing a new church-wide code. The whole idea was a series of statements to help the people in the church know who they are in Christ as well as let everyone know what the church stands for. This was a church wide series, and the lessons for the kids were adapted from the church code. Since the church used ‘code’ statements, the overall theme is a spy theme. Each lesson will deal with an aspect of Christian life and how we should act- many lessons are outreach related, since much of what we do as a church is tell others about Jesus. If ..read more

Mother’s Day is coming soon. As I watch Facebook message boards I see may people asking advice for Mother’s day coloring pages, lesson ideas, crafts and activities. Maybe you are one of those looking for ideas? I have recently tried learning a new skill, and I *think* it is working out well.  I have been making coloring pages.  With the lessons and activities I already create, coloring pages seem to fit well, since I know many kids like to color and many churches and schools use coloring pages as supplemental material. With Mother’s Day coming, I decided to make some Mom and Mother t ..read more