Julie Pratt, Director of Discipleship for the National Kid's Ministries of the Assemblies of God, shares the importance of creating a Pathway for Discipleship for children and families. Check out these NEW RESOURCES for Implementing Discipleship in your Kid's Ministry! https://kidmin.ag.org/DiscipleshipPathway Julie's favorite resources picks from today's episode: Resilient - Child Discipleship and the Fearless Future of the Church - Valerie Bell - https://amzn.to/3HZ5cjK Hydrate Digital Learning Community - https://kidmin.ag.org/hydrate Bible Engagement Project - https://bibleengagementproject.com/ Monday - Project Management Workflow Tools - https://monday.com/ Camps For Foster Kids - https://www.forthechildren.org/about-us/camps Share our podcast with friends on your favorite player! https://kidsministryleaderpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ We invite you to support our channel by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/kidsministryleader Email us at: kidsministryleader@gmail.com

Chris Stanley, Student Ministries Director at the Illinois Ministry Network, shares an in-depth conversation on cultivating culture in you NextGen Ministry. Check out his website at: https://www.ilsmonline.com Chris Stanley's favorite resources picks from today's episode: Giving Tools - Buddy Barrel & missions giving through BGMC Hydrate Digital Learning Community - https://kidmin.ag.org/hydrate 9 Square Full Set - https://amzn.to/3if0tR6 Pickle Ball Set - https://amzn.to/3GIzRl3 Halo Ball Floating Basketball - https://www.haloball.net/ Eight Paradoxes of Great Leadership - Tim Elmore - https://amzn.to/3X8stoc Feed Youth Ministry Resources - https://feed.bible/ Camps For Foster Kids - https://www.forthechildren.org/about-us/camps Share our podcast with friends on your favorite player! https://kidsministryleaderpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ We invite you to support our channel by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/kidsministryleader

Meghan Boyle, KidMin Director at the Ohio Ministry Network, shares insight for leading great teams and equipping churches. Check out her website at: https://www.ohiokidmin.com/ Meghan's book and resources pick from today's episode: Strong Enough to Last by David J. Boyd (Author) 4.7 out of 5 stars 21 ratings Click here to buy the book! 'Grow Games App - available at: https://growcurriculum.org/ Share our podcast with friends on your favorite player! https://kidsministryleaderpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ We invite you to support our channel by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/kidsministryleader

Scott & Tricia share their top tips on creating a great experience for kids from your church as they go to Summer Camp.

Mikayla Risk from New Life Church in Kearney, NE shares her top-tips on how-to choose great songs and create actions that help kids enter into meaningful worship. Mikayla’s go-to tools for kids ministry: Great songs and videos found at Worship House Kids - https://www.worshiphousekids.com/ Sign Language site for learning words and phrases: https://www.signingsavvy.com/ Share our podcast with friends on your favorite player! https://kidsministryleaderpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ We invite you to support our channel by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/kidsministryleader You can also help by taking advantage of our resource links to get great kidmin stuff! https://www.kidsministryleader.com

Tricia Murrish shares insight from over 30 years of serving in ministry to children. Her professional training and experience gives her day-to-day tools that will work in your preschool ministry! Learn more at: https://triciamurrish.kindermusik.com/ Tricia’s go-to books for preschool ministry: I Love You Rituals - by Becky A Bailey (Author) - https://amzn.to/2QZi6GI 5 Love Languages Of Children: The Secret To Loving Children Effectively – by Gary Chapman (Author) - https://amzn.to/32KAaXL Share our podcast with friends on your favorite player! https://kidsministryleaderpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ We invite you to support our channel by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/kidsministryleader You can also help by taking advantage of our resource links to get great kidmin stuff! https://www.kidsministryleader.com

Part 2 - Rachel Parsons, Go-Kids Pastor at River Valley Church in Minnesota shares her secret to recruiting and how little things can turn into big ministry opportunities for your team members. https://www.rivervalley.org/ministries/kids/ Check out Rachel’s awesome book and tools on teaching about racisim: "If You Only Knew" - https://ifyouonlyknew17.com/ Rachel’s Top KidMin resources: Minno Videos for Kids - https://www.gominno.com/ Super Book Bible Story Videos - https://us-en.superbook.cbn.com/episodes Download Youth Ministry Games - https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/ Share our podcast with friends on your favorite player! https://kidsministryleaderpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ We invite you to support our channel by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/kidsministryleader You can also help by taking advantage of our resource links to get great kidmin stuff! https://www.kidsministryleader.com

Part 1 of 2 Rachel Parsons, Go-Kids Pastor at River Valley Church at Apple Valley, Minnesota shares how praying team members IN to their next ministry role has changed the way she works with volunteers. Also, why requiring your team members to take time to make sure they are "filled up" with personal time in the Word make for better ministry all-around. https://www.rivervalley.org/ministries/kids/ Check out Rachel's book, "If You Only Knew" https://books.google.com/books/about/If_You_Only_Knew.html?id=BhC_zQEACAAJ Rachel’s Top KidMin resources: Minno Videos for Kids - https://www.gominno.com/ Super Book Bible Story Videos - https://us-en.superbook.cbn.com/episodes Download Youth Ministry Games - https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/ Share our podcast with friends on your favorite player! https://kidsministryleaderpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ We invite you to support our channel by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/kidsministryleader You can also help by taking advantage of our resource links to get great kidmin stuff! https://www.kidsministryleader.com

Part 2 - Savannah Lyon from Compass Nebraska shares how churches can make a difference by serving children in the foster care system. Her practical advice will help make your church a place where foster families can thrive. 4 R’s for Making a Difference for Foster Families Renewal - through meals, helps, errands, etc. Relationship - Building friendships and community with foster families Respite - Providing extended care for foster kids so the foster parents can have a break Recognize - that foster care is a ministry calling to help children in need of care Savannah’s favorite resources: Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode and into a Life of Connection and Joy Paperback by Aundi Kolber - https://amzn.to/31uho64 The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family Paperback – by Karyn B. Purvis (Author), David R. Cross - https://amzn.to/3cvyLdl Everyone Can Do Something: A Field Guide for Strategically Rallying Your Church Around the Orphaned and Vulnerable Paperback - Jason Johnson - https://amzn.to/2O2F5Q3 Share our podcast with friends on your favorite player! https://kidsministryleaderpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ We invite you to support our channel by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/kidsministryleader You can also help by taking advantage of our resource links to get great kidmin stuff! https://www.kidsministryleader.com

Savannah Lyon from Compass Nebraska shares how churches can make a difference in serving children from the foster care system. Her practical advice for making your church a place where foster families can thrive will help us all be better at meeting the needs of this special group of kids and the families that care for them. Learn more about her at https://www.compassnebraska.org/ Savannah’s favorite resources: Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode and into a Life of Connection and Joy Paperback by Aundi Kolber - https://amzn.to/31uho64 The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family Paperback – by Karyn B. Purvis (Author), David R. Cross - https://amzn.to/3cvyLdl Everyone Can Do Something: A Field Guide for Strategically Rallying Your Church Around the Orphaned and Vulnerable Paperback - Jason Johnson - https://amzn.to/2O2F5Q3 Care Portal - Your church to the child in need. https://www.careportal.org/ Share our podcast with friends on your favorite player! https://kidsministryleaderpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ We invite you to support our channel by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/kidsministryleader You can also help by taking advantage of our resource links to get great kidmin stuff! https://www.kidsministryleader.com

Matt Markins, COO of Awana (https://www.awana.org/) shares insight from the latest research into Discipling Future Generations. This is a “must listen” episode that will have impact for years to come! Check out his best-selling book: Resilient: Child Discipleship and the Fearless Future of the Church - by Valerie Bell (Author), Matt Markins (Author), Chris Marchand (Contributor), Mike Handler (Contributor) - https://amzn.to/35P3caA Join us for the Child Discipleship Forum in the Nashville, TN - Sept. 16-17, 2021 Register for the Early Bird price by March 25th! http://childdiscipleshipforum.com/ Share our podcast with friends on your favorite player! https://kidsministryleaderpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ We invite you to support our channel by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/kidsministryleader You can also help by taking advantage of our resource links to get great kidmin stuff! https://www.kidsministryleader.com

Allison Barrera from Grace Assembly in Greenwood, Indiana shares how resourcing parents is one of her best tools for discipling kids. Her secret to engaging volunteers is “never doing anything alone!” Such a fun episode! https://www.graceassembly.org/kids Allison’s Favorite books shared in our show: Stretch - Structuring Your Ministry For Growth Paperback – Jim Wideman - https://amzn.to/3eB46wn Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World - Bob Goff - https://amzn.to/3bInkyq The Emotionally Healthy Leader: How Transforming Your Inner Life Will Deeply Transform Your Church, Team, and the World - Peter Scazzero - https://amzn.to/3eEizYI Share our podcast with friends on your favorite player! https://kidsministryleaderpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ We invite you to support our channel by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/kidsministryleader You can also help by taking advantage of our resource links to get great kidmin stuff! https://www.kidsministryleader.com

Paul Welch, from Christplace Church in Lincoln, NE shares how he moved from being a public school teacher to a full-time kids pastor. His straight-forward methods for building teams and nurturing relationships is a model that has worked well for their multi-site church. Check them out at https://christplace.church/cpkids/ Paul’s Favorite books shared in our show: Relational Children's Ministry: Turning Kid-Influencers Into Lifelong Disciple Makers - by Dan Lovaglia (Author), Jim Burns (Foreword) - https://amzn.to/3rwm6eX It Starts at Home: A Practical Guide to Nurturing Lifelong Faith - by Kurt Bruner (Author), Steve Stroope (Author) - https://amzn.to/3c6X13K Family Ministry Field Guide: How Your Church Can Equip Parents to Make Disciples by Timothy Paul Jones (Author), Mark DeVries (Foreword) - https://amzn.to/3kVw9If Share our podcast with friends on your favorite player! https://kidsministryleaderpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ We invite you to support our channel by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/kidsministryleader You can also help by taking advantage of our resource links to get great kidmin stuff! https://www.kidsministryleader.com

Curriculum writer/Consultant, Corrine Noble shares her top insights on sustainable children’s ministry. Her new book, “Spark” is filled with creative, practical ideas to help and grow your kids ministry. Check out her deep library of tools on her website at: https://kmccurriculum.com/ Corrine’s Favorite books shared in our show: Sustainable Children's Ministry: From Last-Minute Scrambling to Long-Term Solutions by Mark DeVries & Annette Safstrom - https://amzn.to/2O7bzZ8 The Red Book: The Life Blood of Children's Ministry - Mark Harper - https://amzn.to/3bROwcM Talk Now and Later: How to Lead Kids Through Life's Tough Topics - Brian Dollar - https://amzn.to/2ZWJpTj Spark - A Creative Take on Kids’ Ministry - Corrine Noble - https://kmccurriculum.com/spark/ Share our podcast with friends on your favorite player! https://kidsministryleaderpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ We invite you to support our channel by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/kidsministryleader You can also help by taking advantage of our resource links to get great kidmin stuff! https://www.kidsministryleader.com

Amber Holbrook is a bi-vocational kid’s pastor from Lexington, Nebraska. Listen as she shares how the children in her church raised over $2000 for BGMC (Boy’s & Girl’s Missionary Challenge) to bless missionaries through personal projects and outreach to her community. Amber’s go-to easy lesson guide for kids services: Kids' Travel Guide Series from Group Publishing - https://amzn.to/2MbuQId Go-to Book for leadership: Strong Enough to Last - by David Boyd - https://amzn.to/2Mf50TI Amber’s tool for connecting and ministering to her church families through Covid has been by implementing an email newsletter... lessons, links, videos and more! Mailchimp.com ConstantContact.com GMASS - Google Mass Email Share our podcast with friends on your favorite player! https://kidsministryleaderpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ We invite you to support our channel by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/kidsministryleader You can also help by taking advantage of our resource links to get great kidmin stuff! https://www.kidsministryleader.com

Dr. Josh & Jen Mulvihill share how their personal experiences in ministry and parenting (as well as personal loss) have led them to author numerous books and resources for kids ministry. This week’s “must-read” is Josh’s series of books on Biblical Grandparenting. Check out Dr. Josh Mulvihill’s Books on Biblical Grandparenting: Equipping Grandparents (Grandparenting Matters) https://amzn.to/3rQAq1R Josh & Jen’s Go-to books for “ready to go” lessons for young children: My First Book of Questions and Answers (My First Books) by Carine MacKenzie https://amzn.to/37hrZVv Learn to Read Bible (Rocket Readers. Level 1, Level 2) Heather Gemmen https://amzn.to/3ddOPRJ Parenting in the Pew: Guiding Your Children into the Joy of Worship by Robbie Castleman https://amzn.to/3qmKVcS Jen’s favorite Podcast: Carole Joy Seid https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/homeschool-made-simple/id1506875183 Josh & Jen’s top pick for worship songs for kids: https://www.seedsfamilyworship.com/ Learn more about Dr. Josh Mulvihill's ministry at the website for Renew a Nation: https://www.renewanation.org/post/introducing-dr.-josh-mulvihill Listen to our podcast on your favorite player! https://kidsministryleaderpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ We invite you to support our channel by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/kidsministryleader You can also help by taking advantage of our resource links to get great kidmin stuff! https://www.kidsministryleader.com

Ryan Burbank & Josh Wood from Victory Worship Center in Tucson, Arizona share how a teacher’s strike turned into an incredible opportunity to serve their community. Also how creative programming of Wednesday Night Ministries helped grow Josh’s ability to reach more kids and keep more leaders! Ryan’s favorite podcast: The Bible Project - https://bibleproject.com/podcasts/the-bible-project-podcast/ Ryan’s Go-to book for leaders: Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth, Samuel R. Chand - https://amzn.to/3jvATUi Josh’s book for personal growth: Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: It's Impossible to Be Spiritually Mature, While Remaining Emotionally Immature - Peter Scazzero - https://amzn.to/3aG9ISF Listen to our podcast on your favorite player! https://kidsministryleaderpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ We invite you to support our channel by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/kidsministryleader You can also help by taking advantage of our resource links to get great kidmin stuff! https://www.kidsministryleader.com

Amy Mitchell from Norfolk, NE shares how Parent-to-Parent ministry has been a key to building trust and momentum in her children’s ministry. Also, S.M.A.C (Students Making A Change) through serving during teacher workdays... and other great ideas for growing your ministry for large and small churches alike. Amy's go-to Bible App for Kids: It is FREE! https://bibleappforkids.com/free-childrens-curriculum Amy’s favorite Kid Min Curriculum: https://highvoltagekids.com/ - by Brian Dollar Tricia’s favorite app for keeping tabs on kids safe online: https://www.bark.us/ Listen to our podcast on your favorite player! https://kidsministryleaderpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ We invite you to support our channel by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/kidsministryleader You can also help by taking advantage of our resource links to get great kidmin stuff! https://www.kidsministryleader.com

Stephanie Saum shares her story of overcoming loss and and grief. She also give us some great ideas for serving families through a “Parent’s Night Out”. Stephanie's favorite books for creating a fast lesson on the fly... 13 Very Bad Days and How God Fixed Them - David C. Cook - https://amzn.to/3c7C6iN 13 Very Surprising Sayings and Why Jesus Said Them - David C. Cook - https://amzn.to/39etTaP 13 Very Awesome Promises and How God Always Keeps Them - https://amzn.to/2Y8CPIb Stephanies Go-To Kid’s Ministry Curriculum: https://highvoltagekids.com/ - by Brian Dollar Listen to our podcast on your favorite player! https://kidsministryleaderpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ We invite you to support our channel by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/kidsministryleader You can also help by taking advantage of our resource links to get great kidmin stuff! https://www.kidsministryleader.com

Bailey shares the joys and challenges of serving kids at Grace Church in Chaska, Minnesota. She also shares how her team has continued to reach families considering the various comfort levels that families have with coming back to live services in their Multi-Site Church. Bailey’s go-to books: The Gospel Story Bible: Discovering Jesus in the Old and New Testaments - Marty Machowski https://amzn.to/39DsZni The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World - John Mark Comer https://amzn.to/38QKCAC Resilient: Child Discipleship and the Fearless Future of the Church - Vallerie Bell https://amzn.to/35P3caA Join the conversation and share your favorite Kids Ministry Leader at https://www.kidsministryleader.com/ Listen to our podcast on your favorite player! https://kidsministryleaderpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ We invite you to support our channel by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/kidsministryleader You can also help by taking advantage of our resource links to get great kidmin stuff! https://www.kidsministryleader.com