Three Ways to Start Your Awana Clubs Year Strong
In today’s episode, Carol Hadjiandreou joins us to share the wisdom that only comes with experience. She discusses what she […]
Why Your WHY Matters: Connecting Leaders to Their Unique Gifts
Awana Missionary Linnea Sandvall unpacks how you can recruit leaders who share your vision to disciple kids, plus sample conversation […]
Recruit Champions of Child Discipleship
Shannon Scott and Mariska Harris from Church of the City joined Ross Cochran to share how the Holy Spirit moved […]
Managing Volunteers: How to Lead Leaders
Kris Smoll, Executive Director of Discovery Land Ministries, leads the children’s ministry team at Appleton Alliance Church in Wisconsin. She […]
You Are a Fire Carrier
In Cormac McCarthy’s novel, No Country for Old Men, Sheriff Bell remembers that his father would carry the embers from the campfire in one camp to the next in an animal horn. It was a tradition passed to the cowboys from the Native Americans.
Why Children Need the Church
This is why, though parents are important, even primary, in the spiritual direction and discipleship of their children, they are not “only” or even enough. Children may grow in the soil of their parents’ faith, but they need light and air and more.
Dear Disciple Maker
You are more important than you know. These children are growing up and soon will forget your name. But when they think of God’s love . . . to them it looks a lot like you.
A Shifting Landscape: The Challenges That Lead to the Need for a New Approach to Child Discipleship
Today’s church kids are growing up in both a secular and church culture which is unlike the cultures in which most adults grew up. More importantly, the culture kids are experiencing is unlike the ones that are to come.
Could You Be the Most Important Factor in the Life of the Kids You Know?
The #1 outcome in predicting whether a child is going to do well is not education, it’s not money, and it’s not home. It’s whether or not they have an adult to put their arm around their shoulders and say, “I’ll walk this walk with you.”
A Letter to Today's Child
Dear child, You are little for such a short time. But, when you grow up and think back on your childhood, we hope some of your earliest memories are about us, the church.