Elementary | Orange Strategy | Parents
Sticky Faith For Families With Children With Special Needs
Katie Garvert is the Access Ministries Coordinator for Woodmen Valley Chapel in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She shared how her ministry helps family affected by special needs on the Orange Leaders blog. - -… Read More
Each Parent’s Next Step
You’re an Orange leader. You want to combine the church’s influence with the parents’ influence to fuel faith in the next generation. You partner with parents…or at least that’s the… Read More
Elementary | Orange Strategy | Parents
Help Parents Make the Most of their Daily Rhythm
Families naturally settle into a regular rhythm. Very few families need more to do in their average day, but we can help them be more strategic with the natural rhythm they already have. The Parent Cue Blog is starting a series… Read More
Connecting With Parents at Prairie Lakes Church
Nick Johnson is the Family Ministry Coordinator at Prairie Lakes Church and shares how they are connecting with parents of the kids in their ministry. Want to share what God is doing in your church? Send your story to mystory@rethinkgroup.org. - - - - -… Read More
Elementary | Orange Strategy | Parents
Help Parents Know Where to Start
Sitting around the table at dinner one night, one of my kids asked a question about baptism. We talked about becoming a Christian and how baptism is a public declaration of your faith. Just then, one of our daughters interrupts the conversation,… Read More
Elementary | Orange Strategy | Parents
Expand Your Vision: Partnering with Parents
As Children’s Ministry leaders, we are constantly trying to stay ahead of ourselves. We try to remember which rotation of volunteers are up each week, if anyone needs a sub, if there are any special supply needs for the lessons, will the… Read More
The Road to Peace
Every morning on the way to work, I travel a road that seems like a never-ending construction site. Workers have been perfecting this throughway for months, but it seems like there’s no end in sight. The road is down to one lane… Read More
Elementary | How To | Parents
Parent Pick-up: Turning the Chaos into Opportunity
For better or for worse, most parents only experience about 3 minutes of our elementary ministry environment. And those 3 minutes are not during the creative large group experience or the engaging small group time that we've worked so hard to develop.… Read More
Elementary | Orange Strategy | Parents
Easter Postcard — FREE PRINTABLE
Have you made your final list for Easter preparations yet? It probably looks long, doesn't it? I'm sorry to do this, but I'd like to add one more thing: planning a way to follow up with kids who came to Easter services.… Read More
April Widget: Jesus Wants To Be My Friend Forever Cups
It's almost time for Easter!! Can you even believe we're already talking about that? It's coming fast friends, and we want you to be prepared. Easter is a great time to spread the vision of our three basic truths to all the… Read More