Make the most of every minute you have with children in your ministry.

Children's spirituality has been getting increased academic attention, with implications for our churches.

Look close. Real close. The priceless reward for everyone in children's ministry is clear: watching children, one by one, take steps in their walks with Jesus.

Reach children during the critical preschool years.

Keep children's interest and help them learn with these effective techniques.

Whether you're recruiting, retaining, or discipling volunteers, this tool unveils how to get them to serve faithfully and joyfully for years.

Find out what's important to the next generation that will help your church develop a recruiting strategy for them.

God manages to use dubious characters to shape our lives.

Everyone knows the dual role of Thanksgiving—eating more than what's reasonable and expressing appreciation for something or someone.

Whether paid staff or volunteer leaders are managing your children's ministry, wisely dividing roles and responsibilities helps leaders lead without burning out.

Use sound principles to make sure your children's ministry hires the right person.

Lower priority and fewer classes for Sunday school.

Bright-eyed and energetic. Full of life. Able to melt hearts with the flash of a baby-toothed smile. Loveable beyond reason. Yet challenging to teach.

Surprise—Sunday morning may be your best bet to train and retain volunteers, and here's how to do it right.

Equipping new leaders for success.

Providing an atmosphere in which all children are welcome and included should be a priority for all children's ministry programs.

Discover key principles for training—including what's really needed, what's really feasible, and tips on how to do training well.

This training tool provides solid principles for developing ministry leaders.