Children's Ministry Revamp

Tonight we had our first meeting on some of the changes in our children's ministry department. I feel that this is our number one priority right now as a church. We will be making changes to our nursery, starting a preschool ministry (3-5 year old) and also changing some of things in our Kids Church (K-5) I was a children's pastor for 10 years before entering adult ministry and I know the importance of a good kids ministry. I have seen first hand how a children's ministry can not only reach kids but also adults. There are nine references of Jesus ministering to children or referring to how we should be like children in the Bible. If Jesus thought it was important then so should we. There is a staggering statistic that says that when a kid is between the ages of 1-14 we have a 32% chance of reaching them. After they reach 18 that chance goes down to 4%. What should this teach us? We should try to reach people when they are young. In order to do this we need volunteers in all our children's department. We basically need to more then double our volunteers on Sunday morning. If you would like to be a part of reaching the next generation for Christ, we can definitely use you. Let's take the opportunity that God gives us and reach kids for the Kingdom of God.