6 Considerations for Reopening Your Kids Ministry
Churches are beginning to discuss their plans to resume corporate worship, small group Bible studies and children’s ministries. After several weeks of isolation and distance ministry, the question has shifted suddenly from when we will get back together, to how we will get back together. How and when may look quite different from state to state, city to city, […]
Preparing for Children and Preschoolers Returning to Church Buildings
Preparing for Children and Preschoolers Returning to Church Buildings Questions: Do we need to create a team to work with the pastor and ministerial staff to begin evaluating the steps needed in the process of returning to our building? What are some steps we need to take to ensure clear, concise communication with our church […]
VBS Zoom Discussion – 4.17.20
Video Transcript: Patty Burns This is awesome. We have 68, children’s pastors, preschool pastors, VBS directors on this meeting with us. So, thanks for joining us. You don’t wanna hear from me. But I do want to share with you just a little bit. Belinda and I are just blessed to serve Alabama as state […]
Online Resources for Small Groups
Friends and Fellow Ministers: These are fast-moving times for life and ministry during this COVID-19 season. Perhaps, you are wrestling with decisions today about what to do next at your church in our new virtual environments. Solutions seem to be changing by the hour. So, I wanted to make sure you had in hand some […]
Why VBS?
Why do you have Vacation Bible School at your church? A good place to start would be with God’s Word. He tells us in Psalm 78:4-7 NLT : “We will not hide these truths from our children; we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord, and His power and His […]
BLUEPRINT: After ABC comes D for Discipleship
The decision to become a Christian is a first step in building a strong and lasting relationship with Jesus Christ. We want to give teachers, parents and care-providers information and tools to help them move forward, dig deeper and build a firm foundation on Jesus Christ. Below is an acrostic for the word BLUEPRINT. You’ll […]
COVID-19 & Teaching Remotely if your Church Isn’t Meeting
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) has affected all of us, and there is more to come. I went to the grocery store to shop for a friend and found that shelves were bare. I have friends who cannot find canned meat, beans, rice, milk, bread, and other basics. Churches have canceled weekend services, and now the CDC (Center […]
“Wild” for Vacation Bible School
Can you imagine an event at your church: where seven months of ministry growth is gained in one week? where the Gospel is shared daily? where more than half of attendees have never been to your church before, and more than 20 percent do not attend any church? Vacation Bible School is this kind of […]
Vacation Bible School impacts many lives, continues to win children to Christ
Mechell Bice says she doesn’t remember the name of the man who prayed with her in 1977, but she does remember his face. She was 7 and attending Vacation Bible School (VBS) at Lighthouse Baptist Church, Ashville, and she remembers that VBS volunteer teaching her about the love of Jesus. “It was a very real […]
Bible Drill helps increase Bible knowledge
With spring just around the corner, Bible Drill is in full force for hundreds of students across Alabama. A ministry undergirded by Alabama Baptists’ gifts through the Cooperative Program, Bible Drill gives students in grades 4-12 the opportunity to increase their knowledge of the Bible through memorization, application and discipleship. In the coming months, students […]