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in this issue
Wolves Among Sheep
What are you doing to keep sex offenders out of your ministry? If you’re not taking reasonable precautions, you’re putting every child at risk.
Big Fun on Any Budget
Playspaces can add value to your ministry and draw your community -- regardless of your budget.
More Than a Few Good Men
Simple strategies to get men more involved in your ministry.
What You Can Learn From an 8-Year-Old
Listen in as kids offer constructive input to their children’s ministers.
Can You Hear Me Now?
Feedback from parents is vital to your ministry’s growth, health, and longevity. Here’s the ultimate guide on how to ask for it.
Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Forget bleak statistics about kids of divorce. Use this blueprint from a leading expert to build a bridge to connect to these kids.
Tell Me a Story
Add a new dimension to your classroom by reclaiming the art of storytelling.
Special Section
The Great Indoors
Take your kids on a camping adventure this summer with these 8 great ideas adapted for your classroom.
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in every issue
From the Editor
Keeping Current
What you need to know about today’s kids and their culture.
New Stuff
Our recommendations for the best resources.
Readers Speak
Opinions and advice -- straight from children’s ministers.
Heart Matters
“God’s Little Messenger”
by Mike Gaskins.
age-level insights
Birth to 2
Baby backlash, spring flowers, a parent’s dream, and more.
Ages 3 to 5
Bubble prayers, hands for Father’s Day, peer volunteer search, and more.
Ages 6 to 9
Hot questions game, love links for parents, generations of ministry, and more.
Ages 10 to 12
Encouraging portraits, amateur photographers, feeding preteens’ needs, and more.
ideas
Reaching Out
Kids peer tours, temporary small groups, and summer help for others.
Family Ministry
Family firefly night, security on a budget, and the grandest parents of all.
Special Needs
Online autism support group, stress relievers, kids’ hidden messages, and more.
Discipline Q&A
Inappropriate clinginess, pros and cons of pre-class rowdiness, and no discipline problems...at all.
Leading Volunteers
Increasing team connections, summer send-offs, who you need to know, and more.
Teacher Telegram
Creation snacks, taming talkers, creative transitions, and more.
Parents Only
Tallying time with parents, studying ants, Scripture learning project, and more.
