Making Your Children's Ministry the Best Hour of Every Kid's Week

Description

Promiseland is Willow Creek's highly successful children's ministry. Using examples from Promiseland and churches of all sizes around the country, this book provides stepbystep guidance and creative application exercises to help churches develop a thriving children's ministry--one that strives to be the best hour of every kid's week. Included are Scripturebased principles and practical resources for church staff members and volunteers who agree with the critical role children's ministry plays in a local church. Making Your Children's Ministry the Best Hour of Every Kid's Week, based on twentyeight years of experience at Willow Creek, explains four ministry foundations: Mission, Vision, Values, and Strategy. Content includes: Detailed answers to questions facing every children's ministry: *What does Jesus expect from children's ministry? *How can we evangelize lost kids and disciple saved kids at the same time, and should we? *How do we engage kids so they don't become bored? *How do we get better at recruiting and leading volunteers? *How can our ministry be a safe place for children? *Six specific ministry values that address the needs of today's children *Practical first steps for ministries that want to get serious about change *Clear indicators of success in children's ministry

Sue Miller is executive director of Promiseland and oversees Willow Creek's children's ministry. Sue has also equipped thousands of other ministries to do the same. Sue Millar es la directora ejecutiva del ministerio Promiseland y supervisa el ministerio infantil en la iglesia Willow Creek. Ha capacitado a miles de otros ministerios para hacer lo mismo. David Staal is the director of Promiseland, the children's ministry at Willow Creek Community Church. He partnered with Sue Miller to author Making Your Children's Ministry the Best Hour of Every Kid's Week, published by Zondervan. Previous ministry roles include director of communications for Willow Creek and Promiseland director for the Willow Creek Association. In the latter position, he provided leadership for the ministry support Promiseland offers other churches. In addition to his current church role, he writes for and serves as editor of Today's Children's Ministry, an electronic publication and Web site from Christianity Today International. David Staal ha servido como director de comunicasiones en Willow Creek ahora es director Tierra Prometida de Willow Creek Asociasion. En esta posicion el provee liderazgo para supor el ministerio de Tierra Prometida ofrecida a otras iglesias. David es un constribuyente frecuente ala revista del ministerio de ninos y Evangelisando al nino de hoy.