We love VBS! This special week is usually the largest event for your church and it takes a lot of planning...all year long. Listen in as we discuss how to plan for a successful VBS.

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Welcome friends! Listen in today as we discuss planning a time for parents and the church to make a commitment to our children. What ever your faith or denomination may be - we hope that through our conversation we can help you plan a special time for your families.

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We're back! Join us as we discuss all of the things we like to prepare for in January. We know you are exhausted from the holidays, but a little planning during the month of January will start the new year strong and help you have less stress in the months to come! #kidmin #childrensministry #preschoolministry #administration #planning

A really quick update about our December episodes!

Happy Thanksgiving! We are so thankful for all of our volunteers and we want to make sure we show it. We couldn't talk about thanking our volunteers without mentioning (often) how we can build better relationships to encourage our partners in ministry that we appreciate so very much!

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Welcome friends! Join us as we discuss the importance of communicating with your staff, volunteers, families, and communities. We are hitting the basics, hopefully it will remind you of things you have been meaning to do or inspire you to try something new!!

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Val and Virginia welcome Shelley Waters as a guest on the podcast today! Shelley is the Children's Director at Pine Terrace Baptist Church. She shares how the church staff worked together to create Vision and Mission Statements and how she created ones specifically for the children's ministry. Join us as we learn how Shelley implemented these statements and the impact it made on their ministry.

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Christmas is on it's way! Listen in as we discuss our favorite Christmas events and how we help our families focus on the most important celebration of the season - the birth of Jesus.

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We are thrilled to have Mary Ann Bradberry joining us this week discussing the importance of play for our preschoolers and how it is vital to children's faith. Mary Ann also shares what she has learned about childhood brain development and how it connects to the heart. Mary Ann Bradberry brings many years of experience in Christian education. After eight years as the Executive Director of the Texas Baptist Church Weekday Association, Mary Ann recently retired to spend more time exploring the world through the eyes of her five-year-old granddaughter.

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We are so excited to get you Part 2 of our discussion about child development! We share information about older children and teens and how we can best share the love of Jesus by meeting them where they are developmentally! Join us as we discuss how we can help them learn! (And listen to a few tangents as we geek out on the information!!)

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