In this episode, Clent Wells shares some of the key insights that have led to James River Kids being so successful on Instagram. The kid's ministry at James River Church has been intentional with using their social media as a support for their weekend vision and to prompt multiple connections between kid's and parents throughout the week.

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How do you create great social media for kids/families?

What channels do you use for social media?

Tips and Tricks:

How did you shift and adjust with COVID and now returning to campus?

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In this episode, Beth Cunningham from Church of the Highlands gives some practical steps to thriving in kid's ministry in the midst of change. Beth also shares what shifts they have made to continuing partnering with families and utilizing growth track to support kid's ministry.

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Highlands Kids Overview:

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In this episode, we listen to a webinar recorded recently with my friends at Ministry boost where we discussed what it would mean to have “Your Ministry Boxed.” You'll find out about everything included in a new bundle available and what you need to improve or launch a Ministry Box strategy.

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The Ministry Box Bundle

This is a bundle we are creating to help you create your boxes without starting from scratch. The bundle will include:

The Box Design Template is available now, and the additional sample designs will be out this week. The rest of the bundle will release on Monday, August 24, and you can pre-order now.

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Order Your Custom-Designed Boxes

As we talked about in the webinar, we worked with a box distributor to get bulk pricing for all of us on custom-designed boxes. Here's everything you need to know:

The price for these custom-designed and printed boxes will be:

Ordering Boxes

We would encourage you to consider ordering for a full quarter (Oct-Dec) to get the largest quantity and take advantage of the price breaks.

Once you order, you'll get the box design template, and then you'll have to submit your box design by Sep 1. At that point, we'll work with the distributor to get all of the boxes printed and shipped.

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If you have any questions, just hit reply and let us know. We had a ton of questions on the webinar, and we weren't able to get to all of them. We'll get most of them answered on an FAQ page here this week.

There you go. Pre-order the bundle and order your boxes if you want to send boxes to families in your church in October.

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In this episode, Brittany Nelson gets real about their church's response to multiple staff testing positive for COVID and the adjustments they had to make in their kid's and youth ministry. Brittany also shares how her site Deeper Kidmin began and how she collaborates with and resources countless ministry leaders.

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COVID Response in Youth/Kids Ministry:

Deeper Kidmin:

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In this episode, Nick Ballard shares some of the shifts Harvester Church has made over the past five years in family ministry and in most recent days due to COVID-19. Kid's and student ministry looks different around the country, but everyone should be considering a few steps to take before regathering.

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Before COVID:

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In this episode, we listen to a special interview from a webinar with Ally Evans from Life Church, focusing on a shift in family ministry strategy to thinking digital first. As churches regather, there may be a tendency to stop thinking of a digital strategy for NextGen, but leaders must consider online and on-campus options for families.

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How to approach regathering from a digital perspective:

Kids Ministry regathered (in-person and digital):

Talking about the great decline with online engagement – how to turn this around:

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In this episode, Sam Collier shares some of the key ideas from his new book titled A Greater Story and shares the heart behind his approach to the recent pandemic. As Sam mentions, the realization that God is still working to rescue us from the chaos of life and He is revealing a greater story in all of us.

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Response to COIVD-19:

Key moments of faith:

Takeaways:

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In this episode, Andrea Goslee shares some ideas for engaging and connecting with families online and how to provide unique experiences for kids and parents. The ministry she leads has seen an ongoing connection with preschool and elementary-aged kids, and they have some encouraging ideas as they move into a space of reopening and continuing online content.

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Kid and Family Connection Opportunities:

Parent Connection:

RESOURCES:

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In this episode, we get to listen in to an online event with Ally Evans and Will Hutcherson focusing on re-opening kidmin in the midst of COVID-19. Ally, NextGen Pastor at Life.Church, reopened their kid's ministry a few weeks ago and this interview with Will Hutcherson shares some helpful ideas for how to do this well.

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Initial Observations:

What about hot-spots?

How did you social distance kids?

Leading/training volunteers

**Listen to the full event for more insights from Ally and Will on family engagement, online content, student ministry, and more.

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This episode is sponsored by ServeHQ. When it comes to equipping your volunteers and leaders, you have to try ServeHQ. They have an online training tool with hundreds of done-for-you training videos and simple tools to create your own. Go to servehq.church to find out more.

In this episode, the founder of ServeHQ, Scott Magdalein, shares how he and his family are experiencing church at home and gives us an up-close look at how churches are using ServeHQ and TrainedUp. TrainedUp and HuddleUp are online training tools with hundreds of done-for-you training videos and simple tools to create your own.

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Church at home:

HuddleUp:

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This episode is sponsored by ServeHQ. When it comes to equipping your volunteers and leaders, you have to try ServeHQ. They have an online training tool with hundreds of done-for-you training videos and simple tools to create your own. Go to servehq.church to find out more.