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Planning Your Own Kid’s Crusade

Planning Your Own Kid’s Crusade

By CMIV

You’re planning on doing something new and different this year. You want to put together your own kids’ crusade instead of running a VBS. Now your mind is filled with questions. Where do I start? What should I teach? When should I run it?

In most cases, the differences between a VBS and a Kids’ Crusade are much like the differences between Sunday School and Children’s Church. Typically, your VBS program involves many teachers teaching individual age groups, lots of crafts and snacks, and an educational foundation of Scripture. Your typical Kids’ Crusade utilizes » I want to read more! »

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Jesus is the Way (One Way Jesus)

Jesus is the Way (One Way Jesus)

By dalegilreath

Place a cross on one end of the room with the scripture “I am the way, the truth, and the life”

On the floor, tape out a maze. Have about four or five ways to enter. Also, have an exit, but run it around the maze to a dead end. In the middle of the maze, have a section that says “Hell.” Each entrance will lead around turns and twists, and will end up in Hell. Tell the children to find the way out. The thing is to » I want to read more! »

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Children’s Ministry or Entertainment?

Children’s Ministry or Entertainment?

By Jubilee Gang

Over the years we have seen new ideas incorporated into children’s ministry such as; games, multi media, and technology at the expense of watering down the gospel message.

We use most of these methods during our Jubilee Gang events. However, the purpose of our events are not to just entertain and wow the children, but to lay a firm foundation from the word of God that they can build upon to strengthen their faith in Jesus. » I want to read more! »

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Its Harvest Time!

Its Harvest Time!

By Jubilee Gang

Cotten FieldsJohn 4:35
Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!

As we drove through Louisiana on the way home from an event last Fall, we drove past many cotton fields. The cotton was truly white and ready for harvest. Some of the fields were being harvested as we passed them.

We saw miles and miles of white fields. It reminded me of John 4:35.

There are 6.7 billion people in the world today. The majority have not heard the good news of the Gospel. And if they have it was misrepresented to them as dead religion or was not relative to their lives. It’s our job to take the good news to the world. They will not evangelize themselves. » I want to read more! »

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Children’s Evangelist: A Dying Breed

Children’s Evangelist: A Dying Breed

By Jubilee Gang

In an age where the role of a children’s evangelist has gone from a soul winning, bible teaching, encourager of the body, revivalist of sorts, to more of an entertainer that has a Christian theme. I have been forced to ask myself a few questions about the role of a Children’s Evangelist in the post Christian America that we live in. Let me start off by giving you a little bit of my background, and things I struggle with so you know where I am coming from.

I have been a children’s pastor in a few different churches for a total of 8 years, a children’s evangelist for 18 years, and have had a few volunteer positions during my over 22 years in ministry to children and youth. I have been blessed to see both sides of the fence which has helped me to be more understanding of the role of a Children’s Pastor and local churches when I am ministering on the road. All of the churches » I want to read more! »

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Church Minded Vs. Kingdom Minded

Church Minded Vs. Kingdom Minded

By Jubilee Gang

We hear a lot today about church growth and church growth is good. A healthy church should be growing just like a healthy person should grow. A healthy church cannot help but grow!

A lot of churches are starting to evaluate every program according to how much it helps the church grow. Evaluation is good and healthy as long as we look at the big picture. The big picture that I am talking about is the Kingdom of God.

Matt. 6:33 says that if we seek first the kingdom of God that all these things will be added unto us. We do not seek his kingdom to get what we want, but as we seek first the kingdom of God our lives and ministry cannot help but grow.

Church growth cannot be » I want to read more! »

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