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Here is a brief description of some characteristics you’ll see in the children you lead and learn from. We hope it will give you some insight into what you may anticipate from preschoolers—intellectually, socially, and spiritually.
It's natural to have some feelings of uneasiness about working with children who have disabilities, but these fears will quickly disappear as you gain some experience. Here are some general tips.
As you can tell from the name of the site, Church Marketing Sucks is straightforward, and focused. They aren't just critical of the stagnant status of church websites, but offer incredible advice to transform your church website.
The idea of including people with disabilities in church life can sound overwhelming when someone doesn't know where to begin. Most of the following ideas are easily implemented and at minimal cost.
Our calling as disability advocates is to carry on Jesus’ work so that all people, especially people with disabilities, will be welcomed to the body of Christ and encouraged to use their gifts in ministry. The Scriptures provide us with a basic foundation for this work.
The medical, educational, and social service communities give labels to people such as “autism,” “cerebral palsy,” “dementia,” and “macular degeneration.” As advocates for people with disabilities, we must encourage people in our churches to focus on people and relationships and not be overly concerned with labels.
Use this site to check if your website is standards compliant. The site is described as checking "the markup validity of Web documents in HTML, XHTML, SMIL, MathML, etc.
This helpful tool includes a checklist of features to look for in children's Bible curriculum. Questions are designed to help you find material that is theologically and educationally sound and to fit the personality and dynamics of your congregation.
Church Communications Pro is a great blog to help you better market, and design your church website. It also has a lot of timely information about the latest trends and ideas for websites.
Visit this site to see reports and recommendations from the committee, including resources to use in helping your church discuss the role baptism and the Lord's Supper play in forming our faith.
Kids today have too few images to draw on to help them think about God or share God’s story with others—they need to develop a “visual vocabulary of faith.”
Leadership Journal offers a constant stream of conversation with both longer and shorter articles. You'll find opportunity to read and respond to regular contributions by Gordon MacDonald, John Ortberg and other less-known, but no less worthy writers.
World Renew, formerly known as CRWRC, is the relief and development arm of the Christian Reformed Church. Check out the website below!
Does your church not currently have a website? Is it unmaintained or out-of-date? Any church website should at least have the following basic information.
Church Juice is a service to help churches with their communication, online presence, and marketing. They provide useful information through blog posts, articles and free consulting for churches.
Getting folks on board with your church’s children’s ministry program can be a struggle. I’ve got a few ideas you might want to try.
It’s important to invite kids into your conversations with God. Your prayers may be the thing they remember most! Use these prayer pointers to expand your "comfort zones" when it comes to prayer.
Looking for some practical ideas to make your congregation more accessible? Find 57 of them here from the Episcopal Disability Network.
For all who want their church to be a healthy, vibrant community where everybody belongs and everybody serves, here are some ideas.
Do you have a Personnel Team at your church? It is important for churches to maintain a healthy relationship with the people who serve the church and having this responsibility defined can assist the church in healthy relationships.
Is your church interested in partnerships as a way to strengthen your church’s missions focus? The agencies of the CRCNA are committed to providing high-quality partnership opportunities for churches like yours.
Ready to explore a global partnership? Check out these steps to help you prepare well so you won't cause harm along the way.
Whether you’re a carpenter or cattle rancher, pastor or plumber, bookkeeper or baker, typist or teacher…or just have a passion for missions, there’s a place for you in God’s mission.
If you are a first-time member of the group in your congregation that is responsible for global mission, you are trying to start such a group, or you are simply looking for ways to revitalize the global outreach of your church, this article is for you.