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Evaluating Your Ministry This Past Year: 15 Questions to Ask

Evaluating Your Ministry This Past Year: 15 Que...

Jill Nelson

Year-end evaluation has many benefits and should give rise to praise and thanksgiving to God. Take time to look back and evaluate the joys, surprises, challenges, and shortcomings of your classroom...

Evaluating Your Ministry This Past Year: 15 Que...

Jill Nelson

Year-end evaluation has many benefits and should give rise to praise and thanksgiving to God. Take time to look back and evaluate the joys, surprises, challenges, and shortcomings of your classroom...

10 Encouragements for Discouraged Ministry Souls

10 Encouragements for Discouraged Ministry Souls

Jill Nelson

Most of us don’t minister to children in circumstances that are always wonderful and ideal. It can be tempting to become frustrated and discouraged. If you find yourself needing some encouragement...

10 Encouragements for Discouraged Ministry Souls

Jill Nelson

Most of us don’t minister to children in circumstances that are always wonderful and ideal. It can be tempting to become frustrated and discouraged. If you find yourself needing some encouragement...

Helping Children Celebrate Jesus’ Resurrection

Helping Children Celebrate Jesus’ Resurrection

Jill Nelson

I love the scene in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, the last book in J.R.R. Tolkien’s trilogy, where the unlikely heroes, Frodo and Sam, are...

Helping Children Celebrate Jesus’ Resurrection

Jill Nelson

I love the scene in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, the last book in J.R.R. Tolkien’s trilogy, where the unlikely heroes, Frodo and Sam, are...

9 Ways Teaching Children Can Feed Your Soul

9 Ways Teaching Children Can Feed Your Soul

Jill Nelson

I have been teaching the Bible to children for more than 30 years, and I can honestly say that I have benefitted more from the experience than I would have...

9 Ways Teaching Children Can Feed Your Soul

Jill Nelson

I have been teaching the Bible to children for more than 30 years, and I can honestly say that I have benefitted more from the experience than I would have...

A Look at Psalm 78, Part 3: The Goal of Our Instruction

A Look at Psalm 78, Part 3: The Goal of Our Ins...

David Michael

Certainly, no well-meaning Christian parent or teacher would willfully hide the truth from children. However, without realizing it, we can focus on only the parts of a Bible story that...

A Look at Psalm 78, Part 3: The Goal of Our Ins...

David Michael

Certainly, no well-meaning Christian parent or teacher would willfully hide the truth from children. However, without realizing it, we can focus on only the parts of a Bible story that...

Be Encouraged – God Is at Work in Your Classroom

Be Encouraged – God Is at Work in Your Classroom

Jill Nelson

One of the most discouraging things for a teacher or small group leader during a lesson is the perception that your students are not personally engaged with what is being...

Be Encouraged – God Is at Work in Your Classroom

Jill Nelson

One of the most discouraging things for a teacher or small group leader during a lesson is the perception that your students are not personally engaged with what is being...