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Showing Appreciation to Your Volunteers

Showing Appreciation to Your Volunteers

Jill Nelson

Each of the mugs in my crowded coffee cabinet was a special gift representing another year of ministering to the children and youth of our church. I also have a small clay...

Showing Appreciation to Your Volunteers

Jill Nelson

Each of the mugs in my crowded coffee cabinet was a special gift representing another year of ministering to the children and youth of our church. I also have a small clay...

Helping Children to Interact Redemptively with the Culture

Helping Children to Interact Redemptively with ...

Jill Nelson

Our children and youth are going to interact and engage in the world in which they live—a world increasingly hostile to anything remotely “Christian.” So, the question becomes: How will...

Helping Children to Interact Redemptively with ...

Jill Nelson

Our children and youth are going to interact and engage in the world in which they live—a world increasingly hostile to anything remotely “Christian.” So, the question becomes: How will...

Giving Children a Gospel Alphabet

Giving Children a Gospel Alphabet

Jill Nelson

We all know and appreciate the progression of a child’s ability to read and write. To begin with, it’s an informal process as infants and toddlers listen to the conversations...

Giving Children a Gospel Alphabet

Jill Nelson

We all know and appreciate the progression of a child’s ability to read and write. To begin with, it’s an informal process as infants and toddlers listen to the conversations...

Leading Your Classroom out of Casual Culture

Leading Your Classroom out of Casual Culture

Jill Nelson

I was intrigued by a recent Ask Pastor John episode entitled “Leading a Church out of Casual Culture.” Although Pastor John was specifically addressing corporate worship, as a longtime Sunday...

Leading Your Classroom out of Casual Culture

Jill Nelson

I was intrigued by a recent Ask Pastor John episode entitled “Leading a Church out of Casual Culture.” Although Pastor John was specifically addressing corporate worship, as a longtime Sunday...

More Than a Story Is for More Than Children

More Than a Story Is for More Than Children

Jill Nelson

It wasn’t until I was in my 20s that I realized I had huge gaps in my theological education. At that point, I had minimal exposure to the entire content...

More Than a Story Is for More Than Children

Jill Nelson

It wasn’t until I was in my 20s that I realized I had huge gaps in my theological education. At that point, I had minimal exposure to the entire content...

Nine Foundations for a Distinctly Christian Education

Nine Foundations for a Distinctly Christian Edu...

Jill Nelson

What comes to mind when you think of “Christian education”? What are its contours—its foundational convictions, breadth and depth of instruction, teaching methods, and ultimate goal? Does your thinking resonate...

Nine Foundations for a Distinctly Christian Edu...

Jill Nelson

What comes to mind when you think of “Christian education”? What are its contours—its foundational convictions, breadth and depth of instruction, teaching methods, and ultimate goal? Does your thinking resonate...