by Mark Jones | Sep 30, 2015 | Children, Preteens, Sunday School |
What you will need: • 16 shinny pennies • 1 mini craft stick • 1 standard craft stick • 12 inches of ¼ -inch ribbon • Tacky glue • Hot glue gun- leader use only: glue the mini craft stick to the back of the standard craft stick to form a cross. Put it together: 1....
by Mark Jones | May 19, 2013 | Articles, Featured, Parent/Family, Preteens, Training |
Listen. Listening is the first step to carrying on a conversation with your preteen. Ask her questions about things that interest her. Give her a chance to think about how to answer. Give your child your full attention when she is talking to you. Encourage...
by Mark Jones | May 3, 2013 | Articles, Children, Missions/Service, Preschool, Preteens |
Hey Mr. Mark, I’ve got a question for you. On Wednesday nights during the school year, our church does AWANA. God has really blessed the program, and our children’s ministry has grown tremendously over the past three years. During the summer, we...
by Mark Jones | Apr 29, 2013 | Articles, Featured, Preteens, Teacher Helps, Training, Vacation Bible School |
Vacation Bible School was just around the corner. I noticed I had a group of youth who wanted to work, but I didn’t know what to do with them. After all, they were youth. That was not bad, but how mature were they? Could I count on them to remain focused through a...
by Mark Jones | Apr 8, 2013 | Children, Featured, Game/Activity, Guiding Behavior, Parent/Family, Preteens, Sunday School, Teacher Helps |
We are using this in our church with great success. I wanted to make sure you had a copy too. Finding something for kids to do while sitting in big church is a pressure parents sometimes put on the children’s minister. Susan O’Dell, Children’s Minister here in...
by Lana | Jul 27, 2012 | Children, Events, Parent/Family, Preteens |
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