by Mark Jones | Oct 19, 2017 | Featured, Leadership, Podcast, Resources, Training |
Begin the building process by understanding who you are. Learn your strengths and weaknesses. Yes, you have weakness even though we all know you’re amazing. You’re a Children’s Minister, of course you’re amazing. However, if you want to...
by Mark Jones | Sep 6, 2017 | Bible Skills, Children, Featured, Game/Activity, Leadership, Preschool, Resources, Teacher Helps, Training |
Mr. Mark’s New Kids’ Ministry Book is here! His new book is filled with practical suggestions from his own experience in ministry. Take the challenge to read a short chapter each day, and then answer the three questions about your...
by Mark Jones | Jun 19, 2017 | Children, Featured, Parent/Family, Teacher Helps, Training |
Be very familiar and comfortable about your method to share God’s plan of salvation. I share my method here, but you can see my demonstration at Leading Children to Christ. Children’s spiritual formations look more like gather information and placing it...
by Mark Jones | May 30, 2017 | Children, Featured, Preschool, Training |
Bill Emeott has been a source of friendship and inspiration to me for many years. I had the pleasure of meeting him along the VBS training trail as I began teaching some decorating classes for the Rambling Road Trip theme. God really blessed me one day when Bill...
by Mark Jones | Apr 19, 2017 | Featured, Leadership, Resources, Sunday School, Teacher Helps, Training |
Written by: Jayna Coppedge I know many experienced teachers despise attending planning meetings. It is true you can get things done more quickly if you are left alone to prepare. BUT then you are not training the inexperienced, you are missing-out on creative...
by Mark Jones | Apr 11, 2017 | Featured, Guiding Behavior, Leadership, Teacher Helps, Training |
I recently enjoyed a Skype interview with Greg McKeown, the author of Essentialism. He is very insightful about investing your life in those things that bring you joy. I was able to record the interview and share it with my Oklahoma Children’s Ministry...