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Design Philosophy in Kids Ministry

Our design philosophy for our children's classrooms is simple: keep it simple. We want parents to feel good about leaving their children with us for an hour, and that means rooms that are...

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Multiple Sites, One Kids Ministry

Because Life.Church is truly one church that meets in multiple locations, we strive for consistency throughout our children’s experiences. Four values help us filter every choice we make: excellence, consistency, safety, and evangelism....

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Kids Ministry: Know, Feel, Do

What we teach in our kids ministries is obviously extremely important, but the environment we create for our kids is almost just as important. In this training, we'll talk with two LifeKids pastors about the three questions they ask themselves as they build their kids ministries: What do I want...

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Kids

Kids Ministry: When Less Is More

We're always looking at ways to reach more people for Christ, and sometimes that can actually mean that we stop doing certain things. In this training, we'll look at three key questions you can ask as you build your Kids Ministry: What should we keep doing? What should we stop doing? What...

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Kids

Kids Ministry: Steps to Onboarding Volunteers

When it comes to kids ministry, we all want volunteers who are fully-devoted Christ followers, trustworthy servants, and energetic personalities. But volunteers with this set of criteria don't assemble themselves by magic; here at Life.Church, we have a volunteer signup process that helps us identi...

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Kids Ministry: Creating Cohesion Across the Ages

Years ago, our early childhood, elementary, and youth teams created their own curriculums. They operated largely independent of each other and focused on different topics at different times. But after much research and strategizing, we realized we could be more effective if we aligned our st...

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Kids

The Philosophy of Kids Ministry at Life.Church

A kids ministry can be so much more than babysitting or entertaining children. In our experience, kids of all ages have a God-breathed capacity for understanding the bigness, fullness, and depth of who He is. It's our job as kids, student, and youth leaders to help them engage with the Bible, with...

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Events

Second Chance Sunday Toolkit

No life is beyond God’s reach. Just as God forgives our sins and offers us a second chance, the Bible shows us that we can offer a second chance to people who have paid their debt to society. Do you share Prison Fellowship’s passion for breaking down barriers? If you believe in second chances, we...

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Church Online Platform

Launching Online Ministry

In this Facebook Live video, hear Life.Church Online Pastor Alan George talk about how to get started with online ministry. In this conversation, we cover different platforms to use, the difference between simulated live and live, how to engage attenders online, and more. During the conversation,...

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Leadership

How to Last in Ministry: Pastor Craig Groeschel

God has entrusted us as pastors and church leaders to share the Gospel, and we need to be the best version of ourselves to do so. That's why we’re sharing a very special talk Pastor Craig Groeschel gave exclusively to our Life.Church staff: "How to Thrive in Ministry." In this video, Pastor Craig...

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Kids

Kids Worship Resources

Our kids curriculum is created with worship in mind—every unit has pauses in the lesson for songs. At Life.Church campuses, we use a mix of original music and songs from other ministries. You can find the music we use at the following places: • All Bible App for Kids Curricu...

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Church Online Platform

Continuing Online Ministry

Many churches, maybe even yours, were forced to begin online ministry within the matter of days as COVID-19 began to shut church doors. Church Online Platform has seen an impact like never before on people that had yet to hear the word of the Gospel prior to COVID-19. Hear these stories from Church...

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Online Tools for Online Ministries

The digital age we live in has empowered the Church to reach more people than ever before. There are a lot of choices out there when it comes to digital tools and tech, and that's a blessing! But, it can be hard to slog through...

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Youth

6 Doors To Youth Ministry

As youth leaders, we're always trying to identify the best ways to reach and connect with our students. Vince Parker, Life.Church Switch Central Ministry Leader, shares how to create multiple access points between you, your church, and your students....

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Church Planting

Church Planting: Develop Ministry Systems

A healthy church involves a lot of moving parts. Having developed ministry systems helps clarify what people should expect when they come to visit and how they can get more involved. The following videos will help yo u think through systems for things like visitor follow - up, recru...

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Early Childhood

Bible App for Kids Curriculum: Adventure Bag

It's the little extra touches that make a project special. For the Bible App for Kids Curriculum, our Content Team found this amazing little bag for our host Emily to use in the teaching videos. And the great part is, our leaders in every classroom are using the same bag! If you'd like to use th...

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Leadership

The New Normal: Physical + Online Ministry

Online ministry is not just an alternative or backup to physical ministry. It's a complement to the work already happening in your church—stretching your in-person ministries into online effectiveness. Watch this four-minute video from Pastor Sam Roberts, Campus Operations and Leadership for Life.C...

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Church Online Platform

Church Online: Different Lobby, Same Ministry

No matter the "lobby"—whether it's a brick-and-mortar church building, a mission, a shelter, a park, an orphanage, or a grocery store—the ministry is always the same. As pastors, church leaders, and fully devoted followers of Christ, we're able to bring our mission field with us wherever we go. For...

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Youth

Facebook Live: Growing Your Youth Ministry

Switch, Life.Church’s Wednesday night youth ministry for 6th-12th grade students, is packed with great content and relationships to help our younger attenders develop a strong foundation on Jesus. Join us for this replay of our Facebook Live event to hear Life.Church Youth Pastor Matt VanderTol sha...

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Early Childhood

Bible App for Kids: Early Childhood Curriculum Training

The Bible App for Kids Curriculum from the LifeKids Team brings all the elements your preschoolers love best—like songs, animated characters, and an interactive host—together in a two-year curriculum designed to work in tandem with the stories in Bible App for Kids. View this training for a step-by...

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