Kids Trainings
Kids
Setting Capacity and Leader Ratios in LifeKids
Excellence—it guides everything we do at LifeKids. It’s why we created the Excellence Walk Checklist . It’s why we carefully craft our curriculum. It’s why we never settle for “good enough.” And that includes our capacity for kids rooms. We get a lot of questions about how we determine leade...
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LifeKids Buddies Program
LifeKids Buddies is Life.Church's program for partnering with children who need extra support during LifeKids services. A one-on-one Buddy provides one-on-one leadership and attention for any child who needs additional support. These videos give an introduction to the Buddies program and provide th...
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Balancing Three Types of Excellence
We want to be excellent in every way, but sometimes we can't do it all. Aesthetic , Execution , and Relational are three types of excellence we believe are needed to be well-balanced in order to provide our attendees with the best experience possible....
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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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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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Facebook Live: Creating a Great Experience for Families
We want to create an experience for families that's so warm, fun, safe, and memorable that they want to come back to church again and again. In this training, we talk with LifeKids team members about their best tips for creating a welcoming environment for new kids and families. You can also downlo...
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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 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 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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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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