Developing Kids Ministry Teams -pros and cons

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Developing Kids Ministry Teams-pros and cons

• Prepared by Teachable Heart Ministries

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The Pros

• Children arent the church of tomorrow, theyre
  the church of today
• God gives each child specific gifts and talents
  to be used for his glory
• The children in your kids church will one day be
  in the youth and adult ministries of your church.
  Train them NOW for ministry!
• Children enjoy serving others

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The Cons

• Its easier to recruit children and teens,
  you can
• fall into the habit of recruiting more
  children
• than adults. This can be come a serious
  safety
• concern.
• If teens are in childrens church all the time
• when are they receiving teaching relevant to
• their lives and needs? Dont fall into the
  habit
• of scheduling the same teens over and over.
• This can be come a serious spiritual concern.

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How to avoid pitfalls

• Write your ministry plan down- get it on paper
• List all the possible opportunities where kids
• (children and teens) can serve, and
  determine which
• will be reserved for adults only
• Clearly write out the purpose of your ministry
  team
• List all the benefits of being involved in
  ministry
• Vision cast philosophy- it is a true honor to
  serve here
• Equip your workers- make time for training
• Be sure to communicate to parents as well as to
  kids

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Expectations for service

• Brainstorm with your current team
• and address these questions
• What will the minimum age in order to serve be?
• What are the general guidelines and expectations?
  What happens if some one
• fails to meet the set guidelines?
• Draft up job and job descriptions including
  scheduling policies
• Address training procedures- how will you equip
  your team?

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Tips for Training your Team

• Introductory training to the ministry team
  provide a 1 day training session for all workers,
  cover general guidelines, expectations, jobs and
  descriptions, tools and resources and brain
  storming sessions
• Keep things simple to start with
• Meet regularly and keep communication open
  (e-mails and phone calls work)
• Be consistently flexible! Be consistent in
  execution and flexible with others ideas and
  input.