2006 VBS Mission Offering Makes a Difference
Children's Ministries announces the largest amount ever collected for the VBS Mission Offering! In 2006, VBS kids made a big difference in the lives of AIDS orphans in Africa. The 2006 Kids Reaching Kids VBS Mission Offering Project was entitled ACTION AFRICA: Giving Hope to AIDS Orphans. Click here to read more...

Children's Ministries Restructures.
The Sunday School Ministries (WordAction) Curriculum editorial staff, which was housed in the Sunday School Ministries Department, moved to Nazarene Publishing House with other members of the WordAction group on October 2, 2006. What does this mean for Children's Ministries? Click here to read more...

Turnaround Churches: Sunday School and Children's Ministries Matter
Turnaround churches usually present a combination of challenges, each unique with their own ministry context. Declining attendance, sagging financial support and low morale may only be symptoms of greater concerns. When C.B. Glidden came to Fort Worth (TX) First Church of the Nazarene, he discovered a range of issues that negatively influenced the ministry impact of the church.

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Ministering to the Mosiacs
One-third of the world’s population is under the age of 18. There are 73 million children in the United States in this group. These are the kids born since 1988. Some call them gen y, while others call them the millennials. George Barna calls them mosaics because they are a little bit of everything in every aspect of life. Picture with me a stained glass window in a church sanctuary. It is a glass mosaic made up of many shapes, sizes, and colors. Some artist with painstaking precision crafted it from many diverse pieces into a beautiful picture. It is the same with the mosaic generation. They are so diverse in the way they look and think. However, their lives can become beautiful pictures through love and nurture. God can work through you and me to help mold these kids into His children. Read entire article...

 

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