Thoughts on Children’s Ministry (part 1)

(This series of blogs was written by Robin…)

This is the first time that our family has had the choice of which church that we want to attend. We have been on staff at churches since my husband and I were married 16 years ago. So, it was kind of fun looking for a new “home” church. We wanted one that the whole family was happy with. This was more of a challenge than we first thought. We would find a church that Jon and I liked, but the kids were bored. Then we found one with great Praise and Worship but the preaching was dull. Then we found one that the kids liked, but they wouldn’t be taught correct doctrine and the worship was …well, not our style.

This is the reason that I wanted to write this article. When people are looking for a church, most of the time they are looking for something that their children like.

Some of the following ideas seem very simple to me, but as we were church hunting, you would be amazed at what we experienced…