The Top 5 Posts of 2025
I have many traditions I do this time of the year. One of my favorites is sharing my top read posts for the year.
This year, my site saw a 140% increase in traffic! A lot of that came from finally being found in Google Search. My Christmas games post has seen almost 5500 pageviews in the past month!
But that’s just a tiny fraction of the views that came from readers like you. My subscriber count has nearly doubled again this year. I’m so thankful I can play a small role in the growth and reach of your ministry. You are why I do this.
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Without further ado, here are my top 5 Read Posts for 2025.
Whether you’re just starting out in kidmin, or you’ve been in it for a while, you know there are events and a lot of them. But which ones should you be doing? Is there something you’re missing? What can you do that’s fun and impactful for your ministry?
Every church is unique and has its own set of events that works well for their community. That said, there are patterns we can follow.
Reading your Bible, praying, inviting a friend, memorizing the Bible verse. These are all things we ask our kids to do in kidmin, but few will naturally do it without an some kind of incentive. There are a lot of ways to motivate kids to engage in these activities, and one of the more effective ways to do it is with a store.
One of the best things about children’s ministry is we get to play games. They don’t have to be elaborate or gross like the Youth Group. Kidmin games are just fun and easy and hopefully have a point that works with the lesson. And having fun is a key ingredient to a successful children’s ministry.
When I first became a children’s pastor on my first Sunday, I sat and observed how the volunteers were managing their service. These were college students with little to no training, just a heart for kids and doing the best they could.
Their stories and games were good. Their energy was excellent during worship, but they had one glaring problem.
Discipline.
Resources to Lead Well
This registration card will help you collect your guests information as well as advertise your next big event.
This downloadable kit will help you develop and deploy an effective volunteer onboarding process.
This Excel flowchart will help you see the structure of your volunteer team at a glance and identify recruitment opportunities.
5 field-tested and approved service templates to help you have the best service in a variety of contexts including Sunday mornings and mid-week programs
This Excel planner will help you keep track of the songs you sing each week and every song you sing in your ministry.
This kit gives you a kids registration card, check-in procedures, and a guest letter for parents. All of the documents use word except the registration card, which uses Photoshop.
It’s Christmastime and that means there will be a lot of parties. Whether you’re holding one for your whole church, during a service, for your volunteers, or for some friends, you’re going to want to play some games.
But what kind of games can you play that are fun for everyone?