Children’s Ministry - The last 10 years

Link: Kidology Network Forum: Children’s Ministry - The last 10 years.

I've been a Chidren's Pastor for 10 years now.  On Monday I will be a guest speaker for a Christian Education class at the college where I graduated from.  I was thinking about sharing with them how CM has changed in the 10 years that I have been in ministry.  Here are some of the shifts that I have seen in my own minsitry....

    * From Teaching focused to creating relational and learning experiences.
    * From segregated ministry to integrated ministries.
    * From the church being internally focused to community/externally focues.
    * From the broad CP/Director (birth thru) to specialized directors/coordinators.
    * From finding warm bodies to recruiting on giftedness.
    * From focusing on kids to "say the prayer" to getting kids to begin and take "a journey" with Christ.

Would love to hear from others on how you've seen CM change in general or your own personal ministry in the last 5-10 years or so.....

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