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1. Become familiar with the message of the Bible.

2. To memorize the books of the Bible and specific scriptures.

3. To learn how to apply scripture to everyday solutions.

5. To love and worship God.

6. To fellowship with others.

7. To understand the Gospel and share it with others.

8. To know the BCA's - (Believe - Confess - Ask)

One of the best secrets of Children's Church or Sunday school is to start late. This accomplishes two important tasks. First it gives the kids a chance to talk with each other (one of the purposes for going to church is fellowship. Hebrews 10:25) and second, it gives you a chance to spend some personal time to get to know your kids.

The rules we use in Children’s Church are:
1. Don’t talk while the teacher is talking.
2. Keep your hands and feet to yourself.
3. Participate.
4. Stay in your seat.

Know your kids’ names. 3 John 14 says, "Greet thy friends by name." One way of doing this if you have a large group of kids is to take their pictures, and during the week memorize who they are. When you remember someone's name you are saying that you remember them, and that they are important to you.

Tell your kids you love them. If they learn nothing else from your Children's Church or Sunday School, the most important thing they can learn is that you love them and God loves them.

You represent God, which means if you love them, God must love them, too.

Take two seconds and say something to all of your kids individually, even if it is just, "Hello". Have everything ready before the kids get there so they have your full attention, and after the service when the adults are talking to each other, talk to your kids. You will find that the next week, they will be a little more attentive to you, because they will know you really care about them.

I have experienced some of the best times of worship in Children's Church, there is just something very special about Children worshipping God. Some people may say that children are just mimicking, that they really don't understand what they are doing, and therefore don't truly worship God. I just know that when the Saducees complained about the children worshipping him, Jesus said, "out of the mouths of babes comes perfected praise" and that describes it exactly.

It may be very true that if you are too embarrassed to shout the name of Jesus in church, you will probably be too embarrassed to whisper the name of Jesus outside of church. But if the kids are used to loudly proclaiming the gospel, and the name of Jesus in church, it becomes a little easier to proclaim the gospel and the name of Jesus outside of church.

Let your kids be kids. One thing I have heard a lot of in children's ministry is that we are preparing the kids for adult service. I am preparing the kids for God. I personally think God likes kids to be kids (his son was once a kid).

Maybe you can incorporate some Sunday school crafts in your class. Kids love to work with their hands!

Don't be afraid of repetition. At times the kids may not always like it, but there are many things the kids don't like that are good for them.

The younger age kids love repetition. They love to know that they know something. The older kids also like to know that they know things, they are just bored more quickly with them. Be creative.

Reviewing is also a great way of repetition. We play a game and go over the things we have learned again. You can also make some sunday school crafts to help your kids remember what they have learned.

One of the biggest mistakes in children's ministry is to sermonize everything. We do a skit, then sermonize it. We tell a story, then sermonize it. We have a puppet skit, then sermonize it! By the end of the day, the kids are sermonized out. The best thing to do is to move directly from one skit to another without sermonizing, then bring it together for your sermon at the end.

An option you may consider, which is an effective way I have found to do the altar call is to first ask the kids who are already saved, and have accepted Jesus to be their personal Savior to raise their hands. When the unsaved kids see how many others have accepted Jesus, they are less afraid to do it themselves. Have them put their hands down, then ask for the kids who would now like to ask Jesus into their hearts to raise their hands and to come forward.

Many people view games as simply nothing more than a means by which we pass time or baby-sit the kids. But games can become one of the more important parts of a Children's Church or Sunday School class. They give you a chance to REVIEW all that you have just taught in a fun and attentive way. Sunday school crafts may be an alternative to playing games if you prefer.

If you find the kids not paying attention to the game when they are not playing, simply add this rule: If the person gets the answer incorrect, you will not give the answer or ask the question again. Only someone who was listening and heard the question the first time will get to come up and play the next turn. Make the game exciting, like a TV Game Show, with lights and bells and costumes, but remember that it is serious ... the kids just don't have to know it.

Preach the gospel. Occasionally, you might run into children's ministries that just play games. They have all fun, but little to no learning. Play is important, and play is actually one of the better ways for kids to learn, but there are times to play, and times not to. Plan play periods during each service, and special events for the kids just to play and fellowship with each other. Every service and all of the service is a little too much. We don't want to be boring, but we also don't want to be fruitless either.

Give the kids a time to play and fellowship, but give the kids the word of God as well. Make some Sunday school crafts together with your students!

One effective way of crowd control is the quiet seat prize, but we have a different way of doing it. We have every child write down their name on a piece of paper, then at the end of the service we pick names out of a hat to come up and play a game. If the child behaved, they get to play, if not, we pick another name. In this way we are not accused of favorites.

One thing all kids love is mail. Most kids don't get much mail, so when they do it makes them feel special. One of the best tools to show the kids how much you care about them is to send something in the mail.

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