Great Idea Swap: Samples of Children’s Ministry Communications

Note: these are from a previous GREAT IDEA SWAP, but are some wonderful samples for Children's Ministry that I thought would go well with the Postcard samples we just shared.

Children's ministry requires a large number of communication pieces for a successful ministry. The following pieces are a from various churches and should give you some ideas for your ministry. These samples are from our Great Idea Swap. A brief description and a few comments goes with each one.

Click on the the image to download the PDF and to be able to see the entire communication piece.

Children's ministry Brochure

This brochure that describes the Preschool ministry at this church is short, sweet and to the point, but it gives you the information you need and how to contact someone at the church for more information.

One other thing I really like is the image used to illustrate the ministry—instead of just a piece of clip art of children (and there is really nothing wrong with that), they used the watering can and water illustrating growth—neat image and I have an idea a really neat ministry also.

To download the PDF, click here or on the image.

My Christian Growth Book

Don't let the simple cover fool you, this booklet is a jewel.

It has a detailed, complete program of discipleship for children presented in a systematic, upbeat way, with prizes and rewards as the children work through different levels.  The program includes becoming a Christian, baptism, life-style guidance, learning books of the Bible and the flow of Bibical history, plus a group of key passages and verses for the children to memorize.  You can of course adapt the material to the training of your church, but the important thing here is that this can inspire you to have a discipleship training program for your children.

To download the PDF, click here or on the image.

For the ride home

Another absolute jewel of a communication pieces for children's ministry. This is one of my favorite children's pieces and it meets a very practical need. Here's what I mean—the typical situation after church goes something like this: the family gets into the car and mom or dad says to their child, "How was Sunday School?"

Child answers, "Fine." or "Nice."

Mom or dad may want to continue a conversation, but they have no idea where to start, they may not have any idea what the lesson was about or how to start to talk about it. This little piece of paper can make all the difference. It gives:

--A snapshot of the lesson, a brief description.

--Good questions for the parents to ask.

--Closing thoughts with application ideas for the following week.

Something like this could make a huge impact not only on the retention of the lesson for the children, but helps build a spiritual teaching  relationship between the parents and children. Plus the parents might learn a lot from the interaction also if they did not grow up going to church.

To download the PDF, click here or on the image.

PLEASE send us your wonderful ideas for Children's Ministry in our current GREAT IDEA SWAP!

We love to pass on ways we can make every area of church ministry more successful. CLICK HERE to go to our GREAT IDEA SWAP page and send in your materials so we can share them with other communicators!