Cost-Saving Ideas for Your Easter Egg Hunt

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you're putting on an Easter Egg Hunt but need to cut back on your budget, try one of these cost-saving ideas! Ask church members to donate pre-filled eggs. Reuse eggs year to year. After the egg hunt, have kids empty the eggs and keep the candy, then collect eggs to reuse for the next year. OR don't stuff the eggs to begin with, and have kids turn in their empty eggs for a goody bag of candy. Rather than handing out food such as cotton candy, popcorn, etc., see if local food trucks would be willing to come set up at your event. Combine your egg hunt with another local church to help save money. Shop at your local dollar store for eggs and prizes. Limit kids to 20 eggs a piece (or fewer). Shop the day(s) after Easter for next year’s event. Buy prizes/trinkets rather than using...

25 Apps/Tech Tools KidMin Leaders Can’t Live Without

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Though it may have its negatives, our digital world provides lots of new tools and resources we can use to help us do ministry more effectively and efficiently. Last year, I asked kidmin leaders in a FB group about the 1-2 apps or tech tools they can't live without in children's ministry. Here were the top 25 answers (in no particular order):[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Canva (top recommended) Remind FaceBook Page & FaceBook Groups (Psst Here's a training to help you make the most of your ministry's social media.) Propresenter Right Now Media Planning Center Amazon - "It's where I get all my supplies!" Weather Channel App - "Just in case I need a rain plan." Notion - "Basically you can make pages which house all the different notes you need as a children’s minister. Then...

Preparing for Lent: What Would Your Schedule Look Like If God Were in Charge Of It?

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I'm a schedule-and-routine person through and through. I like my calendar and my daily task lists, and the predictability of a schedule brings my head comfort and my heart joy. But as we head into the Lenten season, I've been pondering this question: What would my schedule look like if God were in charge of it? I'd probably spend less time scrolling social media. I bet I'd spend more time resting and even sleeping. I'd probably spend more time investing in intentional relationships with others. I'd definitely spend more time in prayer and the Word. When I shift my view of my schedule from something all mine to control to an offering to sacrifice to God, how I spend my time shifts dramatically. Interruptions in my day become divine appointments that God just didn't put on my calendar. Quiet times and studying...

Fasting Tracker Freebie for Lent

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Fasting is a spiritual discipline that even kids can participate in, and with this fasting tracker printable, you can help kids track their progress through the Lent season of fasting. Each week, kids are encouraged to give up (fast from) something. Each night of that week, they color in the corresponding box to show they completed the fast for the day. Kids have the option to change what they fast from each week, or fast from the same thing throughout the entire season.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title="Download the Lent Fasting Tracker Freebie Here!" align="center" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fdeeperkidmin.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F01%2FDKM-Fasting-Tracker-Freebie.pdf|target:_blank"][vc_column_text] Find other resources for helping kids understand and practice the spiritual discipline of fasting...