The Post-Easter To-Do List Every KidMin Leader Needs
Easter weekend is over. You did it! The volunteers showed up (mostly), the kids were energetic, the lesson landed, and you survived the holiday chaos with your sanity roughly intact. So now what? Here's the thing nobody tells you: what you do in the week after Easter matters just as much as everything you did to prepare for it. So here is the post-Easter to-do list I think every kidmin leader needs.
1. Rest - I know, I know. You are already thinking about what's next (VBS and summer programming anyone?). But listen: your body and your brain just ran a sprint, and they need a minute to catch up (plus, we'll get to summer in a minute). Rest is not laziness. It is faithfulness to the calling you can't sustain on empty. Take a real day off. Sleep in. Take a nap. Go for a walk in the sunshine. Read a book just for fun. Spend time with your people. Do...