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Nine years ago, I stepped out of a full-time children's pastor role at our church, and I knew that if I could no longer be a children's pastor, I wanted to support children's pastors. Thus Deeper KidMin was born, and while I had a vision for what I wanted it to be, I couldn't have imagined how God would grow and use it. So 9 years in, I want to pause and celebrate all that God has done in and through Deeper KidMin over the last 9 years, the ministries we've had the opportunity to be part of, and the lessons I've learned along the way. (P.S. One of the ways we're celebrating is with a sale! Get 29% off the entire site this week only - October 19-23, 2026! Shop for Fall, Christmas, or just see what's new. Get started in the DKM Marketplace here.) Throughout the Old Testament, God's people took time to pause and remember and celebrate what God has...

Visiting a church for the first time can be super overwhelming for families, and the way we set up the Sunday-morning experience plays a big role in that. The systems you have in place for check-in and for visitors can make or break the family's experience and decision to return (we talked about this last week here). So this week, we're sharing some tips from a Sunday morning check-in expert: Dan from Kidddo. Kidddo is a check-in and label-printing platform built for children's ministries and childcare programs, and Dan shares some common problem areas to be aware of + easy fixes to help things run smoothly...  Think about the last time you walked into a building you'd never visited. Now add a diaper bag, a toddler on your hip, and the quiet fear of handing your child to strangers. That's Sunday morning for a first-time family. Most...

Grandparents Day happens every September (this year it's September 13), but it doesn't have to be one Sunday where you hand out flowers and call it done. If you treat it as just a single moment instead of a doorway, you're leaving the biggest untapped discipleship resource in your church sitting in the pews. Grandparents aren't a nice bonus to family ministry. For a lot of your kids, they're one of the most consistent faith influences outside your ministry. They often have more margin than busy parents. They have decades of stories about God's faithfulness that no curriculum could ever recreate. They babysit, pick kids up from school, come to ball games, spend weekends together, and pray faithfully behind the scenes. Parents are often shaping faith in the everyday rhythms. Grandparents have the unique opportunity to reinforce those rhythms with...

I'm so excited for our Canva Confidence online workshop happening this Thursday, August 20 as we dive into the basic principles of good design, discover time-saving Canva features, and create ministry resources you can actually use right away. (Save your spot for the workshop here). We've partnered with Church Visuals for this workshop, and we're excited to share a guest blog post from them this week... Kids are visual learners, and every visual is communicating something, whether you intended it to or not. As ministry leaders, we have the greatest message ever told. Our job isn't to entertain kids; it's to communicate the Gospel as clearly as possible. Quality visuals help remove distractions so kids can focus on what matters most: Jesus. Whether you're creating graphics in Canva or another design program, I want to give you seven...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]You can have a solid curriculum, fun games, and the most organized (or at least the fullest) supply closet in the building, but if you're not factoring in who today's kids actually are, the amount of supplies you have and prep you do doesn't matter. Here are five realities shaping how Gen Alpha learns, connects, and grows in faith, and what that actually means for your Sunday: They're digital first - For this generation, screens aren't a tool. They're the environment. Kids are learning through videos, apps, and short-form content from a very young age, and it's shaping how long they can focus, how fast they expect an answer, and how they process anything that isn't moving. Faith formation is now competing with constant stimulation, which means a kid can know the Bible story and still struggle to...