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Cultivating a Cutting-Edge Children’s Church Session led by: Dick Gruber & Jason Rhode cmuo.com/workshops/kidschurch

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What is Cutting Edge? <ul><li>R elational </li></ul><ul><li>A ge-level appropriate </li></ul><ul><li>I nclusive </li></ul><ul><li>S piritual </li></ul><ul><li>E xciting </li></ul>Read article at dickgruber .com/blog

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Session Outline <ul><li>Bible Basis </li></ul><ul><li>Brotherhood </li></ul><ul><li>Building Better Believers </li></ul><ul><li>Body Ministry </li></ul><ul><li>Break </li></ul><ul><li>Babysitting </li></ul><ul><li>Balance </li></ul><ul><li>Blessings </li></ul><ul><li>Basics </li></ul>

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Bible Basis <ul><li>Judges 2:10 </li></ul><ul><li>Psalms 8:2 </li></ul><ul><li>Joshua 8:35 </li></ul>

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Brotherhood <ul><li>M eet with God & meet with each other </li></ul><ul><li>E verybody active in the Body </li></ul><ul><li>N ewcomers welcome </li></ul><ul><li>U nity in the Body </li></ul><ul><li>E very saint a partici-paint </li></ul>

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Building Better Believers <ul><li>Preparing children for “adult” worship </li></ul><ul><li>Preparing children to be active members of the Body </li></ul><ul><li>Preparing workers for leadership </li></ul><ul><li>Preparing the congregation for young dynamos </li></ul><ul><li>Preparing children for meaningful transition </li></ul>The cutting-edge children’s church should be…

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Ideas for Transition <ul><li>Youth band </li></ul><ul><li>YP preaches </li></ul><ul><li>Graduation Sunday </li></ul><ul><li>Ministry training </li></ul><ul><li>Utilize method and form used by youth and adults </li></ul><ul><li>Pray for graduates </li></ul><ul><li>Encourage pre-graduation visits </li></ul>

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Body Ministry <ul><li>P rayer </li></ul><ul><li>A dministration </li></ul><ul><li>S ervice </li></ul><ul><li>T eaching </li></ul>

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Let’s Take a Break! <ul><li>We’ll continue in a few minutes… </li></ul>

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Babysitting? <ul><li>C ountry Club Christians </li></ul><ul><li>O ut of sight, out of mind </li></ul><ul><li>N ever visit </li></ul>What causes this belief?

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Babysitting? <ul><li>M eet the Saint! </li></ul><ul><li>I nvite parents </li></ul><ul><li>B e there </li></ul>How can we avoid this kind of belief?

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Balance <ul><li>Worship </li></ul><ul><li>Giving </li></ul><ul><li>Preaching </li></ul><ul><li>Prayer </li></ul>

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Worship <ul><li>S low music as they enter </li></ul><ul><li>O pen with rules, prayer, theme </li></ul><ul><li>F ast choruses first (unity) </li></ul><ul><li>T hen slow it down (PB & J) </li></ul><ul><li>L isten to God (testify) </li></ul><ul><li>Y ou are God’s leader </li></ul>

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Giving <ul><li>Talents </li></ul><ul><li>Treasure </li></ul><ul><li>Time </li></ul>Teach the 3 T’s

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Preaching <ul><li>C hrist-centered </li></ul><ul><li>L et kids help </li></ul><ul><li>O vercome temptation </li></ul><ul><li>C urriculum? </li></ul><ul><li>K eepers (Bible Story, Scripture) </li></ul>

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Preparation Basics <ul><li>Topic Planner </li></ul><ul><li>Service Skeleton </li></ul><ul><li>Service Outline </li></ul><ul><li>Sermon Planner </li></ul>

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Go with the FLOW <ul><li>F oundational truth </li></ul><ul><li>L essons throughout </li></ul><ul><li>O pportunities for application and response </li></ul><ul><li>W rap-up and take it home </li></ul>

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Using Technology <ul><li>Don’t over-do it! </li></ul><ul><li>Reinforce, don’t distract </li></ul><ul><li>Have a “Plan B” </li></ul><ul><li>Why? </li></ul><ul><li>Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should </li></ul>

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How to Preach a Children’s Sermon <ul><li>State your theme </li></ul><ul><li>Scripture support </li></ul><ul><li>Someone to help you </li></ul><ul><li>Say what you mean </li></ul><ul><li>Some it up </li></ul><ul><li>Seek the Savior </li></ul>

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Prayer <ul><li>V ariety is importance </li></ul><ul><li>A nswers (yes, no, wait, maybe) </li></ul><ul><li>L isten to God </li></ul><ul><li>U nified response </li></ul><ul><li>E xpect miracles </li></ul>

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Final Comments <ul><li>Pray! </li></ul><ul><li>Get organized </li></ul><ul><li>Plan ahead </li></ul><ul><li>Use your “think time” </li></ul><ul><li>Think it through </li></ul><ul><li>What’s hot? What’s not? </li></ul><ul><li>Build a team </li></ul><ul><li>Engage the kids </li></ul><ul><li>Involve the kids </li></ul><ul><li>Talk to them, not down at them </li></ul><ul><li>Keep your eyes & ears open </li></ul><ul><li>Themes & series help build momentum </li></ul>

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Blessings You can have a cutting-edge service!

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Q&A <ul><li>What final questions do you have? </li></ul>

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Let’s Pray!

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More Resources <ul><li>cmuo.com </li></ul><ul><li>childrensministryarchive.com </li></ul><ul><li>childrensministrytalk.com </li></ul><ul><li>childrensministryinsights.com </li></ul><ul><li>dickgruber.com </li></ul>cmuo.com/workshops/kidschurch