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In March of 2023, over 800 children's ministry leaders and volunteers attended Kids Ministry Conference, a free event featuring guest speakers from Lifeway and across Virginia.

Equip your children’s ministry leaders! Kids Ministry Conference is a free event featuring guest speakers from Lifeway and around Virginia.

Nearly 500 children's ministry leaders attended the Kids Ministry Conference that was held in Midlothian and Roanoke. The event featured guest speakers from Lifeway and state leaders from around Virginia.

How does all this go together? Does it? Our kids today are faced with so much and are learning at a much different pace and rhythm than ever before. How do we as a church address technology in our time with our boys and girls? Let’s discuss & pray about this together.

As your leaders prepare and pour into the boys and girls week after week, it is important to make sure they are appreciated and valued. Join us as we discuss some creative ways to love our leaders and make sure they are filled to overflow into the life of those they minister to.

During this session we will dive into 10 different things you can do to establish a special needs ministry at your church. These will be ways in which you can add to your current children’s ministry program. They will be appropriate for churches with many children with special needs or for those with a few children with special needs. Prepare to leave this session with hands on materials and ideas to implement in your children’s ministry programs.

How to "Be" ready when you teach kids at church.

Many times the disruptive or hard-to-teach children in your classroom are trying desperately to tell you something … sometimes using actions instead of words. Let’s dig deeper to find out what we need to hear and how we can help!

Seeing the possibilities for every preschooler to learn about Jesus; how do we lead preschoolers to know and love Jesus?

Often times behavior management focuses on stopping the negative.  In our time together we will discuss ways to highlight the desired behavior from the kids we serve. Understanding why kids often act out and how to encourage the positive behaviors we desire will be topics during this session.