Children's Ministry

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The Church Nursery

November 18, 2017LaBreeska Ingles

I began my love for Children’s Ministry in the nursery. Since I was a teenager, I loved to care for little babies. When I was a single young adult, I always asked to hold my friends’ babies during worship at church. When I became a mother, the first…

Teaching Kids About Money

May 05, 2017LaBreeska Ingles

It is important to me to raise children that appreciate the value of money. I want them to be hard workers. I want them to be thankful for what they have been given instead of always wishing for more. I want them to be aware of the needs around them…

Kids Homegroup

April 28, 2017LaBreeska Ingles

For the past two years, we have been experimenting with kids homegroups. Right now, we are holding a homegroup for the elementary aged kids in a church classroom. It's a central location for parents to conveniently drop off their kids at the same…

Reproduce!

January 11, 2016LaBreeska Ingles

We've been busy in the Ingles household. We brought baby Noa Kathryn Ingles home with us in late March. We traveled to Virgina to visit family 3 times. We conducted our second annual Kids CampFire Worship Band Camp in June. We took all three kids to…

Visions of Heaven

January 30, 2015LaBreeska Ingles

This is the account of Elijah’s vision he had during the Children’s Fall Conference at the Vineyard, Campbellsville October 25th, 2014. Elijah is 7 years old. These are his exact words and descriptions. "First we go to heaven and go inside a castle…

New Baby Coming Soon!

January 30, 2015LaBreeska Ingles

We are expecting our third child in mid-March (2015). We already have a son and daughter and we are proud to announce our third child is a girl. We are planning to name her Noa Kathryn and call her Noa Kate. This name has so much significance to us…

Vineyard Kids Policy and Procedure Form

January 22, 2015LaBreeska Ingles

Vision Statement: We believe that kids are the church of today. We believe that kids can do “the stuff” of the Kingdom of God. We believe that kids can encounter the Holy Spirit, even in the womb. We believe that we must become like children to…

The Power of a Testimony

January 04, 2015LaBreeska Ingles

The following guest posts were the four most popular posts on our website this year and they are all testimonies about miracles and the power of prayer. People love to be reminded at how miraculous our God is. Deaf Ears Healed. Guest Post by Lori…

Year in Review

December 31, 2014LaBreeska Ingles

A lot has happened this year. Brian and I started 2014 as the volunteer Children’s Pastors at our Vineyard church. We organized a team and started implementing new vision for this ministry. As I looked at our blog posts for the past year, I realized…

Featured in "Beauty in the Mess"

December 29, 2014LaBreeska Ingles

Recently, my friend Whitney invited me to guest blog on her website "Beauty in the Mess". I chose to write about the importance of making kid disciples. I started the article by saying, "Have you ever dreaded volunteering for Children’s Church? Do…

New Year's Declaration Dinner

December 27, 2014LaBreeska Ingles

Several years ago, I was included in a New Year’s event called a Declaration Dinner. At this dinner, everyone who attended prepared declarations to speak over their life for the new year. What is the difference between a resolution and a declaration…

Pregnant Worship

December 24, 2014LaBreeska Ingles

I am in my third trimester with my third child. We have a 4 year old boy, a 2 year old girl, and we are pregnant with our next daughter. I will be honest with you and say that pregnancy is hard on me. Some people have very pleasant pregnancies and…

5 Children's Church Christmas Ideas

December 19, 2014LaBreeska Ingles

Every Christmas we try to discover new ways to celebrate Christmas with our Children's Church classes. This year we are keeping it simple. Here are a few ideas we are implementing. We had a wrap your friend competition. We divided the class into…

2 Ways To Take Children's Ministry To the Next Level

December 17, 2014undefined

You may be pondering how to take your Children’s Church to the next level in 2015. I know I am. Sometimes we get so busy with the weekly maintenance of Children’s Ministry that we forget to seek the Holy Spirit about the next level. I know that I get…

12 Outreach Ideas For Children's Church

December 15, 2014LaBreeska Ingles

We are working on developing a kids outreach team, comprised of mostly kids. We want to try some of these ideas that we have used in the past with our new outreach team. Let me know what you think. Have you tried any of these ideas before? How did it…

Equipping and Releasing

December 11, 2014LaBreeska Ingles

"If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." You've heard that before, right? What does that have to do with Children's Ministry? As a Children's Pastor, I think of it this way- If we do…

Children's Pastors Are Like Farmers

December 11, 2014LaBreeska Ingles

My whole family lived on one big farm together. My aunts and uncles had different houses, but they worked the large chunk of land together with my cousins. I never lived on the farm, but I was fascinated with the culture. I dreamed of being a farmer…

Kid History of our Church

December 08, 2014LaBreeska Ingles

Last Sunday we wrapped up our series on the History of our Church in the Kid’s Wing. Brian and I spent time talking about what the kids absorbed from the others guest speakers throughout the month. First I asked, “What is the purpose of discussing…

How to Teach a Kid to Teach

November 18, 2014LaBreeska Ingles

You teach a kid to teach the same way you teach an adult to teach. Kids have spiritual giftings, just like adults. We are born with some of our gifts and “the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable” (Romans 11:29). Look around at your children's…

Bible Reading Challenge

November 13, 2014LaBreeska Ingles

We have offered serveral Bible Reading Challenges for the elementary classes at church. To accompany the Encountering Jesus children's church curriculum that we finished earlier this year, we challenged the kids to read the book of John. About one…

The Birth of Our Church

November 09, 2014LaBreeska Ingles

Today in Kid’s Church, we continued with the theme “The History of Our Church”. We invited Dick and Diana Salmon to speak to our Elementary kids about the birth of our Vineyard Campbellsville church. The Salmons started a Friday night prayer meeting…

A Taste of Heaven Kid's Conference

November 07, 2014LaBreeska Ingles

We hosted our first ever Kid’s Conference this year at Vineyard Campbellsville, KY. We invited Bobby Hussey and Brandon Hull, from Morningstar Kids Ministries, to lead the Kid’s Conference. . It was called “A Taste of Heaven” and we had so much fun…

The History of Our Church

November 03, 2014LaBreeska Ingles

We started a new teaching series in the Elementary Kids Class at Vineyard Campbellsville. We are hearing from the people who started our church almost 20 years ago. We are learning the history of our church body. Why do we exist? How did we start? We…

Raising the Dead

May 20, 2014LaBreeska Ingles

I asked one of my young friends to write this story about raising the dead. This kid saw a need and prayed for a miracle. A dead boy is now alive because of this family's faith in Jesus. By: Jonas Scott (age 10) My friend, my parents, my brother…

Kid-Led Church

May 19, 2014LaBreeska Ingles

I am always talking about how kids can “do the stuff” of the Kingdom, but what does that really mean? How can we involve the kids in the ministry of the Kingdom? It starts with our mind-sets. Instead of looking at our kids as students to teach, I…

Heaven Is For Real

May 07, 2014LaBreeska Ingles

Heaven is For Real is a autobiography about a young boy seeing heaven during a near death experience. We went to see the movie and really appreciated the overall message of the movie. We have read stories about people dying and going to heaven, then…

Deaf Ears Healed

May 01, 2014Lori Rogers

Elijah at 1 Month This is the story of our third born son, Elijah Rain. He was born deaf, but now he can hear! Elijah was born on December 6th 2009. The next day, Elijah was taken for his hearing test, which all newborns undergo within the first days…

Ignite Summit 2014

April 28, 2014LaBreeska Ingles

Brian and I were given the opportunity to attend the Ignite Summit in Fort Collins, CO last week. Ignite is the Vineyard Movement’s first attempt to highlight the importance of the young people in the Kingdom. It was a fun adventure to leave our kids…

Sunday Morning

April 07, 2014LaBreeska Ingles

Our kids worship band was invited to lead worship for the adult service on a Sunday morning. The kids were not just going to do a "special", but actually be in charge of leading all 4 songs. This had never been done before, but our kids are truly…

Kidz Matter

March 14, 2014LaBreeska Ingles

I just found this article at kidzmatter.com where a family pastor lays out many point about why they decided to include children in leading worship. I thought his points were explained well and coincide with some of my reasons for investing in…

Filters for the Eye

March 08, 2014Brian Ingles

"The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light." -Matthew 6:22 NKJV Jesus said that the lamp of the body is they eye. I understand the eye in this context to be our perspective of reality. It is…

A Call to Fathers (Male and Female)

March 05, 2014Brian Ingles

Glory of the Father ...just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life - Romans 6:4b NKJV Jesus was actually raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, wow! The Father's glory…

Giveaway Kids

March 03, 2014LaBreeska Ingles

There have been several times in my life when someone tried to give me their kid. Seriously. They truly were wanting me to take their kid and raise them as my own. The first time this happened was in the slums of Kibera, Kenya. I was a 19 year old…

Blessing the Fathers

February 26, 2014LaBreeska Ingles

At family homegroup a few weeks ago, we asked the Fathers to lay their hands on their children and bless them. We had Dick, our honorary grandpa, explain the importance of the Father's blessing. This week, we felt like it was important for the…

Because Him Love Us

February 01, 2014LaBreeska Ingles

One of my favorite ministry moments was 7 years ago at Vineyard Campbellsville, Kentucky. I was leading a Kid's Church service for ages 3 to 12. I had recently been to a conference where people were finding gold dust on their hands. I watched the…

Whose Baby Is This?

January 30, 2014LaBreeska Ingles

This week at Vineyard Campbellsville Church, we are launching our new check in system for kids. This is our church's first time using any check in software for Sunday kid's church. Before this point, we have been a small family church where everybody…

Why Kids Ministry?

September 24, 2013Brian Ingles

I was recently asked to share for a few minutes on why we do kids ministry. Here is what I came up with. 1. Kids ministry is important to the Lord 2. Kids ministry is an incredible opportunity 3. There is a battle and a cause Kids ministry is…

Kingdom Resources

August 23, 2013Brian Ingles

Jesus had been ministering to a multitude of people for a while, talking to them about the kingdom and healing the sick. The disciples had recently returned from a ministry trip and Jesus had seemingly taken them into the wilderness to rest, but a…

Not a Babysitting Gig

May 20, 2013LaBreeska Ingles

If you are a Parent, then you are called to Children’s Ministry. You may hear many parents say that they do not want to volunteer in the Kid’s Ministry classes because they are not “called” to children’s ministry. As a children’s pastor, I would hear…

Children are the church of TODAY!

May 17, 2013LaBreeska Ingles

One of my pet peeves is the statement, “Children are the church of the future.” I think one of my life sermons is CHILDREN ARE THE CHURCH OF TODAY!!! Why would Jesus say that we should be like children? Kids can change the world. They are passionate…

Jesus has a plan for the kids

April 12, 2013LaBreeska Ingles

The Bible is very clear that Jesus has a plan for the kids. Jesus said, “Let the children come to me and do not hinder them for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” (Matthew 19:14). This story always reminds me ofthat famous picture of…

Loneliness is a lie!

March 22, 2013LaBreeska Ingles

Loneliness is a lie. It is the enemy’s trick to keep people from reaching out to others. How do I know? Because so many people feel lonely. When I feel lonely, I want to hide in my house and not reach out to anyone. But, when I realize that lots of…

The Kingdom of God is at Hand

March 06, 2013Brian Ingles

Sitting in Heaven This past Sunday Bree and I spent some time with a group of elementary age kids as part of our current monthly Sunday school committment. One of my favorite things to do with kids is to encounter heaven in some way and then figure…

Don't Call Me a Children's Pastor

March 05, 2013LaBreeska Ingles

My husband and I met because of children’s ministry. Brian volunteered at MorningStar Ministries (Fort Mill, South Carolina) in the Kid’s Ministry every week. I was the Director of Family Ministries at the Vineyard Church in Campbellsville, Kentucky…

Children in Ministry

March 02, 2013Brian Ingles

Kidsministryteam.com is focused on providing tools and resources for equipping children in Christian ministry. We believe that kids have access to the same Holy Spirit as the most seasoned minister and have giftings and callings from God that they…