By Gail Marsh on October 25, 2011
Do you need a quick, last minute game for the children who attend your fall festival or Halloween alternative event? Spread a plastic tablecloth on the floor. Scatter small toys or pieces of wrapped candy all over the tablecloth. Have the children stand at a distance and toss rings toward the tablecloth. The children win [...]
Posted in Children's ministry, Fall Festival, Halloween alternative, Ministry, Outreach/Evangelism, Youth Ministry Tagged children's games, Fall Festival, Halloween Alternative
By admin on October 11, 2011
Editor’s note: This devotion is written to accompany CTA’s line of Fall Festival Products, Light the Night with Jesus. Introduction You will need your Bible and a flashlight or camping lantern to show the children. If older children customarily come forward, create three posters ahead of time, each with one phrase from this passage on [...]
Posted in Children's ministry, Devotions, Encouragement, Fall Festival, Ministry, Sermon Ideas, Sunday School, Teachers Tagged children's devotion, children's ministry, Fall Festival, free devotion, Halloween Alternative
By Gail Marsh on October 4, 2011
Editor’s note: This devotion is written to accompany CTA’s line of Fall Festival Products, Fear Not: God’s Love Shines Bright! Getting Started You will need a large, paper grocery bag. Tape a sign on one side of the bag that reads: FEAR. On the opposite side, glue or tape a large cross fashioned from a [...]
Posted in Children's ministry, Devotions, Encouragement, Fall Festival, Ministry, Pastor, Sunday School, Teachers Tagged children's devotion, children's ministry, Fall Festival, Halloween Alternative
By admin on September 14, 2011
Fall festival. Halloween alternative. Reformation celebration. Whatever you call it, perhaps your church is among those from around the nation that have begun to optimize the cool days of late October, reaching out with one-time community events aimed at kids and families. These events can open many doors for sharing the Gospel message of our [...]
Posted in Children's ministry, Fall Festival, Free Resources, Halloween alternative, Ministry, Pastor, Sermon Ideas, Sunday School, Teachers, Visitors Tagged children's ministry, Christian outreach, Fall Festival, Halloween Alternative, Trunk or Treat
By admin on June 15, 2011
VBS is in the rearview mirror—or soon will be. In many churches, activities slow down a bit during July and early August. Children’s ministers can catch their breath and find a few minutes to think before plunging back into the fray once again. Here’s one way to use that precious planning time. It will make [...]
Posted in Children's ministry, Christmas, Church staff, Church Volunteers, Easter, Encouragement, Fall Festival, Free Resources, Halloween alternative, Lent/Preparing for Easter, Outreach/Evangelism, Pastor, Resources, Sunday School, Teachers, Time Management, Valentine's Day Tagged children's ministry, children's pastor, ministry time management, planning ministry
By Jane Fryar on September 29, 2010
Lots of CTA customers come to us for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day gifts. Many love CTA’s Ornaments of Faith® at Christmastime. But in recent years, CTA has begun to provide more and more products for children’s ministry, too–both seasonal and year-round. Our goal at CTA is to partner with you in your children’s ministries. [...]
Posted in Children's ministry, Christian Worker, Church Volunteers, Easter, Encouragement, Encouraging Volunteers, Fall Festival, Father's Day, Free Resources, Men's Ministry, Mother's Day, Pastor, Sermon Ideas, Sunday School, Teachers, Women's Ministry Tagged children's ministry, Christian, community, Father's Day, men's ministry, Mother's Day, Sunday School, teacher, Women's Ministry
By Jane Fryar on September 1, 2010
Are you looking for help in planning this year’s fall festival? Do you need games, crafts, activities, and snack ideas? Or even a new theme to spur the thinking of your event planning team? Then consider CTA’s new fall festival theme: Light the Night with Jesus! And check out the new event planning guide that accompanies [...]
Posted in Children's ministry, Fall Festival, Free Resources, Halloween alternative, Ministry, Outreach/Evangelism, Witnessing Tagged bible, children's ministry, Christian, evangelism, Fall Festival, outreach, Sunday School, teacher
By Anne Conway on October 21, 2009
Fall is upon us in all its glory. Families have adjusted to the “back to school schedule,” the temperatures are dropping, and so are the leaves! I find this to be a very special time of year, yet another beautiful season God sends us to enjoy. With these changes, we also begin to see pumpkins [...]
Posted in Children's ministry, Fall Festival, Ministry, Teachers, Witnessing Tagged children's ministry, Fall Festival, Sunday School, teacher
By Debra Kreienkamp on September 18, 2009
As a preschool teacher in a Christian school, I get to create art projects for my students. I look especially for projects that are fun and faith-filled. Parents love to see what their children have created, so art projects can provide the perfect opportunity to share Jesus in a non-threatening way. Connecting an art project [...]
Posted in Children's ministry, Fall Festival, Halloween alternative, Outreach/Evangelism, Sunday School, Teachers Tagged children's ministry, children's pastor, Christian school, Fall Festival, family, Pumpkin Prayer