Sunday School, CCD Teachers–Looking for a Christmas Gift for Students?

“Black Friday” is upon us. If you plan to wander the mall, looking for a gift you can give to your elementary-age students this year–one you can afford that’s also appropriate for both boys and girls–here’s hope for a more relaxing day. This year CTA offers a great alternative for Sunday school teachers, Awana leaders, CCD teachers, [...]

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Looking for a Preschool Christmas Event?

Five years ago our preschool was looking for a way host a Christmas celebration for our families. We decide on an Advent Worship and Cookie Reception. We’ve made it an annual event.  The service offers an opportunity for even our non-member families to gather in a casual, non-threatening environment to celebrate the Savior’s birth.
 CTA has helped make [...]

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Meaningful Christian Christmas Gifts for Everyone

It happens every year. You make a Christmas list and check it twice, then  scratch your head over dilemmas like these:

Those volunteers at your church do so much. You want to remember them at Christmas with a meaningful gift. But what!?
You work with a great group of professionals on your church staff. You want to [...]

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Is Your Ministry a Starbuck’s?

We often, in a joking manner, refer to the Parent’s Day Out program in our church as a “Starbuck’s for Children.” Why? At Starbuck’s, customer service is called “personal hospitality” and is their #1 priority. They build a relationship with each customer. It is no secret that people feel special sipping a Starbuck’s drink, but it [...]

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S.H.I.N.E. with the Love of Jesus

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 and [...]

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Fun, Friendly, Faith-filled Projects

s 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 [...]

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Sunday Giveaways

After church on Sunday I was part of the giveaway team. A group of us handed out a special remembrance to everyone as they passed by. People loved them! Many will hold on to their meaningful gifts for years to come. (Then again, some will sell them on eBay to make a [...]

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Plan Now–for Halloween Alternative!

Over the years here at CTA, we’ve learned to tell when a trend has started to roll. Fall Festival is one of those trends we’ve seen gathering momentum in churches for almost a decade now.
How do we know it’s gathering steam? For one thing, we watch our mail. It’s only the first week in September, but [...]

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The Mission behind the Job

As a preschool teacher at a Christian school, one of my favorite passages comes from 1 Peter 5:2-3.
Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, . . . not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be, . . . not lording it over those entrusted to [...]

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Welcome, Deb Kreienkamp!

CTA is happy to welcome a new blogger to our website this month: Deb Kreienkamp.
Deb loves creative work and has a real passion for equipping young families and sharing Jesus with them. After a mission trip to China in 2002, the Lord began redirecting what had been her 30-year career in the retail field into work with [...]

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