EVENTS and BAPTISM
​Looking for Inspiration for Family Events and Outreach Events then check out this page and come back often for more added ideas.
This page will also give you access to walk parents and children into the wonderful event of Child Baptism. You will be able to download and edit a Canva customizable resource to edit and give to parents and children to walk through together to prepare them for this next step in their faith journey, A $7 value on my Etsy and TPT page but Free to you for visiting this website.
EGGSTRAVAGANZA! - EASTER EGG HUNT
Many Churches use Easter Egg Hunts as an outreach and fun event for their children.
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Here are a few tricks to make yours an outreach not just an event.
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Give a clear presentation of the Easter Message. Do this prior to the hunt so that children and parents hear the true meaning of Easter.
Have handouts about your children's ministry. Do a drawing for a gift where parents have to fill out name, address and phone number so you have contact info. Use this opportunity to invite.
​Have extra eggs to give the children who do not get many. This act of kindness will go far with the parents of these little ones.
Designate areas according to age.
Have an area set aside for "Special Needs" children.
Have bins for parents to put the plastic eggs in after the children have opened and gotten the candy out.. Most parents and children will be happy to return the eggs after they are emptied of the contents inside. This will save you tons of money in years to come.
Buy plastic eggs after Easter for the next year. They are always on sale!
SPORTS OUTREACH
No matter what sports season it is children love sports. You may have members of your local high school teams attending your church or better yet, a coach!
If you know a Christian teen or Christian coach on a local High School team invite them to give their testimony to your children on a Sunday morning. Ask if they have any other Christians athletes on their team who would be willing to give their testimony as well. Contact the coach and ask them to bring as many of the team to the service as possible. Ask the team wear their jerseys or uniforms. Tell the team you will give them a nice donation for coming. Most teams would love to come as they have to do fundraisers anyway. Ask the members of the team to show some of the basic skills needed to play. Kids will love it!
Prepare a fun message using ideas from that particular sport or talk about Jesus being the ultimate coach and the Bible being our playbook. Play testimony clips of professional athletes and bloopers found online. Athletes in Action have sites.
At the end of the morning give each child something that represents that sport. We have given out soccer balls painted with the wordless book colors, autograph pages and football penants to our children for the various Sports.
Autograph time! Have tables set up and sharpies ready for each player to sign the balls, objects or Autograph papers you provide. Kids love this! They look up to teenagers!
When we did soccer Sunday we invited both the guys and the girls teams from two local High School. It was great!
ONCE UPON A TIME
A Great way to engage Children is through Charaters and Big head Characters. We personally own tons of costumes and big heads. If you are in the Washington Court House, Ohio area and are in need of rental costumes, Contact Jodie Truex @ jktforhiskids@yahoo.com
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Event Flyer
Join us for an exciting Brick Building Competition where families can showcase their creativity by designing a structure based on a surprise theme! Last time, participants created their own mansions in Heaven, and it was a blast! Families are welcome to bring their own building bricks, or you can opt to use donated legos! Remember, all creations must be completed within a two to three hour, and the theme will only be revealed at the event to keep things fair. Students without families in attendance will be paired with church families for the night, and snacks will be provided throughout the evening for everyone to enjoy! What Family will take home the title Brick Master!
Brick Master Night
A fun light prep event for all ages!
Use my FREE LINK below for this Easy to edit Template for a Certificate for a Master Brick Certificate to hand out.
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Purchase all five of my Canva Editable Certificates on my Teacher Pay Teachers Page @ Truex Kid Ministries for $5.00
Baptism
One of the beautiful moments of being in Children's ministry is the joy of a student being ready to take the step of baptism. It is also a wonderful opportunity to sit with a parent and child and hear their Salvation story.
The following Baptism workbook to help parents evaluate if their child is ready to take this next step. It is designed for the parents and child to work together to determine if the student is ready. If the Student is ready then I take the opportunity to meet with the child twice, one to review what baptism is (They should have a good grasp after completing the workbook) and one session to go over their testimony and give them final instruction on what their baptism day will entail.
Copy and paste this link to connect you to an editable Canva link to personalize for your church this parent/child Baptism Workbook.
