Conference Resources

 
Main Session Messages ( DVD / CD)
 

Erase Your Fears
Christine Yount Jones

 

Notes From Your Best Friend
David Staal

 

Color Outside the Lines
Kurt Bruner, John Trent

 

Don't Eat the Glue
Phil Vischer

Breakout Session Messages (CD)
 

When You Unexpectedly Find Yourself Leading a Children's Ministry
Cindy Disney-Gainey

 

How to Adapt Curriculum for Kids with Special Needs
Jackie Mills-Fernald

 

Exploring the Multiple Intelligence Levels and Learning Styles of Kids
Mickie O'Donnell

 

How to Help Small Group Leaders Get Started
Susan Shadid

 

Check-In Process for a Family-Friendly Environment
Jeff Pelletier

 

Leading Change
Angela Burke, Tammy Melchien, David Weil

 

Leading Creative People
Jon Klinepeter

 

Helping Kids Through Family Transition: Understanding the Grieving Cycle
Beth Racine

 

Creating Emotional Safety
Beth Racine

 

Relevent Media and Modern Storytelling
Sean Copley, Todd Hampson

 

Building an Effective Technical Team
Kevin Koesterer

 

Navigating Family and Ministry
Bo Boshers

 

Successful Strategies for Dealing with Difficult Volunteer Issues
Gary Webb

 

Building Families: One Step at a Time
Kurt Bruner, John Trent

 

Developing a Volunteer Handbook
Lou Ann Pence

 

Kids and Media: An Insider's View
Phil Vischer

 

The 4/5th Grade Experiment: What We've Learned About Reaching Our 4/5th Grade Kids
David Rausch, Mindy Stoms

 

Successful Ways to Reach Across Silos of Ministries to Impact Families
Pat Cimo, Gary Strudler, Gary Webb

 

Inclusion vs. Self-contained Classrooms for Kids with Special Needs
Jackie Mills-Fernald

 

Creative Environments that Fit Your Facility
Bruce Barry

 

Helping Kids Make a Great Transition from Your Ministry into Junior High
Scott Rubin, David Staal

 

Aligning Ministries Through the BIG IDEA
Tammy Melchien, Shawn Williams

 

Adapting Curriculum to Meet the Needs of Your Ministry
Lori Chergosky

 

Communicating and Supporting Parents: Practical Ideas for Reaching and Supporting Families
Beth Bauer, Ashley Cornelius

 

Leading Great Small Groups for Late Childhood
Wes Payne

 

Developing Leaders for Children's Ministry
David Weil

 

Cultural Trends that Affect Children's Ministry
Larry Shallenberger

 

Developing an Effective Early Childhood Ministry
Kerri Malha

 

Finding and Keeping Volunteers
Donna Hershock

 

The Art of Leading as a Woman in the Church
Nancy Beach

 

Volunteer Training Modules from Promiseland
Ashley Cornelius, Susan Shadid

 

Best Practices in Community Outreach to Families with Special Needs Kids
Dawn Clark, Kaleen Marshall, Jackie Mills-Fernald

 

Child Protection and Safety Issues for a Small to Medium-Size Church
Jeff Pelletier

 

Newest Practices in Small Groups
Ivy Becks, Lori Chergosky, Mindy Stoms

 

Re-engineering Small Groups: What We Are Learning About Small Groups in Promiseland
Mindy Stoms

 

Large Group Programming for Start-Up Churches
Graeme Franks

 

Tools for Life: Understanding How We Discipline Can Help or Hurt a Child
Beth Racine

 

Multi-Site Issues for Children's Ministry
Tony Escobar, Tammy Melchien

 

Family Ministry Strategy for a Medium-Size Church
Pat Cimo

Additional Resources
 

The Fabulous Reinvention of Sunday School
Aaron Reynolds

 

Words Kids Need to Hear
David Staal

 

Jump For Joy
Promiseland Music CD

 

Spiritual Life: Breath
Keri Wyatt Kent

 

Spiritual Life: Listen
Keri Wyatt Kent

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