Workshops and Sessions

I. Plug into Our Family’s World

II. Plug into Our Kids

III. Plug into Our Community

Note - Attendees can attend any 2 workshops!

Creating Effective Family Devotions (designed for Parents)

Gathering your family together for family devotions can be a great way to help disciple your children. Come and get some great strategies for having spiritual conversations that will encourage your kids to go deeper in their relationship with Jesus. Tips and ideas for you to use will be shared.

Reaching Preteens (designed for Parents, Volunteers, and Leaders)

Preteens can be a challenge to keep engaged. Let’s find some ways to encourage quiet time, Bible study and opportunities to serve others.

Guiding Kid’s Behavior (designed for Parents, Volunteers, and Leaders)

Explore ways to guide kids’ behavior in many different settings. Participants will receive great tips and techniques to help guide their children to make the right behavior choices.

Teaching Kids to Pray (designed for Parents, Volunteers, and Leaders)

Teaching children to pray is a vital part of introducing them to Jesus and reinforcing their relationship with God. Come and find some great tools to help you to get kids dialed into prayer.

Kids and Stress (designed for Parents, Volunteers, and Leaders)

Kids today are bombarded with lots of things that create stress in their lives. Come and get in on the conversation about things that we can do to help alleviate that stress and help them to work through these troubling times and situations.

Sharing the Gospel with Kids (designed for Parents, Volunteers, and Leaders)

We can’t afford for kids to have a blurry picture when it comes to understanding that Jesus died for them. Come learn how to present a sharp, clear picture of the gospel to kids during VBS and beyond!

Bible Skills for Kids (designed for Volunteers)

This fun workshop will give you some great ideas for developing and implementing Bible skills for your classroom.

Safety and Security Best Practices (designed for Volunteers and Leaders)

Come and get some best practices that will keep children physically, emotionally, and spiritually safe at all times. During this session we focus on areas such as check-ins, background checks, classroom management, and emergency procedures.

Understanding Kids (designed for Parents, Volunteers, and Leaders)

Discover the characteristics of kids that you are teaching and learn how the eight ways of learning will give you some great strategies to make your teaching time the best it can be.

Welcoming Families with Special Needs (designed for Volunteers and Leaders)

Let’s talk about ways to help families with special needs feel welcome when they come to your church. We’ll explore some simple tips that will help you to meet these families where they are and make them feel special..

Preschoolers and Play (designed for Volunteers and Leaders)

It is said that play is the hard work of a preschooler. What do we know about play and a child’s development? We will examine this question and talk about how our understanding of a preschooler’s development helps us make the most of our class time to help kids develop an unshakable foundation for faith.