Kidz Matter Pro

Okay, I've been testing this site out for a few months and I think it's definitely worth the investment. KidzMatterPro.com is a resource site for children's ministries that includes networking, videos, games, and more. I've found that it pays for itself in the video clips alone. Sign up for an annual subscription and you have access to anything they provide for an entire year.

Children's Ministry Deals

Children’s Ministry Deals is an “Everything in one place” super site.   They’ve got deals on tons of great resources.  They always have giveaways, curriculum, games, graphics, leadetship tools, preschool stuff, elementary stuff, youth stuff, lessons, videos, worship, and more.  At the very least it’s worth your visit.  They might be giving away the very thing you need.  Just click the logo above or go to www.childrens-ministry-deals.com.

Wacky World is an amazing company that, among other things, creates amazing environments for churches to help them grow their ministries to a very discriminating American audience.  They produce other things useful for ministry, but their ability to create an atmosphere, especially with children's areas is beyond compare.  They have something for every budget, from phenomenal wallpaper characters to full-on custom 3D interactive worlds. I highly recommend that you check them out.  Click Here to view their website or just type www.wackyworld.tv into your browser.

KidzMatter Super Site

KidzMatter has networking, articles, resources, and K! magazine.  This site focuses more on large scale: Ministry Philosophy, conferences, latest trends, departmental issues, etc.  I recommend K! magazine for anyone involved in Children’s Ministry in any capacity.  It’s one of the best printed resources for volunteers and pastors.  It’s always current and cutting edge.  

Check out this new book for children's ministry leaders. We all make little mistakes in ministry form time to time.  But what about those bigger mistakes? Ignoring our families. Devoting too much time to ministry and neglecting our spiritual lives? In Brian Dollar's book, I Blew It!, he writes about the biggest mistakes he's made in kids' ministry and how you can avoid them.

Brian Dollar is a highly successful and respected children's pastor in North Little Rock, Arkansas, but he's no stranger to these struggles.  I think you'll find this book challenging and helpful.  It's available in print or ebook.  Click the book title icon above for more information or purchase the book.  Or you can check out Brian Dollar's website at www.highvoltage-kids.com.

Impress Kids Bible Memory

Impress Kids is an online/app resource for kids' Scripture memory.  It has awesome games that can supplement your existing programs and Bible memory efforts.  Click on the above icon to link to their site or view two of their demo videos below.  Their website is www.impresskids.com.

In addition to their regular Children's Ministry courses, CM University Online now has these individual training mods available.  They're a great, inexpensive resource for your personal use or volunteer training in smaller, easier to manage topics.  For more info you can link directly to www.cmuo.com/mods

Click here Children's Ministry University Online, for basic CMUO info from my 3-7-12 post.

Kidology is the study of kids and their world for more effective ministry to them.  www.kidology.org is a website-resource center-training tool-blog-networking-super site for Children's Ministry.  Created by Karl Bastian, a resource sharing maniac, who lives for networking and equipping people in Children's Ministry.    I've met the man and he's an awesome guy who never stops learning and never stops expanding and sharing that knowledge.  You'll never run out of stuff to find on this website.

Best Bible App

If you didn't already know, YouVersion is possibly the best non-print Bible in existence.  It carries hundreds of translations, has many reading plans and features.  You can network with a community of friends to share thoughts, stay accountable, and learn from each other.  You have the ability to make notes, bookmarks, highlights, and share your findings on social networking sites.  All this and more is available online, on mobile web, Apple devices, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Palm, Java, and Windows 8.  It's also free.  I've found it to be a great tool in my spiritual life.  I highly recommend it... as if you don't already have it.  Check it out in your mobile app store or online at www.YouVersion.com.

Children's Ministry University Online!

 

Children's Ministry University Online (CMUO) is accredited, college level, education in children's ministry for anyone who is unable to invest the time, money, and relocation involved in going off to Bible college.  ANYONE can be educated in children's ministry by some of the best experts in the field.

Click on the video for an introduction.

Click on the icon to visit the website www.cmuo.com or www.cmuniversity.org.

ChildrensMinistry.com

http://www.childrensministry.com/ 

This website has games, articles, lessons, resources, and information about subscribing to Children’s Ministry magazine.  I found it to have valuable and versatile tools.  It focuses primarily on the small scale: what happens in the classroom, teacher tips, art projects, event ideas, etc.

Only 144

www.only144.com
This site lists a single massive sale of a ton of resources at up to 90% off.  They put together a package or collection for a specific genre of ministry and sell this box of resources and stuff worth upwards of $1,500 for less than a hundred bucks.

Their distinctive is that they only run the sale for 144 hours.  If you don't buy in that time... it's gone.  But they get great and current Children's Ministry stuff all the time.  Keep checking in, they'll probably have something you can use.

Fantastic Children's Ministry Podcast

This is one of, if not the best, Children's Ministry Podcast on the web.  It features Dick Gruber and Jason Rhode, two of the most experienced, educated, and respected individuals in Children's Ministry today.

A must-listen for anyone ministering to Kids, and it's free in any format you need.