The Children’s Ministry LEAD Retreat is an annual conference hosted by the Committee on Discipleship Ministries for the purpose of training and equipping children’s ministry leaders to be faithful in the work of discipleship within their church.
Kevin Daane, Director of Church Coaching, will teach a seminar, while Cheryl Erb, Ministry Operations Coordinator, can be found at our exhibit booth which will contain ministry resources as well as our latest discipleship products from Simply the Gospel.
Covenant Characteristics Through the Eyes of a Child
Seminar Speakers: Sherry Kendrick and Kevin Daane
Does it really matter whether a children’s ministry is based on a covenant model? Yes! Covenant children have a special place within the church. They are to be taught that they are members of God’s covenant family, that they have responsibilities within that family, and that the family of God has responsibilities concerning them. The covenant of grace is what we believe, so the nature of the covenant must determine what we do, why we do it, and how we do it. This also includes incorporating our children with disabilities. In this workshop, we will talk about how to think covenantally about children’s ministry by thinking through the characteristics of the covenant. Using a new training tool recently developed on this topic, we will apply these characteristics to ALL the children in our children’s ministries.
