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Merry Christmas from Children’s Ministry Talk: 13 Weeks of FREE Children’s Church Lessons

Dick Gruber — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:18:10 +0000

Greetings Friends!

Christmas is a busy time with church programs and family gatherings. Remember this year to take some time to relax with your loved ones. The elves here at our workshop have been busy this Christmas season creating more helps for you in your ministry to children. You will find at cmuo.com/resources a series of lessons we’ve prepared for use in children’s church. If you’ve not already done so, subscribe to our podcast in iTunes and have a great holiday. I found a fabulous item at onewaystreet.com called the Bible Story Bag. They have about a dozen to choose from including the Christmas Story and the Wordless Bag. I have used these both and always get good response form children and adult workers.

January is just around the bend. I hope that some of you will find me at CPC in Nashville. I’ll be the tall guy wearing red Chuck Taylors. (Those are shoes). I am also participating in the Assemblies of God Potomac and Penn-Del Districts children’s ministries retreats as well as the North American Children’s Ministries Conference. I look forward to meeting you in my travels.

God bless and quit putting off that continuing education. The cost has never been cheaper nor the information delivered more practical than what we offer at CMUO.com. Take a look and sign up for classes this new year.

Now to close in the words of Tiny Tim, “God bless us, everyone.”

His servant, your servant,

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Episode 24 – Thanksliving, Bus Ministry, Discipline Help, Resource Catalog Preferences

Children's Ministry Talk — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:36:29 +0000

Dick Gruber and Jason Rhode answer questions and comments from Twitter and email, topics including: meeting with leaders, summer planning, ideas for sharing the gospel, and measuring a child’s spiritual growth. They mentioned the following links during the show:

Dick also is giving away a free Thanksgiving comic page! Visit the show notes for Episode 23 at childrensministrytalk.com to download your copy!

Dawn Fenn poses the following questions regarding children’s ministry resource catalog preferences. Leave a comment here with your responses or drop them to us in an email and we’ll pass them along to her…

Do you receive catalogs with resources to help teach/motivate children?
Do you purchase from them?
Do you call to ask for more information before making a purchase?
Are you authorized to make purchases? If not, who is?
What makes you interested in reading a resource catalog?
Do you look for specific sections or read cover-to-cover?
Would you appreciate/value a catalog created specifically for Children’s Ministry Leaders?

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Episode 23 – Leaders, Summer Planning, Gospel Illustrations, Measuring Spiritual Growth, Free Thanksgiving Comic Page

Children's Ministry Talk — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:44:47 +0000

They mentioned the following books:

Theology of Children’s Ministry – Lawrence Richards
Postmodern Children’s Ministry – Ivy Beckwith
Transforming Children into Spiritual Champions – George Barna
Focusing on Children – Dick Gruber
Focusing on Early Childhood – Sharon Ellard

Dick also is giving away a free Thanksgiving comic page! Click the preview below to download your copy!

Drop us an email, leave a comment on the blog, or visit us over on Facebook or Twitter. We’d love to include your comments and questions in our next episode.

Gruber’s Evangel Art: FREE Reproducible Art for Children’s Ministries

Children's Ministry Talk — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:13:43 +0000

Spread the word…Dick Gruber is offering his Evangel Art: Reproducible Art for Children’s Ministries for FREE! This incredible resource includes:

over 40 evangel pages
385 picture words
124 scripture pictures

All artwork is provided in .jpg format and can be easily incorporated into any word processing, desktop publishing, or presentation software. To request a free download of Dick Gruber’s Evangel Art, simply complete the download request form at http://www.cmuo.com/resources/evangelart. You will then receive an email with more details for downloading your free copy.

Looking for more free resources? Dick has also written a song entitled, “The Children’s Pastor’s Prayer” that can be downloaded for free from http://www.cmuo.com/freesong.