by Billy Burns | Jun 26, 2017 | Children's Ministry, Leadership, Vision, Walk of the Spirit
Want to know God’s expectation for every pastor, children’s/youth ministry pastor, Sunday school teacher, and mid-week Bible club teacher? It doesn’t take paragraph after paragraph to tell His purpose for you stepping into a ministry opportunity....
by Billy Burns | Jun 12, 2017 | Children's Ministry, God's Promises, Leadership, The Baptism in the Holy Spirit, Walk of the Spirit
I am one blessed person. I was raised (and reared … but that is for a different blog post) in a Christian home by two Jesus-loving, Spirit-filled parents who knew the importance of continually being in church services (again … another possible future blog...
by Billy Burns | Jun 5, 2017 | Children's Ministry, God's Promises, The Baptism in the Holy Spirit, Walk of the Spirit
Before you get into reading this blog post, I need to apologize. I know that what I am going to share is so, so simple and yet, perhaps so simple that it is overlooked and ignored in many children’s ministries. Here are some facts … If a child is capable...
by Billy Burns | May 22, 2017 | Children's Ministry, Revival, Walk of the Spirit
In a day where the church is driven by formulas, let me share a can’t miss “formula” for filling a church to capacity, seeing altars lined with penitent sinners, having walls covered with no-longer-needed braces and wheelchairs, experiencing...
by Billy Burns | Apr 24, 2017 | Children's Ministry, Walk of the Spirit
The Word of God constantly amazes me. Like you, I’ve read and reread the Bible and, still to this day through the enablement of the Holy Spirit, I see things that I’ve never noticed before. It almost makes me want to double-check to see if the ink has...
by Billy Burns | Apr 3, 2017 | Children's Ministry, Leadership
If you have been in the children’s or student ministry for any length of time, you have probably heard comments from well-meaning people that minimize the importance of your ministry. You’ve heard the “it’s just kids” or the “when...