Transforming KidZ Ministry: Advanced Training

Objective: To enrich the understanding of those who influence children so that they facilitate the lifelong process by which the Holy Spirit serves as the child’s teacher, generating an overflow of love toward God, self, and others.

  • Learn how to allow the Holy Spirit to nurture faith in you, and in the children you influence.

    Featured Workshops:

    - Becoming a Transformed Teacher

    - Spiritual Formation Practices of the Teacher

  • Discover how to enrich your preparation of a Bible lesson.

    Featured Workshops:

    - Great Themes of the Bible

    - 5 Big Study Questions

  • Discover how children grow in their love for God and from God.

    Featured Workshops:

    - What is Spiritual Formation in Children?

    - Spiritual Formation in Children Within the 5 Spheres

  • Learn to tell a Bible story with a formational focus.

    Featured Workshops:

    - Anatomy of a Focused Story

    - Stories with One Point

  • Learn to respond to the needs of unique groups of children.

    Featured Workshops:

    - Nurturing Pre-School, Preteen, and Multi-Aged Groups

    - Nurturing Children of Trauma

  • Learn to write and evaluate a formational Bible lesson.

    Featured Workshops:

    - What Makes a Lesson Formational?

    - Good Question!

  • Discover which teaching practices cooperate with the Spirit’s transforming work.

    Featured Workshops:

    - Teacher Beware: Teaching Practices that Distract from Formational Teaching

    - Integrating Spiritual Formation into Your Curriculum

  • Participants plan together and then demonstrate a formational lesson.