Prepare children for the adult service. Covers key service elements, true worship and its practice, how to teach the concept of giving, how to have an uninterrupted altar service, why puppets and other "entertainment" should be considered secondary, and involving children in ministry.

Iglesia de niños: convierta su circo en un culto (Spanish Edition)

Gruber, Dick

Religion & Spirituality

Gospel Publishing House

<div>Dick Gruber is a noted teacher, convention speaker, shcildren's evangelist, and author of Children's Church: Turning Your Circus int a Service. Dick has served since 1975 as a minister to children and those who serve them. His concern as a parent and fellow servant of children will instill in you a new vision for the winning and discipling of boys and girls.</div>

Focus on Children: A Handbook for Teachers (Focus on Ser.))

Gospel Pub. House

Children's Church: Turning Your Circus into a Service

Are you eager to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with boys and girls? This book provides unique ideas, sound biblical theology, and resources for anyone who wants to reach children for Jesus. Based on hundreds of hours of research and many years of personal experience, Dick Gruber shares from his vast reservoir of knowledge and expertise to enable kids ministry leaders to reach children today. Dr. Gruber shares practical ideas, programs, and ways to promote kids ministry, develop outreach events, and lead a child to Christ. While the material is not all inclusive, it is Bible-based and practical. As anyone who is involved in ministering to children knows, methods constantly evolve to meet the current cultural needs, yet the commission to reach boys and girls remains constant because God loves children. Children still make up the largest, most reachable people group on planet earth. They need a lifelong relationship with loving adults who will continuously model Christian living for them. Let the practical yet deeply spiritual tools in this book motivate you to learn from children, who approach God with simple, genuine faith. Let these resources motivate you to teach and disciple boys and girls to become full-fledged members of the faith community.

Foundations of Children's Evangelism

Logion Press

In 1992 Dick Gruber's Children's Church: Turning Your Circus into a Service hit the market, challenging children's leaders worldwide. Gruber's experience and insight have provided godly direction for the children's church service to generations of children's leaders. The practical application of that work is still being realized in churches today. In Cultivating a Cutting-Edge Children's Church, Gruber has reviewed and updated the core of his first book, adding more insights, more information, and more inspiration for children's leaders of today and for those of the future. This book will help the children's church leader develop a life-changing service in which boys and girls will be inspired to worship, develop ministry gifts, and respond to the work of God's Holy Spirit. Gruber's heart for children and those who serve them is evident on every page of this writing.

Cultivating a Cutting-Edge Children's Church

Morning Joy Media