Guarding Your Heart Archive

We’ve all experienced the pain of heartbreak. It hurts. A lot. Children experience heartbreak, too. Jenny Funderburke reminds us that there is a hurting child in our ministry right now. She shares five simple ways to minister to the brokenhearted. There is a hurting child in your world. You may know he’s hurting, you may not. He might be in your neighborhood. He might be in the …

Children’s ministry “Typically is the largest single group in the church being served,” writes Greg Baird. It has the largest need of volunteers to recruit, train, and manage. It deals with the most treasured part of a family’s life – children. The rewards are great, but the demands are great. It is sometimes viewed as the least valuable ministry in the church. Many children’s pastors are overwhelmed, overworked, underpaid, …