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Time Machines From September to December I try things out and learn along the way, wishing I had a time machine so I could go back and try again with the things I’ve learned. Only here’s my secret: I do have a time machine. I call it “January.” And instead of going backwards, it takes [...]

When I began leading our church’s 4th, 5th, and 6th grade ministry, I knew there was a need to give it more definition than just “the ministry that works with preteens.” So I set out to get down on paper what I wanted the ministry to reflect, in its teaching, its structure, its methods, its outcomes – the whole ball of wax. I ended up with eight.

I was challenged this week to get rid of distractions – in my ministry as well as my life. All of us agree that Jesus should be the focus of our preteen ministry. We want our students to find Him and grow closer to Him. But, how much of what we do really points to [...]

Every other Thursday Nick Diliberto interviews one of the co-founders of FourFiveSix about various topics regarding preteen ministry. This week he interviews Mike Sheley and they talk about intentionally designing a preteen ministry space and making a room preteen friendly. Listen to internet radio with CMConnect on Blog Talk Radio

Did we even have to ask? Of course your preteens like music! If you’re looking for a good hub for music videos and media to use in your preteen ministry, check out interlinc. The fantastic folks over at interlinc believe that music is one of the most powerful forces that affect youth today. And we [...]

Every other Thursday Nick Diliberto interviews one of the co-founders of FourFiveSix about various topics regarding preteen ministry. This week he interviews Sean Sweet about the fabulous reinvention of preteen ministry. Listen to internet radio with CMConnect on Blog Talk Radio

This week at Fifty6 we completely abandoned our “normal” programming to give our small group leaders space to spend one-on-one time with their students. And while leaders and students were in and out of a room together, everyone else was divided in four groups (by grade and gender). Throughout the night four of our pastors [...]

Shawn from St. Paul UMC in Florence, South Carolina writes: It may seem simple but we’ve recently seen success in our preteen ministry by removing the old couch from our preteen room and replacing it with colorful bean bag chairs. We have a super small preteen ministry of 6 kids but that is up from [...]

Every other Thursday Nick Diliberto interviews one of the co-founders of FourFiveSix about various topics regarding preteen ministry. This week he interviews Jim Kast-Keat about kicking off your ministry season. Listen to internet radio with CMConnect on Blog Talk Radio