Laying down the law
By Ivy is the author of Formational Children’s ministry: Shaping Children Using Story, Ritual and Relationship (Baker Books, 2010) and Postmodern Children’s Ministry: Ministry to Children in the 21st Century (Zondervan, 2004).
2017-01-19T00:00:00
One of the most demoralising situations for any children’s ministry volunteer is working with an out of control group of children. The volunteer can leave the undisciplined group feeling like nothing of importance was accomplished because the whole time was spent pleading with the children to be good. Perhaps the volunteer can feel like they are in the wrong position; ‘I’m not suited to this,’ they might think, and hand in their resignation.