My church just finished our annual mission emphasis events. This year’s theme was “imissions” and teaching focused on how missionaries use technology to advance the gospel. I work with the 1st-4th graders throughout the year to keep missions in the forefront of their minds and hearts.  Because kids are so computer savvy (and because our [...]

According to the UN Convention of Children Rights, recruiting and using children under 18 as soldiers has been illegal since February 12, 2002. Nine years later, many countries have yet to ratify the treaty. Others do not enforce it. On February 12, children and youth around the world will stand against the recruitment and use [...]

Fair trade could help millions of children just like these two: I’m 7 years old and I work on a coffee plantation in Kenya. I have to reach up high to pick the ripe, red beans off of the coffee plants. To keep away bugs, the farmer sprayed the coffee plants with poisonous pesticides. About [...]

Each February, thousands of boys and girls in grades 1-6 participate in hands-on ministry projects in their own community on the same day — Children’s Ministry Day®. This year’s event is on February 19!  From feeding hungry people to visiting shut-ins, children across America follow God’s command to “put your love into action” (1 John [...]

Looking for a creative way to help your church understand God’s heart for the nations and the state of missions today? Do I have the book for you. The Kids’ Mission Skits book has 20 highly motivational dramas that can be presented to children or adult audiences. This book has been updated to reflect current [...]

If you don’t have a 2011 calendar yet, (I always wait to buy mine after New Year’s when they’re half off) here’s one to consider, especially if you have a heart for the people of China. This year’s Intercessors for China wall calendar has the theme “Children and the Fight for Joy.” There are adorable [...]

With the launch of the new edition of Operation World, adults can join a 60-day prayer movement to intercede for the nations and ask God to fill the earth with his glory. What about the kids? Here are some great resources to get children involved in praying for their peers around of the world, especially [...]

Jolly Old St. Nicholas — did he really smoke a pipe and have a stomach that shook like a bowlful of jelly? Voice of the Martyrs produced a 40-page storybook that  teaches kids about Nicholas of Myra, the real man behind the legend of Santa Claus: The Story of St. Nicholas: More Than Reindeer and [...]

Many children in the world, including the United States, do not have enough of the right kinds of foods to develop and grow in a healthy manner. I found a great book that introduces grade-school children to the issue of food security: The Good Garden: How One Family Went From Hunger to Having Enough by [...]

Burma (Myanmar) is one of the poorest countries in Southeast Asia. In 2008, a cyclone wiped out villages, destroyed crops, and devastated farmland. Millions of people were left homeless and without a reliable source of food or water.  Now, in an effort to squelch opposition to the current government, the Burmese military is carrying out [...]