Thank you for taking a look at the second edition of our free E-magazine. The articles in this issue confirm the creativity, spiritual insight and practical applications that children's ministry leaders offer. Please feel free to forward the E-magazine to a friend.

I hope you have registered at www.incm.org for the Nashville or San Diego Children's Pastors' Conference. Please use the code EMG108 for a rebate on your registration. The San Diego Early Bird deadline is November 17. Hotel discount codes are listed on the website registration pages. You'll need the code to get the negotiated hotel rate. The 2009 CPC registration numbers indicate that children's ministry leaders are "voting" for CPC!

Five years ago we moved 2,000 miles away to a new state and new culture. We came from a larger church that was doing well, biblically sound and contemporary in approach. Our new church is also biblically solid but more conservative and little vision for the potential of children's ministry. A notice in the church bulletin asks parents not to bring children into the worship service. Read More

Worship is a bit of an enigma, despite the fact that it is key component of our faith and we use it regularly. I am currently enrolled in a graduate level program at Liberty University where I am studying worship arts. In my twenty-plus credit hours of lectures and classroom interaction, I have heard many definitions of the word…each different. Read More