How are we going at passing on our faith to our young people in a secular world that sees God as irrelevant? A world that encourages self-sufficiency and self-expression as the purpose and goal of human life. God gave His people clear instructions about how to pass on their faith to their children in Deuteronomy 6 in the Bible. It’s as relevant today as it was in Moses’ day. Greg Priebbenow, an Australian pastor in the Lutheran tradition writes: we make a faith impression by talking about our faith as part of our daily lives – at the dinner table, while cooking or doing the dishes or gardening or cleaning, while travelling in the car, while on outings and holidays. If faith is a “whole of life” thing, then “God-talk” can and will happen anywhere and anytime. Sounds like KidsHubs!
Following an animated Jesus!
5 brand new animations called ‘Following Jesus’ have been uploaded to www.kidshubtv.com.
Episode 1 shows a locust-munching John the Baptist and an engaging Jesus drawing crowds and fisherman. Watch them online or view them on a smartphone using the Max7 App. There are dynamic children’s ministry lessons to go along with the videos on Max7.org. Let us know what you think of them at the KidsHubTV Facebook page.
KidsHub Media training
25 enthusiastic leaders aged 14 – 25 years from 2 churches took leave from their school or college to attend a 2-day KidsHubs Media training in Chennai, India. Ramesh and Mike, two experienced KidsHubs trainers & ministry champions led the packed program taking them through all aspects of creating a video from shot timing & framing, lighting & basic editing & sound to storyboarding. Mike enthused, “We saw a tremendous change in the quality of the videos…they were quick to learn and implement the skills they were taught.”
Mike and Ramesh have led trainings & spoken to many churches & ministry networks sharing the vision of discipleship. Mike stated, “There is still a need to help deepen and broaden the understanding of the need to disciple children, and we realise that one of the powerful ways we can help facilitate this process is through KidsHubs, where young leaders interact with children on a regular basis and thereby both train and disciple them at the same time.”
You can download the KidsHubs Media manual that Mike & Ramesh used in English or Tamil.
Computer KidsHubs
In South Asia a dedicated team have been running Computer KidsHubs in 2 regions with 549 children involved. They have made use of the introductory Computers sessions on KidsHubs and then added touch-typing using Bible passages. They are looking to create more sessions on how to use Powerpoint. Go team!
20 Ways To Engage Adult Learners
You look at your participants during your training – eyes glaze over, heads nod with sleep. You wonder if anyone is listening… We all relate to this experience! Research shows that adults (as well as children) need experiential, “hands-on” activities to make learning meaningful.
Every Child, Every Community!
Imagine every child in every community having the opportunity to know someone who can introduce them to Jesus and disciple them. This is the dream behind the 1for50 global training initiative. 1for50 seeks to multiply training to those local people who can share with children the life-changing love of Jesus.
1for50 and KidsHubs were both ‘birthed’ by people like you, gathering together at the Global Children’s Forum (GCF) to dream up what discipling children could look like in today’s world. And we can all be part of it. Follow these links to download tools to help you share this God-sized dream with others in the Body of Christ.
- Want to run your own KidsHub? Check out this How to Start a KidsHub guide.
- For those who are new to the incredible global training initiative called 1for50, you might find this brochure helpful in getting an overview of the vision and strategy of this project.
1for50 Imagine Brochure - This excellent video will help you to share the importance of children in the 4-14 Window.
Introduction to the 4/14 Window Movement Video
New Training Resources
Do you want to run a KidsHubs training in your church or community? Brand new, easy-to-use training guides have just been uploaded. All you need to run an interactive and informative half day vision casting or full 3 – 5 day training for KidsHubs are in the new guides available here.
Trainings Around the Globe
The month of June was busy for KidsHub trainers. Trainings were run in India, Malaysia, Thailand and Nigeria.
Malaysia
Chennai India
Malaysia: 3 KidsHubs trainings were conducted in Malaysia. 60 leaders took part in the training run by the creative Children’s ministry leader Ramesh from Chennai, India. He also ran sessions for children in 5 different locations with a total of 300 children participating.
Chennai: Ramesh also trained 42 teachers from 4 churches at a 1-day training for leaders organized by the Church of South India in Chennai.
Thailand: Pearl Ganta from India facilitated KidsHubs workshops at the GCM EQUIP training conference in Thailand. There were 15 representatives from various organizations who participated in each KidsHub workshop. The participants were amazed at how relevant & interesting a KidsHub session was, stating it was anointed and fully involved the child. KidsHubs has now been asked to conduct trainings in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Nagaland in India; Myanmar, Indonesia, Mongolia and South America.
Nigeria: 41 trainers from across Nigeria attended the KidsHubs Training of Trainers. Richard & Edwin from Uganda and Emmanuel and team from Liberia facilitated the training. One discouraged children’s leader who had given up teaching children due to challenges came to the training. Nosa one of the organisers of the training said the children’s leader was so encouraged, “she resolved that when she returns back home she will continue discipling the children due to the knowledge and the renewed zeal and motivation she had received.”
KidsHubs Madagascar
KidsHubTV in Madagascar has taken a new turn. The children trained in media continue to produce songs, dramas and various other resources every month and make it available to children, ministries and churches via DVD. The team in Madagascar said “it is always encouraging to see children’s ministry led by children”.
KidsHubs and 1for50 movement
The 1for50 movement sees the possibility of sharing KidsHubs in their training of trainers across the globe. 1for50’s goal is to see a trained children’s ministry leader for every 50 children around the world. They believe KidsHubs is a great tool for their trainers to equip the children to reach out to their peers. 1for50 has a presence all over Asia, Africa and America. KidsHubs materials will be added on 
1for50share.net and made available to a wider network of trainers.