It’s time to start planning children’s ministry for the school year. Most church calendars go September to August, so I’ll spend the next couple of weeks giving you helpful planning advise.

Project Management is an essential tool for children’s pastors. Children’s ministry is filled with huge projects that can’t be done effectively without project management. Some projects include Christmas and Easter programs, discipleship programs, holiday events such as a Halleluia Costume Carnival, Easter Egg Hunt and Back to School Bash, summer outreach, missions projects, choir, drama – the list goes on to infinity.

Most children’s pastors haven’t been trained with the skills they need to manage all these projects, but they can learn these skills. Here’s a series of blog posts to help you learn project management for children’s pastors.

Part 1: Introduction and Scope

Part 2: Resources and Team Building

Part 3: List Your Steps

Part 4: Work Your Plan