Family Ministry

Keith Ferrin / October 10, 2018

HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT: My New Book is HERE!

Are you in Family Ministry? A children’s pastor. A youth pastor. A volunteer. A Sunday School teacher. A nursery coordinator. A Christian school teacher or administrator. If you are involved in Family Ministry in any way…you have to read this book! (You’ll see how I can say this without reservation in a second.)

The Expert Interviews: All About Family Ministry is now available (earlier than I was expecting)!

This is going to be a fun month. I’m going to lay it all out for you below:

The Backstory
The 20 Questions Answered (and the Experts Who Answer Them)
The FREE All About Family Ministry Online Portal
The Special LIVE Events This Month
The “Launch Special” (ONLY Available in October)

Keith Ferrin / October 18, 2017

49 Identity Messages Your Kids Need to Know

Do your kids – or students, neighbors, nephews, nieces, or grandchildren – know who they are? Do you know who you are? Not know as in I-understand-this-in-my-brain, but know as in I-live-into-this-truth-more-each-day.

A while back I wrote a post about five simple ways to connect your kids with the Bible as school starts. (Feel free to give it a read. I’ll wait.) While our family has done all of these in some form, the “new one” that Kari and I have been implementing is taping a Bible verse right in the middle of the bathroom mirror for the kids to see when they wake up. [Read more…] about 49 Identity Messages Your Kids Need to Know

Keith Ferrin / July 5, 2017

Launch Week for “Bible Praying for Parents” Starts TODAY! (And I’m giving you an extra book for free to celebrate!)

Today is the big day! Judy (my co-author) and I have been talking about this for years. Now it’s here.

Bible Praying for Parents launches today.

I was so excited I decided to record a short video about it! Take a look and then keep reading to find out how you can get a free copy of my other book for parents (Like Ice Cream).

Here is how to get your free copy of Like Ice Cream:

Keith Ferrin / June 7, 2017

A First Look at My New Book (and some free parts)

Coming out with a new book is exciting. Announcing it to the world is exciting. Giving part of it away is really exciting! Today is in the “really exciting” category!

The book is called Bible Praying for Parents and I co-wrote it with Judy Fetzer (more on her a few inches down the page). Simply put, “Bible Praying” is taking the actual words of Scripture and praying them over your kids.

Here’s the deal…

We know we need to pray for our kids.
We want to pray for our kids.
We don’t pray for our kids enough (or we say the same prayers over and over).

And so…

With Bible Praying, we know we’re praying God’s will. (After all, He wrote it!)
With Bible Praying, there are 365 unique prayers covering every aspect of your child’s life.
With Bible Praying, you’ll be in the Word more yourself. (And you might start praying these prayers for yourself. Win-Win!)

Ok…let’s get down to the nitty-gritty.

My Co-Author

I have known Judy Fetzer for the better part of two decades. She is the original idea-generator for Bible Praying. (More on how that happened in her “note” below.) Here’s the short description from the back cover:

Judy Fetzer is a wife and mother of three. She spent many years involved with the Moms in Prayer prayer groups in her children’s schools. She currently works at Northwest University in Kirkland, WA.

The Cover

Do you want to be on the Launch Team?

We start the book with a note from each of us. I thought I’d go ahead and put the entire content of those pages here. After all, we’re self-publishing this one, so I’m not breaking any copyright laws. Doh! [Read more…] about A First Look at My New Book (and some free parts)

Keith Ferrin / September 7, 2016

5 Simple Ways to Connect Your Kids With the Bible As School Starts

Are your kids in school yet? Some of you started almost a month ago. (Sorry.) Our kids started yesterday.

NOTE: I have updated and re-posted this each of the last few years. This year, I have included a free PDF that takes these principles and put them into an applicable-all-year-round format so you can use it and share it anytime. I’ve also included a link to my eBook – 49 Identity Messages Your Kids Need to Know – that goes along with #1. I’d love to hear how you’re making the connection between your kids, the Bible, and school in the comments below. Enjoy!

If I had to choose one word to describe the first month of the school year it would be: HECTIC.

The pace is insane, isn’t it? Here’s a glimpse at life with the Ferrin Five:

Two kids in middle school.
A third in elementary school (with a different start/end time of course).
Three soccer teams.
A wife who teaches kindergarten.
My busiest travel season of the year.
Squeezed in between we all have to eat, clean, do laundry, etc., etc.

As I said…HECTIC. Where does the Bible fit into all this? Especially for our kids?! For me, I can get up early and grab some coffee, my Bible, and a corner of the couch. But I want my kids to connect with God and His Word as well. So…what can we do? [Read more…] about 5 Simple Ways to Connect Your Kids With the Bible As School Starts

Keith Ferrin / August 3, 2016

If You're a Kidmin Leader – or Know One – You NEED to Hear This

There are lots of books about doing KidMin. There are very few about leading Kidmin. If you are a KidMin leader – family pastor, nursery leader, volunteer, or anything else in family ministry – you need to read Leading KidMin: How to Drive Real Change in Children’s Ministry.

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The two authors – Pat Cimo and Matt Markins – know what they’re talking about. Pat is the Director of Marriage and Family Life at Willow Creek and Matt is the Vice President of Ministry Resources at Awana. Between them, they have over five decades of KidMin experience.

I had the chance to sit down with both of them and talk about the state of KidMin – and specifically – how to help the leader stay healthy, last a long time, and lead lasting change.

Simply put: This book is fantastic! Watch the interview, then please, grab a copy today!

If you’re a KidMin leader – or know one – you need to watch this interview! #KidMin

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Here are the questions they answer in this interview:

Why did you write Leading Kidmin?
What do you hope this book accomplishes for the reader and the KidMin community?
Tell me about the research that went into this project?
What is your favorite chapter? (BTW…They have different answers!)
What are the practical pieces that will really help the KidMin leader?
What’s this new “KidMin Dashboard” you created (and included)?
Is this for larger churches, smaller churches, or both?
What did you find the most encouraging as your researched and wrote?

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Finally…a KidMin book about #leading not just doing Kidmin! #LeadingKidMin

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