With summer coming up, it is time to finish your Church’s summer plans. This will likely include lots of children and youth events. What are the technical needs for all of these events? It could involve your volunteers in any of the following activities and tasks:

• Sound for VBS program events during the day
• Setup for Youth events
• Producing video clips from Youth trips
• Producing video clips from Children’s events

Your Church may have plenty of volunteers, so the load will not be too great on any one person. But be sure to allow for these types of events. Some may even be popup events – i.e. not really planned in advance, just an opportunity. You want to avoid burnout over the summer.

What does your Church offer for children on Sunday mornings? Children’s Church? A children’s sermon or message during adult worship? A separate Children’s center with lots of hands on activities? Or just nursery and/or children’s sunday school classes? Any of these is appropriate, since they free up the parents to participate in worship. The goal of the Church is for everyone to worship and praise God. And there are many ways to do that. The Church should offer as many different ways to grow and worship as there are groups in the membership.

How does technology enter into the picture where children are concerned? If the families separate when they come in the door, then they need to be reunited when they leave. Many Churches use a checkin/checkout system to reconnect parents and children after worship. A small Church can do this on sight, since everyone knows everyone. But what about visitors? Perhaps you could provide a visitor with a brochure on Children’s Ministry and just write the child’s name on it. That way, you know that they “belong” to the parent and you get an opportunity to tell them about other activities and events.