Is your Children's Ministry looking a little tired? Do you feel like you need something different, a new direction but are not sure the way to go about it? We may have the answer for you. Pastor David Goodwin, International Director of Kidsreach and children's Ministry Consultant, has had over 30 years of Children's Ministry experience.

David can come to your church and prepare a report on your total children's ministry. He will talk with your senior minister and church leadership and children's ministry team. He will observe your children's ministry in action at all levels and will talk to randomly chosen children and parents.

From that, he will make observations and will prepare a report (usually not less than 30 pages) that will contain a summary of his observations and give recommendations on things that could greatly enhance your children's ministry. These will include:

• Facilities - how you can best utilize and enhance what you have now and some advice to the future.
• Safety and Protection protocol. Help with your Duty of Care policy.
• Program and curriculum - is it suited to the children you have? Every group of children has different needs. Is the curriculum you are using now, best suited to the needs of your children and is it the best value for your money?
• Leadership style and leadership issues.
• Relationship between adult church and children's church.
• Vision and core values of the church - how is children's church flowing with the vision of the whole church.
• Evangelism - recommendations on how to evangelise children according to the needs of your area.

What will be required from you:

• The invitation to do a consultancy must come from your Senior Minister as it will be to him or her that the report will be presented.
• Access to speak to your church leaders and children's ministry leaders in an open and frank manner and to speak to some randomly selected parents.
• Access to visit your children's ministry program, view facilities and observe program.
• Larger churches will need two Sundays plus midweek appointments and a meeting with leaders. Smaller churches may need only one Sunday but the same midweek appointments.

Fee Schedule

There is a fee charged for this service, depending on the size of the church. Larger churches are more complex and therefore will require more time. In addition to all transport and accommodation costs (David is happy to be billeted) the following fees apply:

• Churches of less than 100 adults and children attending on Sunday - $1000
• Churches of more than 100 adults and children but less than 300 attending on Sunday - $1100
• Churches of more than 300 adults and children but less than 500 attending on Sunday - $1400
• Churches of more than 500 adults and children attending on Sunday but less than 1000 - $2000.
• Churches of over 1000 adults and children by negotiation.

All fees are current at 1 June 2008, exclude GST (if applicable) and are subject to change.

David is also happy to do any training seminars you may want, while he is in your area.