Leadership tools

Growing and leading a great team of leaders takes time, prayer, perseverance, wisdom and many coffees! 

2023 Wall planners

Planning for 2023? We've put together a wall planner you can download, and print off as many copies your heart desires. It's set up as an A3, but you can always ask your local printer to print it larger for you. It has school holidays, liturgical colours, and special Sunday detail. Enjoy!

Wall planner for home/office printing

Where is your children and families' ministry heading?

MAP Your MINISTRY toolkit

Leadership podcasts

Faith Forward talks (2014 and 2015)

• Ivy Beckwith + David Csinos - Mega Chuches, Dark Nights and Wonder Bread Communion
• Andrew Root - What is the Theological Turn in Youth Ministry?
• Leslie Nugent - Radical Welcome: Breaking Down Barriers in Sunday Worship 
• Mark Yaconelli - Why Recalling Sacred Presence Matters to Young People

Parenting Cue Live Monthly podcasts, including 

• Raising Technologically Responsible Kids
• It Takes A Village
• Growing A Kid's Faith​

Supporting your team

Recruiting Young Leaders
Recruiting and Keeping Young Leaders

Thank you
We put together these printable thank you cards for National Volunteer Week. Print them off one sided, and write a personal note on the back. Drop them off to your volunteers, stuck to their favourite treat.

Safe Practices
We recommend that all your team members are trained in child protection issues and are given tools to recognise child abuse. All team leaders should be trained in how to support their team members, run safe programmes, respond well in emergency situations and ensure safe environments. For more information, see our Safety page

Special Needs

• Want to make your children and youth ministry inclusive? Urban Saints have some ideas here

Diocese of Wellington Leadership Curriculum

Bishop Justin and Bishop Ellie, and their team at the Wellington Diocese, have put together a leadership curriculum, and have kindly shared some of the teaching videos on their YouTube channel. You can find more information and more videos here

​Video 1: The Why

​Video 2: Kairos Circle

​Video 12: Confronting the Brutal Facts

The New Zealand Children's Ministry Network is a group of passionate children's ministry leaders across Aotearoa New Zealand. We're proud to be a part of the whānau. 

NZCMN.org.nz