Doing kid ministry has commonality wherever you do it. North, South, East or West; there are some things that never change. If you are a Children's Minister: you never have enough volunteers to serve in the nursery, you have too many volunteers to chaperone summer camp, you have at least one family that thinks rules are for others and the debate over wheter to have Children's Church or not comes up at least once a week.
With that being said, I could not imagine doing anything else. Last week I baptized a child and thisweek another comes to make her profession of faith public. Seeing young people realize their need for a Savior pumps me up like nothing else. I get very excited when these children trust me enough to be a part of this HUGE decision.
To have a family entrust their child's spiritual direction to you is and should be a big deal.
So, I ask this question to simply spark a thought. Have you ever created an environment that encouraged a child (or any person) to raise their hand or walk an aisle to "ask Jesus in their heart" that you did not have personal knowledge of their spiritual maturity, or have had a one on one conversation with them?
I have seen too many times where people want to pad their numbers or feel good about themselves and create a situation that Johnny goes down because Jimmy did. Or, Sally wants to beat Susue to the baptistry.
Be very careful how you do invitaions with kids. They are impressionable and will follow the crowd in a heartbeat.
I for one do not want a child growing up with a false sense of security because I did the wrong thing.
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