Equip - NEXT

The 6-week guided course that continues your children’s ministry certificate journey

The next Equip NEXT cohort will launch in November of 2018.

Check back for updated information this fall!

Equip NEXT is for students who have successfully completed the Equip Starter Course, and desire to continue in their Equip training. Equip NEXT provides students the opportunity to deepen their leadership journey, keep moving forward in their skill development, and grow in their understanding of children's and family ministry.


Equip Next training will focus of the following modules:

- Leadership Choices

- When the Church is Not the Church

- Family Ministry Pie

- Win at Recruiting Volunteers

- Welcoming Children with Sensory Processing Difficulties

- Releasing Learning Styles to Maximize Ministry


Your Instructor


Shelley Henning
Shelley Henning

Shelley Henning serves as Community Support Specialist for INCM. She brings a heart to serve and equip the kidmin community, working through the initiatives of Kidmin.com, Dispatch, and Children’s Ministry Certification. Shelley discovered her passion for children’s ministry in her teens and was called to full-time ministry shortly after. Prior to joining INCM, she served as the Interim Executive Director of the Church Leadership Center, working to establish training initiatives for church lay leaders. She is a published author and kidmin veteran, having served as a Children's Pastor in both large and small churches in Michigan for nearly two decades. Shelley and her husband Mike have four children that they adore walking through life with!


Course Curriculum


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