Looking for a few game ideas that will have the kids talking about all week? Try using a game that involves making a mess! Anyone who has ever worked with children know that messy anything is alway…
The Bible's Jonah Crafts for your kids. A fun DIY post from Seattle area family lifestyle blog Long Wait For Isabella.
Looking for a few game ideas that will have the kids talking about all week? Try using a game that involves making a mess! Anyone who has ever worked with children know that messy anything is alway…
Object lessons are fun and quick ways to engage with the timeless truths of Scripture. These Bible object lessons for kids are quick and entertaining (and sometimes delicious) ways to teach a Biblical principle and make it stick. What is a Bible Object Lesson? An object lesson is a teaching method that uses a physical… Read More »Bible Object Lessons for Kids
Time Out Alternatives How fun is this mind jar? I found this idea on a blog called Here We Are Together. She explains that "A Mind Jar is a meditation tool to use whenever a child feels stressed, overwhelmed or upset. Imagine the glitter as your thoughts. When you shake the jar, imagine your head full
Looking for a few game ideas that will have the kids talking about all week? Try using a game that involves making a mess! Anyone who has ever worked with children know that messy anything is alway…
Family Fun: Messy Games!
Showing hospitality often tends to be one of those things we write off as letting someone else in the church handle. We think our home is too small or too messy, or that we aren’t wired for that personality-wise. It’s easy to talk ourselves out of making an effort before it’s even an opportunity. But hospitality simply means “the friendly and generous reception and entertainment of guests, visitors or strangers.” So, see? That’s not so hard! As it happens, some of the more introverted personalities tend to stick to the background in church settings, serving in a behind-the-scenes manner. There are plenty of needs to meet in this way, but in doing so, they’re writing off blessings of hospitality out of fear and anxiety. Personality differences aside, all believers and followers of Christ are to show hospitality. It’s part of sharing the Gospel, and being the hands and feet of Jesus. Here are five ways introverts can easily show hospitality and bless others.
Looking for a few game ideas that will have the kids talking about all week? Try using a game that involves making a mess! Anyone who has ever worked with children know that messy anything is alway…
If you want to offer an absorbing and challenging way for children to explore the story of Zacchaeus, then look no further. This is a great...
Homemade Challah bread recipe that's so delicious it will disappear in minutes. Everybody asks for this family "secret" recipe!
Gather a pipe cleaner and Cheerios®. Bend one end of the pipe cleaner to resemble a shepherd’...
Looking for quick Christian crafts to reinforce who God is, or what God has done? These are two great Christian crafts are GREAT for multi-aged kids.
Turn cardboard tubes and glitter into sparkly fish, then hang them as a mobile. It's a wonderful project for Sunday School or VBS.
Here are some ideas for exploring this passage... This session was used with a group of children ranging in age from 2-10 so there are lots of hands on things to do! Memory verse hunt: Cut out the words of the memory verse below and hide words around the room. Everyone will know that you are my followers if you love each other. John 13: 35 Children find words and have to make the verse when all words have been collected. Make up actions to try and remember the verse. Make bookmarks using the memory verse. Make hearts using thumbprints Talk about: What is love? Talk about love for friends and family. How do we show that we love each other? Jesus showed love for Peter. Even though Peter denied him, Jesus forgave him and gave him a job to do and Peter went on to do great work for God (we had been looking at some stories involving Peter in the previous weeks, so the children would have been familiar with his story) Who loves you? How do you know? Why would we want people to know that we are Jesus' followers? Make: Some of the things the Bible says love is... protecting not selfish trusting hopeful kind patient not jealous keeps trying Make a mobile using these words and any others you can think of to do with showing love to others. Other ideas: Sewing hearts with wool. Tissue paper heart collage Pray: Spreading Hearts Prayer (click on the link for details!)
Yesterday we had an amazing time with our 5-11s as we continued our exploration of what worship is and why we do it. We really believe in allowing children the freedom to explore their relationship with God and to find ways that work for them that might not necessarily work for others! This means that we try to show them a lot of different methods and let them experiment before they make a decision as to what they like. In terms of worship, we've been trying to show them that sung worship is only one of many ways they can celebrate God and how amazing He is! Here are the various worship stations set up by Tanya for them to try... Communion Space Creative Space Reading Space Holy Space Building space Seeing space The children absolutely loved this and it was a real shame to have to bring the session to an end! Each child travelled around the stations at their own pace and some only made it to two or three! The discussions that arose as they fed back on what they had experienced showed a real depth of involvement and has helped us to plan next week's session that will take them even further into the exploration!
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Here are a variety of worship response stations that you can adapt for your ministry context.
This paper fish craft is a great craft for Messy Church, Sunday school, or family Bible study time. We’re using this craft in our Messy Church session this month to talk about the 5th day of creation (when God made all the water creatures and the flying creatures). My kids LOVE this craft because the… Read More »Easy Paper Fish Craft for Kids
Friends Stick Together (The Story of Ruth and Naomi) Bible Verse: The Book of Ruth Scripture References: Proverbs 17:17 Printable Bible Verse Cards: Print onto card stock, write the Bible verse on the cards, and make copies. KJV Card Pattern NIV Card Pattern The children can also make file…
Did you know that Japan celebrates Children's Day on May 5th? We've got arts, crafts and cultural ideas to share with your family.
A quick and easy craft I made yesterday with Earlybird: We glued a white dove cut-out (with flaming tail) to a red balloon, and added a few red streamers for flourish ... Then we tied it to our deck where...
Thanks again to Catholic Icing’s Blog of Preschool projects ! We’ll be making these this Holy Week. Click the titles for links to the compl...
Use the Jesus In Temple Fill in the Blank as a fun activity for your next children's sermon.
This Sunday we had a Wise and Foolish Builders themed Messy church and things did, indeed, get a bit messy! Here are some of the things we...
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Let’s face it, we’ve all been there…..you have a group of kids in front of you at church and you have already ran out of everything you planned for the service. Instead of offering the kids f…
The Forgiveness Heart: A focal point of a retreat weekend I work is the Forgiveness Service on Saturday night. During the day, guests receive a strip of cloth and a piece of chalk to write down people, events, and/or situations they need and want to forgive. That nig…
In our journey through the Old Testament this term, we have made it to David and Goliath. We focussed this session on the idea of God doing amazing things and helping us when we trust him. After telling the story we decorated some stones, to remember how David used something so small to make such a big impact. Children then had lots of options to play around the themes of the story: Using jigsaws and containers to explore big and small things... ...and walking around on giant cardboard feet (they loved this!) The children could practice their throwing at the bean bag targets... ...and have a go with the paper ball catapults. Click here to see the original idea. We also had a lovely fluffy sheep to play with! To finish, we prayed with a bubble sword. The sword is a symbol of God's power to help us. As the children popped the bubbles we asked God to help us be brave like David, and trust in Him.
it all started with this... and a request for some "silver tape". to make this, a monster tail... but then, monsters need big feet, right? and the look is complete... monsters do need a snack, too...
This camel dot to dot puzzle comes in three variations - numbers, lower case alphabet and upper case alphabet - making it useful for practising skills as well as fun!
Looking for a few game ideas that will have the kids talking about all week? Try using a game that involves making a mess! Anyone who has ever worked with children know that messy anything is alway…
Lesson on Samuel listening when God calls his name from I Samuel 3. Uses activities, drama and a snack along. Story is told with Power point using the animations tab.