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Easy to do Halloween alternative

By CMIV

We belong to a SMALL church, and there are not many people ready to volunteer to run drawings, games and booths. What they are willing to do is sit in a chair at the trunk of their cars, handing out candy to children in the church parking lot.

What you do is have the willing, decorate their car with fall decorations or even a few creepy creatures. One that I saw even had a DVD player playing “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown” out of their mini van. Anyway, they park the cars side by side so all of the trunks are facing the same direction and kids “Trunk or Treat” at the cars. It saves parents the hassel of driving them all over and it’s an outreach all in one. by Kris Bone

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The Lazarus Race

By mmurphy

Supplies:
Upbeat Children’s Christian music
A package of cheap toilet paper.
Small prizes in a prize chest

Pick 3 girls and 3 boys One child will be Lazarus, the other two will wrap Lazarus in toilet paper to imitate the burial wrappings of the bible time period. Turn music on and the race begins. The first team finished wrapping up Lazarus using the entire roll of toilet paper wins. Let the winning team pick prizes first, then the losing team. by Melissa Murphy

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All Things are Possible with God - Scientific Object Lesson

By DanielBriere

The Mad Scientist Presents: MAD ABOUT JESUS: Scientific Object Lessons to Teach Biblical Truths By Daniel A. Briere

Object Lesson 10: “All Things are Possible with God”

LESSON:

We are powerless by ourselves, but with God we are strong.

SUMMARY:

Just as air has the power to crush a can of soda or suspend a ping-pong ball in mid-air, so God has the power to do all things. We are powerless, but God’s power protects those he loves, for all things are possible with God. » I want to read more! »

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God of the Incredible

By anglemyer

2 Kings 6:1-7; "The company of the prophets said to Elisha, Look, the place where we meet with you is too small for us. Let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a pole; and let us build a place there for us to live. And he said, Go.

Then one of them said, Won’t you please come with your servants? I will, Elisha replied. And he went with them. They went to the Jordan and began to cut down trees. As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axhead fell into the water. Oh, my lord, he cried out, it was borrowed!

The man of God asked, Where did it fall? When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick and threw it there, and made the iron float. 7 Lift it out, he said. Then the man reached out his hand and took it."

1. God will do incredible things for you! Our God is the God of the incredible! If you have a desperate situation and things look hopeless; your right smack in the center of the place where incredible things happen. » I want to read more! »

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Lick and Stick

By CMIV

This game is absolutely hilarious! All you need is large marshmallows and some adventurous kids. Do it as a race - each child must lick the end of the marshmallow and stick it to their foreheads. Then they run back and forth to whatever start and finish line you have set up without having the marshmallow fall off. If the marshmallow does fall off then they must stop and stick again then continue the race. This one surprised me the first time I played because not only do the marshmallows stick very well most of the kids ate the marshmallow after their race was done! by Deb Ulm

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The Shepherd Knows His Flock - Scientific Object Lesson

By DanielBriere

The Mad Scientist Presents: MAD ABOUT JESUS: Scientific Object Lessons to Teach Biblical Truths By Daniel A. Briere

Object Lesson 9: "The Shepherd Knows His Flock"

LESSON :

Do not live your life to convince others, for only God knows your heart.

SUMMARY :

Many people spend their lives trying to convince others they are worthy of the kingdom of heaven. They may try to impress others by going to church each Sunday, giving lots of money to charity, and speaking no lies or dirty language. But this alone does not make them a Christian. It does not save, because we are not the judges. In this experiment, a series of optical illusions, specialized rubber balls, and a simple egg trick will demonstrate our inability to properly judge people, because we do not know their hearts. While we may look alike and even act alike, only Jesus really knows us. It is our personal relationship with Jesus that saves us, for the shepherd knows his flock. » I want to read more! »

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Are Your Children Excited to be in God’s House?

By grlinn

This Children’s Ministry Leadership Insight was originally written for a ‘Word of Challenge’ as a part of the Children’s Ministry Today E-Newsletter around the Labor Day holiday weekend in the U.S. and has been slightly adapted to fit the Children’s Ministry Inspiration Vault format.

Kids are beginning a new year of school, the fall season is upon us. It is another season of change. Change! It is a word almost too often heard, especially in the U.S. during this current political atmosphere, but one that is very important for us to consider. What is change? As mentioned a moment ago, the word is so often used but very seldom explained or defined as to what should be, should not be, is, or is not changing.

Let’s jump right into this thought without any more hesitation. If you knew for certain that this was your last weekend to minister to the children in your church, what would you change? What would you do differently? » I want to read more! »

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Only the Penitent Man Shall Pass - Scientific Object Lesson

By DanielBriere

The Mad Scientist Presents: MAD ABOUT JESUS: Scientific Object Lessons to Teach Biblical Truths By Daniel A. Briere

Object Lesson 8: "Only the Penitent Man Shall Pass"

LESSON :

Good deeds are never sufficient for salvation. Our faith in Jesus saves.

SUMMARY :

One can spend their whole life doing good deeds to get into heaven, but no matter how much they tell the truth, how much money they give to charity, or how many people they help, in the end without faith in Jesus they are empty. This is easily demonstrated by adding items in into a coffee can. But, no matter how many good deeds (items) are added, the container never fills; salvation is never attained by good works alone. » I want to read more! »

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