Several fairy tales have great gospel applications. Children are familiar with them and so can relate easily to these gospel principles.
–Use puppets or stuffed animals as characters from the story – hand them out to children as you tell the story.
–Let the children themselves be characters in the story. You can use props to give more flair for the character, or I have made up garbage bag masks. » I want to read more! »
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In smalls groups of about 4-5, you can run a game of ‘pass the parcel’ with the children, so that they have to take their turn at waiting to unwrap their layer… you can include a sticker for them to keep and a piece of a simple jigsaw so that when the game is over they can all help to put the pieces of the jigsaw together. ‘God loves it when we wait patiently’. It really brings the concept home for the 3-5 age group. Well done to Bunbury ‘Good News Church’, Western Australia, Children’s conference preschool delegates for the adaptation of this idea. by Wendy Wells
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My heart is to always be learning something–sometimes the lessons I learn are ones I prefer not to learn. Some lessons we bring on ourselves thru our own choosing. Sometimes we learn a great treasure of truth when not even searching–and don’t you just love those surprises of learning.
The past two years I have been serving in a country whose church heritage is about 200yrs older than our own country. » I want to read more! »
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The Mad Scientist Presents: MAD ABOUT JESUS: Scientific Object Lessons to Teach Biblical Truths By Daniel A. Briere
Object Lesson 13: “Gift From God”
LESSON:
“What we are is God’s gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.” Eleanor Powell
SUMMARY:
God gives each of us talents. Being a true Christian means using these God-given gifts to do the work God is calling us to do. For what we are is God’s gift to us. What we aspire to become is our gift back to God. In this experiment, ordinary water (H2O) does not have the ability to expand even when stimulated by a catalyst. However, with the simple addition of one molecule of oxygen H2O becomes H2O2. Now with this gift from God, the addition of a catalyst will enable the ‘water’ to expand dozens of times its original size. » I want to read more! »
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Door-to-door carwashes: just go around your block with all the gear you need, ask the people if you can wash their car in their driveway! I’ve never been turned down! Rent-a-kid: “Rent-out” the kids in your children’s ministry to do household chores for those in your congregation. Kid Talent Show: have kids in your church put on a talent show and charge admission. Have costume characters of your church available for pictures for a small fee. Have a “parent’s night out” and charge a $10 fee for parents dropping off kids for the entire night at a lock-in.
by Stephen Harrison
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1. Have a definite time and place for each meeting. Be sure to schedule at convenient times for those participating.
2. Give lots of advance notice. Send reminder e-mail’s the day prior. Encourage participants to pray ahead of time for God’s direction and wisdom in the meeting. » I want to read more! »
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When teaching children to pray during a special children’s prayer meeting, or to teach them to pray in your weekly service, an important key is to keep kids’ interest by being goal oriented. Each prayer time should have a theme. If you meet weekly, you may want to keep a theme for a month at a time, depending on the theme. Some theme examples would be: » I want to read more! »
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Why are we in ministry? Why set a goal to be in full time ministry?
I have a cousin that was a full time youth minister. Everyday at lunch he would go to the YMCA and play basketball with the youth from the church and community. One day one of his sons came to him and said, “Dad, I want to grow up and be a minister like you.” This made my cousin feel good that his son wanted to follow in his foot steps. As my cousin pursued this a little by asking his son why he wanted to be in ministry when he grew up? His bubble was popped when his son replied, » I want to read more! »
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Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! Ecclesiastes 4:9 & 10, NIV
We often hear that we should ‘be a coach,’ or ‘mentor others.’ The following three practical tips on mentoring the children in your ministry may seem simple, but can have an immense impact. » I want to read more! »
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This is an outreach tool that I thought of, because all kids (and adults) love puppets. » I want to read more! »
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