The Uniting Church of South Australia has a helpful web page of Advent and Christmas resources. Family Activities include – Family Prayer boxes , Advent promise Calendars, Starry Advent Calendar, Parent’s Page Christmas Alter Nativity , Parent’s Page Christmas and Santa Christmas Craft – Night Sky Bethlehem, Christmas Tree Ornament, Nativity Finger Puppets, Jesus Cube [...]
Father’s Day for Jairus (This story was written to be presented as a monologue for Father’s Day) (based on>Matt. 5:21-43, Mark 9:18-26, Luke 8:40-56) ‘How’s your father?’ I heard our neighbour Zac ask my daughter Rachel. I’d been feeling ill for a couple of days, but now at last I could eat again. ‘He’s on [...]
Involving Children with the Bible 1.Extending the passage: Following a story, children are encouraged to think further. e.g .to pretend they were the guard at the tomb, and to write a letter to your mum, a week after the resurrection, e.g. make up some press questions that you may ask one of the disciples after [...]
I have recently been involved in a mission to a large school with children aged 5-12 years. As part of that mission week one of the Christian teachers devised a series of bookmarks (in PDF format) with Bible verses on to be given to children. These are available to be downloaded here. Bible Verse Bookmarks
I have developed a Bible Verse Calendar which can be used over one month or several months. Included on the back of the calendar is an explanation of different ways in which it might be used and also a number of activities for one or more children. It is suggested you print the calendar on [...]
Bible Buzz- Bible Reading Activity for Children Make some enlargements of a Bible passage (e.g. the storm on Lake Galilee, Luke using a photocopier and paste onto large sheets of paper or cardboard. Read the verses dramatically or get the children involved in drawing or dramatising it. The children then use coloured pencils or crayons [...]
So you’ve found your puppets or made your puppets. You know that you’d like to use them with your group, but… what exactly are they going to say ? You’re not quite ready yet to launch into a full scale puppet play. Why not begin by making an announcement or introduce someone to the children [...]
Pentecost Rap by Nick Clarke Pentecost Rap from 77 Talks for 21st Century Kids by Chris Chesterton Breath and Spirit – children’s talk What a Gift! – a puppet talk Ideas for celebrating Pentecost. Mother’s Day on Pentecost- Worship ideas LaughingBird.net Paraphrase of Acts 2:1-21 Scripture Union “Xstream” LIGHT Sunday School downloads
Favourite Night ( An all-age activity for a family night or small group with children) 1. Ask the children (or families) to bring along their favourite item/toy/piece of clothing etc. for showing and talking about. 2. Have sheets of paper hung around the walls of the room/hall with different heading on each. eg. “Your Favourite [...]
10 Commandments Forkids Flipchart View more presentations from Robert Klein. If God had texted the 10 Commandments no1 b4 me. srsly. dnt wrshp pix/idols no omg’s no wrk on w/end (sat 4 now; sun l8r) pos ok – ur m&d r cool dnt kill ppl :-X only w/ m8 dnt steal dnt lie re: bf [...]
I’ve just been reading this great collection of “Graces” which families or children’s groups might use before eating together. I’m keen to try out the grace to the tune “We will, we will Rock You“. It’s also worth browsing the childrensministry.org.au site to read some of the The Uniting Church in Australia’s (NSW and ACT [...]
As Christianity spread, more familiar traditions. symbols and celebrations of spring were associated with Easter -Christ coming back to life after death. One of the oldest spring symbols is the egg. The oval shape of the egg was the same shape for a raindrop and a seed. These two were important life-giving elements. the egg [...]
At my other website at Eliab.com I have listed a page of links to original Easter puppet plays, stories chants and poems. TeacherHelp.org has a wide range of links to Easter material ( craft, plays, worksheets) suitable for Sunday School, church or a school setting. Max7.org has two short Easter videos which work well with [...]
I found the following website has helpful downloads relevant to teaching or leading a children’s group. There are also some questions for reflection and discussion with others in your children’s ministry team. Children’s Ministry Agency- Assemblies of God USA. http://4kids.ag.org/library/characteristics/index.cfm
MAX7.org has a load of great FREE resources for use in Sunday School, training children’s workers and running children’s programs. I’ve just been reading their latest resource which is a training guide for children’s workers which has some excellent material to work through with your leadership team. The guide is also available in several languages. [...]
The Christian Blind Mission (CBM Australia) has produced some excellent resources to help make our churches more inclusive for people with disablities. Please visit their website and consider how Children’s workers can implement changes and work to improve our support of those who find church access and inclusion difficult. Visit: http://Luke14.cbm.org.au
Scripture Union have made available a great training resource called “Children and the Gospel” written by Ron Buckland a seasoned Australian children’s worker, pastor, trainer and writer. This article and the references quoted are well worth a read.
Easy Christmas Crafts at Kids Craft Weekly 1. Clothes Peg Trees 2. Simple Sticker Gift Tags 3 Glitzy Lid Decorations
Last Sunday I led an all-age worship service on the theme”Like Christ”. Philippians 2:1-11 Some of the resources I used were- A puppet play I had written titled – “Working Together in Unity” A monologue I wrote which introduced the DVD segment. The monologue titled“Shine Like Stars” is written as if an older man is [...]
A few years ago I wrote a small 12 page PDF booklet called Christmas is Coming! It includes a number of original Christmas puppet scripts, stories and chants. It’s available for download for $10 USD via PayPal. I also have a number of other Christmas scripts and stories available free at Eliab.com
Songwriters Showcase- Grassroots Christian Songwriters, has a number of songs for children or all-age worship available as MP3 downloads. It’s a bit of mixed bag with some really good songs and some which I think still need a bit more work. Have a listen to a few and see what you think. There may be [...]
I just discovered a helpful website today where Sunday School teachers can ask questions about where to find particular resources for children’s ministry. The page “Ask Uncle Noah” is certainly worth checking out and perhaps bookmarking for future reference. childrensbiblestudy.com
Worship resources for school assemblies cowo.culham.ac.uk/ Collective Worship Resource – from the Culham Institute, in association with the National Society www.culham.ac.uk/storykeepers/ These resources are based on the Storykeepers television / video series. www.assemblies.org.uk Assemblies Website (SPCK) www.blackburn.anglican.org/cw/ Diocese of Blackburn Board of Education – Collective School Worship www.ely.anglican.org/education/schools/collective_worship/ Diocese of Ely Education and Training: Schools [...]
Worship the Rock-connecting worship leaders and musicians throughout the world. This great UK website has loads of worship resources and ideas on such things as songwriting, choosing songs, and musician tips. Of special interest to those involved in children’s ministry is the section called Worship for Kids. There’s a forum where people can ask questions [...]
Check out this song for children under five from Scripture Union Tiddlywinks material. Clap Your Hands
I have just seen a great new children’s ministry resource from Scripture Union in the UK which has been developed to help those working with pre-schoolers.The material is called “Tiddlywinks“. They write.. “We are aiming to provide a monthly email to support and resource those working with under-5s in Christian settings. This could be on [...]
Mary Had a Little Lamb (familiar tune) used to introduce pre-schoolers. Homer Simpson is my name is my name is my name Homer Simpson is my name Homer is my name. Jingle Bells (familiar tune) Objective: to learn to count to 10. 123 456 789 and 10 123 456 789 and 10 (raise a finger [...]
Share teaspoon prayers… Give everyone a teaspoon and explain that a short way (abbreviation) of teaspoon is TSP. TSP prayers include Thanks God , Sorry God , Please God Hand of prayer… Pointer finger- reminds us that our lives should point to God to thank and praise Him. Tall man (finger ) -The biggest finger [...]
Last Sunday I organised an all-age worship service which picked up the themes of blindness and sight, darkness and light. Here are some of the resources that I used – John 9 Bible Reading - The Blind Man (Powerpoint (54 mg) Mp3 based on Scripture Union’s filmstrip -also available as Awesome DVD) The life of [...]
JAILHOUSE ROCKS! ( Acts 16:22-34) Drip, drip, drip. The weary jailer watched the water slowly run into the green slimy puddle at his feet. He slumped on a stone seat, deep in the basement of the Philippian jail. It had been a hectic day. At least now the troublemakers were under lock and key in [...]
