I haven’t ‘blogged’ for a few days due to a heavy cold and a very busy week getting ready for our children’s holiday program next week. Our team of 30 leaders had a couple of workshop meetings running through the pirate drama and preparing crafts. The team includes some very enthusiastic teenagers who I am [...]
Here’s an interesting site where the Bible is portrayed using Lego figures. The Brick Testament. It started me thinking that a great activity for revising a bible story with your Sunday School group would be to create your own Lego figures or scenes and use a video camera or digital camera to make your own [...]
How to build numbers of children attending a holiday program. Here are some approaches we have found to work over the years in growing holiday programs. 1. Run the program at the same time each year. If the chidren have several weeks holiday then schedule your program near the end of the holidays when the [...]
I missed You this morning Lord You were there I wasn’t. I was too busy too soon. author unknown
A father was trying to entertain his small son. Getting weary, he decided to give the young boy something that would take up a lot of time. He found a map of the world in a magazine, cut it into small pieces, and gave it to the boy to put together again. In no time [...]
A new pastor was visiting the homes of his parishioners. At one house it seemed obvious that someone was at home but no answer came to his repeated knocks at the door. Therefore, he took out a card and wrote “Revelation 3:20″ on the back of it and stuck it on the door. When the [...]
I’m still finding my way with blogging. It’ s taken me almost two weeks to sort out some of the issues with hosting a WordPress blog and how to get widgets to work. I still haven’t figured out how to put a picture in the heading but I’ll keep tinkering till I get a better [...]
On Sunday we used a “Nooma” DVD titled, “Lump” as part of our worship service. This 12 minute DVD is essentially a dad telling a story about how his son stole a small white ball and then tries to cover it up. “A lot of us have done things in our lives that we’re ashamed [...]
There are four ways of wasting ones’s time > doing nothing > not doing what one ought > doing it badly > doing it at the wrong moment
1 Corinthians 13:1-4 Clang! There I go again. The same old ‘gonging’ Every time I open my mouth. Chatter ! I’m too busy, too tuned into myself to hear the cries, aches, needs of people nearby. I can’t BE loving in what I say, unless I let YOU speak, YOU listen through me. NOTHING…nil, zilch, [...]
Promotion and Advertising 3 months before- -print posters for display in churches,community shopping centre, library… – advertise in church newsletter. 2 months before- – put details on church website – advertise in church newsletter -print holiday program leaflets for distribution to schools and other churches. Our leaflets are usually A4 size folded in half with [...]
