I just had this worship idea which is untried as yet. For those churches which have a data projector. Early in your worship service ask for some volunteers- adults, children or family groups. Two or three groups. Send each group of 2-3 people out of the service with a digital camera and ask them to [...]
On Sunday we had a special worship service with involvement from our “STARS” group. STARS is a group formed about five years ago with mainly young adults who have special needs. They meet twice a month for social activities and once a year they take part in helping lead a worship service. This Sunday they [...]
You will need: One potato, mystery box, Bible questions on strips of paper. How to play : 1. The children form a circle. 2. One child is “It.” 3. “It” says, ” Pass the potato” 4. The player who has the potato must pass it to his left. 5. “It” calls out, “Hot potato!” 6. [...]
I’ve returned to Australia after being in China with a “China Heart” team (see earlier posting). I’m feeling a bit tired as it was full on working with the over one hundred children at the orphanage many of them with disabilities. It’s also different living closely with 21 other Mercy team members from five different [...]
A mother was reading a Bible story to her young daughter. She read “The man named Lot was warned to take his wife and flee out of the city, but his wife looked back and was turned into a pillar of salt.” Her daughter asked, “What happened to the flea?”
Four children are chosen to come and stand out the front of the group. All the other children are asked to “put their heads down and hold their thumbs up”. The four children then quietly move amongst those on the floor or chairs and each one touches gently one thumb which is raised. They then [...]
The Viva Network is a global organisation working to give children better care and to raise issues to do with children’s poverty and children’s needs. The website also includes information on motivating an interest in children’s ministry at a local level as well. This site is certainly worth looking at to gain a better understanding [...]
I take off tonight for Hong Kong and will be away for two weeks in China. I have arranged for my wife Sue to publish some blogs while I’m away so there will be something happening while I’m away from internet access. If you’re a regular reader of this blog and find it helpful sometimes, [...]
A good reminder for those who prepare and preach sermons or talks- “It’s the same with men as with donkeys: whoever would hold them fast must first get a good grip on their ears.” Russian proverb
There is less than a week now till I head off to China for my third short-mission trip with an organisation called Chinese Church Support Ministries. I will be part of an international team which will be working at an children’s orphange in China. The team will be involved in what’s known as a “Mercy [...]
From the science papers of 5th graders… * The spinal column is a long bunch of bones. The head sits on the top, and you sit on the bottom. * It is so hot in some places that people there have to live in other places. * Momentum is something you give a person when [...]
