Posted in Children, Reflection, Stories | July 29th, 2008
There’s the story told about a family who was woken by their smoke detector in the middle of the night to discover that their house was on fire. The father ran into the upstairs bedroom of his children and carried his eighteen-month old baby in his arms while dragging his four-year old by the hand. [...]
Posted in Resources, Websites, Worship | July 24th, 2008
Are you looking for resources to teach the “Good Samaritan Story” ( Luke 10:25-37)? Here are some which you might find useful. http://children.calvarychapel.com/site/pdf/New/Curr208.pdf http://www.churchhigh.com/uploads/File/RS_Section.pdf http://youtube.com/watch?v=TXK7rvGpM0I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSufwoqv3cU
Posted in Children, Holiday Programs, Leadership, Training, Worship | July 21st, 2008
I was reminded recently of a helpful guide to choosing songs or music to use with children. This test (originally developed by Scripture Union) has been also a very useful tool in training music teams working with children in mission situations. The test is called the TRIM test. T = Teaching Is the teaching true [...]
Posted in Children, Reflection, Research, Websites | July 14th, 2008
Generation Z are possibly the most informed, technologically advanced and socially aware kids of all time. This generation is the first generation born into the digital world. There is some debate amongst the experts as to when this age group began. Some researchers claiming as early as 1995, (so the oldest are now hitting 13), [...]
Posted in Children, Games, Holiday Programs | July 1st, 2008
A warm-up game. Each child is given a small table tennis ball ( other small objects could be used) which they write their name on. The children are given a short time to go off and hide their ball and then return when a whistle is blown to gather again. Everybody then goes off in [...]