Posted in Easter | February 11th, 2010
I’d like to share a short talk I did as a part of an Easter presentation this week for a primary (elementary) school. Here is the summary. I began the talk by holding up a newspaper and talking about some news items. In the paper we find both good news and some bad news. Which [...]
Tags: Easter, Storytelling, Talks
Posted in Leadership, Resources, Training, Websites | February 3rd, 2010
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. [...]
Tags: Bible, Leadership, Learning, Storytelling, Training
Posted in Resources, Stories, Uncategorized, Websites, Worship | November 4th, 2009
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 [...]
Tags: Storytelling, Talks, Worship
Posted in Leadership, Resources, Training, Websites, Worship | August 12th, 2009
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 [...]
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Posted in Stories, Worship | August 10th, 2009
Gideon,Gideon Gideon, Gideon don’t you hide! Can’t you see God’s on your side? Gideon, Gideon trust God’s way. His victory is on it’s way. The might of Midian will soon fall. Step out now and hear his call! (x2) Gideon, Gideon what’s this fleece? You think with this you’ll find God’s peace? Your testing ways [...]
Tags: Resources, Storytelling, Worship
Posted in Resources, Websites, Worship | June 15th, 2009
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 [...]
Tags: Storytelling, Worship
Posted in Reflection, Stories, Worship | April 27th, 2009
Listen to an original story by Don Stott based on the healing of Jairus’daughter (shared as a monlogue at an all-age worship service). (Matthew 9:18-34) Click here to listen.
Tags: Storytelling, Talks, Worship
Posted in Leadership, Resources, Stories, Training, Websites | January 28th, 2009
Children’s Ministries University Online offers free “Children’s Ministry Training Workshops”. The following workshops are intended to give prospective students a glimpse of the instruction offered through their courses. I’ve included the link here for those who might find their free workshops helpful. Free Workshops “Cultivating a Cutting Edge Children’s Church” “Creative Storytelling” “Help is on [...]
Tags: Leadership, Storytelling, Training