Tag Archives: all age service

Jesus is God’s Gift: An all age visual, fun, interactive and creative Christmas talk

Posted on November 28, 2017 by honestaboutmyfaith

This fun, visual and creative talk explains how Jesus is God’s gift to the world using a wrapped up present with various items inside of it. As you pull each item out (it’s best done in order) you simply explain … Continue reading →

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The One About Bringing People to God

Posted on January 17, 2016 by honestaboutmyfaith

At church today we were thinking about bringing people to God and we used this simple activity to pray for people in a creative way. Everyone was given two connected paper people, one represented them and the other one represented … Continue reading →

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Fix you, Brave, brokenness and transformation

Posted on June 28, 2015 by honestaboutmyfaith

One of Coldplay’s most famous songs is ‘Fix you’ and I recently came across this video which uses the song to help remind us of the way that God has transformed Christians. The visual imagery matches the song perfectly as we … Continue reading →

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The one about candles, the Holy Spirit and Pentecost

Posted on May 25, 2015 by honestaboutmyfaith

As a part of our celebration of Pentecost Sunday at Orchard Baptist we finished the service with a prayer response using candles. People were invited to pray a prayer asking to be filled with the Spirit before writing their name on a … Continue reading →

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Explaining the Holy Spirit simply – an all age talk / Sermon for Pentecost

Posted on May 22, 2015 by honestaboutmyfaith

This is a simple all age talk or sermon that demonstrates the difference that the Holy Spirit can make in our lives. Before the disciples first received the Spirit on the day of Pentecost, Jesus told them to wait for the gift … Continue reading →

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Prayer and Train Tracks

Posted on July 2, 2014 by honestaboutmyfaith

Have you ever wondered what prayer is for? Train tracks can help us to understand. For a train to run smoothly the tracks need to run parallel but God and us usually looks more like this set of tracks. God doesn’t … Continue reading →

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